Metal Mouth Message Board

riley tomorrow is your day . I hope all goes well and are you spending the nite at the hospital ?

Alicia and survenant sound like your doing great . When I had jaw surgery in the mid to late 90's my surgeon said use a water pick to clean the inside of the like put it near edge of the teeth and spray . Riley it's getting really close for countdown for you like a week from Monday right which means...

Survenant glad all went well sorry your still having trouble eating due to trouble swallowing.

Babyjaws can't wait to hear how all went .

Alicia how you doing so far ?

I think due to elastics breaking they try to estimate the length of the elastics and sometimes they end up too small so when eating we have habits of opening up mouth even with mouth shut to end up having it break so they need to be a little longer which will make the jaw a bit more tighter with it ...

Alicia glad surgery went well do they have you on a morphine thru iv and to take meds try the crushed up meds thru milkshake that way you don't have your mind thinking your taking meds as I'm a chicken also with meds too much side effects for me . Survenant today is your day hope all went well and y...

Alicia see you on the other side and hope you get some good night sleep tonight .

Anytime before surgery can make anyone nervous as I have bad anxiety and I spent last week counting down then on the day before oh I was so stressed along with having heart racing at that time . Now I'm sighing with relief glad I changed my mind to have it done on Halloween instead of still being ne...

It depends on how tight your wires/elastics are . sometimes they are not so tight that you can be able to open the mouth a tad bit to put a straw through that area it has to be a thick straw. I remember sucking thru milkshakes, a lot of blended food . Also, sometimes the oral surgeon will give you y...

You guys won't have to worry about waking up due to GA I had IV sedation I guess they didn't have enough or let it wear off and then decided to work on the other side . My left side is pretty sore and bruised up but the codeine helps . The right side where i had the problems don't hurt any more whic...

Thanks Alicia . What is going to be your surgery ? your surgery date is Nov 6 ? Riley are you going to have an early thanksgiving dinner due to your jaw surgery on the week of thanksgiving ? I did have a restless sleep last night and been trying to get a nap in today but not possible but so glad it'...

Today was the day of my surgery . We left at 8:15 am got there at 8:41 . Got into Surgery Area at 8:50. They put me too sleep . They konked me out but not by much with the sedation as I woke up during part of it no idea why . They took out the right metal plate and screws on my lower jaw no wonder i...

Hope you guys don't mind if I post here as my surgery date is the last day of October on Halloween. I'm getting my lower metal plate and screws removed from my right jaw . It's a guess that it's the cause of my recurring cheek infections. I had a upper metal plate removed a year and half ago that wa...

I am pondering the thought as I am reading when in USA it states no food or drink for 6 -8 hrs prior to surgery while some usa states and foreign countries its safe to drink clear liquid like tea apple juice up to 2 hrs pror the procedure so then I wonder whats the difference and have any of u ended...

I am having lower right bone plate removed Thursday 9 am. Hopefully its not as bad as the top one a year ago that was painful

Are you rinsing with a water pick system ?