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Oh no marian!!! im sorry is there no way of persuading them to bring it forward? I suppose the only consolation is that at least you didnt get there on the 24th and it got cancelled on the day, Id be completely going bananas if that was me, think id stage a sit in! I got bad news this morning the or...

Again Marian, so sorry to hear about the surgery, cant imagine what it must feel like to have your jaw moving like that sounds horrific! Minerva is right suggesting pineapple to help with the swelling, but you can get 'Bromelain' tablets from health food shops like holland and barrett which are basi...

Hi all brilliant to hear from you, i have been lucky enough to have my bottom braces taken off, so at the moment ive just got the top one still on til some time in january when i will have new teeth made for my top jaw and hopefully this should line up my jaw in the right way, at the moment i am 95%...

god i must be the most impatient person alive :lol: cos of me heart valve problem im on beta blockers so its seems to be taking me forever to get more energy, to be fair its probably a normal persons recovery rate! And i keep walking past the mirror and swearing under my breath at my swelling cos th...

Hi marian, i have tried and failed to do my xmas shopping mainly because i cant find anything to buy and my family are being very unhelpful with ideas as per usual. Will try again in a couple of days. A cross stitch i might try that one keep my hands busy and means i dont scoff myself stupid cos im ...

Well as i suspected the elastics didnt do anything so it was so lovely being back on normal meals yesterday had a lovely chicken curry and poppadoms which ive missed so much! the good thing is my jaw at least has stayed in position and its about 90% better than it was before i started. Im thinking t...

well its been a hectic 12 days. I basically ended up having an emergency operation the next morning following my third op to push my bottom jaw back and wires added whilst i was asleep, as my vitals dropped and my breathing became really bad and the decision was made for me in the morning to cut the...

Minerva when i say a strong jaw i mean one that has the ability to bend a titanium 5mm wide screw like it did 10 years ago when i was fitted with a metal distraction device 3 screws on either side of my head and 2 in my jaw. and this time my jaw has managed to bend metal wires in my mouth. Jeff- I c...

Haha Marian joining november buddies wouldnt even occur to me but my mum just said when i mentioned it im the only person who could technically join september october and november buddies!! :lol: Yes i could quite easily have throttled my surgeon yesterday when he was all like well we'll have to hav...

well i was right, despite having titanium wires my bottom jaw has moved forward about 2 mm, so i went to my surgeon today and he confirmed it for me and im going back in surgery on wednesday to have my bottom jaw moved back and the plates put back in to hold it in place and the wires wired up proper...

Thanks guys for your support i went clothes shopping the day before and spent just a tad too much! I had a lot of flowers during my recovery from various relatives and friends which was lovely but it was difficult trying to keep them alive! I did my nails yesterday which made me feel better. As for ...

Happy birthday Jeff! Hope its been a good one and hope you are treating yourself a bit food wise. Im having a bit of a bad day cos my teeth on the right hand side are crushing into each other a bit, not sure if my jaw is beginning to twist but it really bloody hurts so to be on the safe side im goin...

im managing ok with a mug thanks marian and i can just manage to mix my tablets with water on a spoon. I feel so relieved that i have the wires on, and i may try and ask my surgeon if i can have 2 extra weeks in wires just to be on the safe side. Its a little bit uncomfortable but not painful just a...

Lovely to hear from you Danny how many days are you post op now? Ive finally had my wires put on today about blooming time! The teeth arent in the best position, they are a lot better than they were but ive had days where my top teeth have been right over the bottoms and at the moment they are just ...

that sounds pretty successful to me Marian. Well today was a good appointment, saw my surgeon and ortho together again, they are really pleased that tonight is my last night with elastics and tomorrow they are putting wires on at long last! Ortho left the elastics on the left hand side as that side ...