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Hi all... I am 4 days post op! I survived the first of 2 surgeries! I had a SARPE and partial Le Forte. My face is swollen but surprisingly not bruised. Sleeping lots.. A few complications with the drugs, but I think I have it under control now. Good luck to all of you heading to surgery this week! ...

Hi Mike... I am 55 and am 4 days post op! Right now my face HURTS! But I am told I am healing well:) I had a SARPE and a partial le Forte .... Oh too groggy to remember the whole name! The drugs are interfering with my train of thought! Lol .. I have lower braces now and will get uppers next month. ...

48 hours til go time!! Today I see Dr Edwards for final pre op instructions then tomorrow my OD for the expander insertion ! Wednesday 8 am hospital admission. Not sure exactly when the surgery is but in the am!!! Gulp

So sorry Aa27 !! Try not to get too discouraged! Hopefully once thy figure it all out you will be short listed!
Best of luck!
Tracey

Hey Littlemouth! I too had braces when I was a teenager. Too bad "they" didn't have the technology they have today! I didn't know anything about jaw function etc until my mother had Orthognathic surgery when she was in her 50 's! And that was almost 30 years ago!! She passed away 5 years a...

Kevonmolebock: if your TMJ is fairly recent... I would hold off just yet on the SARPE surgery.... I am having it done in 10 days, however, I have been suffering from TMJ for years, i have an extremely narrow palate and a pretty substancial overjet and I am 55!! It's now or never for me! :D Braces an...

My pleasure, Angelstrings!! I'm actually starting to freak a little... Surgery in 10 days!!! My 27 year old daughter asked me if I will look different when all is said and done.... My response: of course!! I ordered a "Halle Berry" face and after the liquified diet my body should be like h...

Ha ha !!! You are never too old! I am 55 and having top and bottom surgeries and braces!!! Hopefully by 60 I will be done you gotta do what ya gotta do!!!!

Hi there! I can't believe I just found this site! I am scheduled for Sarpe on April 11th! Can I be a buddy too :D As the day approaches I am getting more and more excited, apprehensive, and nervous. After meeting with my OS in October I wasn't expecting a surgery date for at least 10 months to a yea...