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by joey
Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:53 am
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: nagging cough and sore lip
Replies: 3
Views: 855

im 4 days post op and feel exactly the same! like i need to cough stuff up but cant cos wired together! throat is same as you too!! kills when you cought too dont it?
by joey
Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:49 am
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: what should i pack to take to the hospital
Replies: 30
Views: 4638

well i got out today from lower jaw surgery and my bag consisted of pj's x2 dressing gown, book, mags, vasaline was a saviour for sore lips after surgery ( my lips still really sore) and dry shampoo from boots meant i didnt need to wash my hair and it still looked fresh after 4 days in hosp??? a mir...
by joey
Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:37 am
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: overbite surgery a week today really scared!
Replies: 12
Views: 1859

well thats me done and dusted pretty swollen and pretty sore but im at the other side of it all now and for anyone who is getting thia done it aint as bad ( bad enough ) but it aint as bad as i thought it would be xx
by joey
Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:57 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: overbite surgery a week today really scared!
Replies: 12
Views: 1859

thank you your responses are easing my nerves!!! still really scared and stupid thoughts are running though my head.... as bad as what if i dont wake up!! Yeah i know it is crazy!!
by joey
Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:37 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: overbite surgery a week today really scared!
Replies: 12
Views: 1859

thanks obviously you have been through this too... did you have top and bottom done? so when you wake up can you feel pain ? can you talk ? does it feel like you have a major headache ( cant bear a headache )xx
by joey
Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:03 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: overbite surgery a week today really scared!
Replies: 12
Views: 1859

overbite surgery a week today really scared!

hi havent been on in ages, well a week today i get my overbite corrected and to be honest im really scared i'm dreading waking up and not being able to handle the pain of it all! its good to read peoples stories on line as in "real life" i dont know anyone who was had this kind of thing do...
by joey
Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:42 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: joeys story
Replies: 13
Views: 3983

hey just thought id update been sometime since i was last on, well my teeth are going great, its coming up to a year now since treatment started and i must say my teeth are looking fantastic, i have top and bottom on now, which dont bother me in the slightest infact i like my teeth better with the b...
by joey
Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:43 am
Forum: Archive: Ask the Doc
Topic: pregnant in braces
Replies: 3
Views: 1342

thankyou, just another question while i get me head around it..... could they just keep my brace on ( it really doesnt bother me quite like it now) and just leave my teeth braced up untill i am ready for op after the baby? will my otho be really disapointed at me feel like ive commited to her 18 mon...
by joey
Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:46 pm
Forum: Archive: Ask the Doc
Topic: pregnant in braces
Replies: 3
Views: 1342

pregnant in braces

hi wonder if you can help me, i have found out that i am pregnant and i am 8 months into my treatment and am due for jaw surgery within the next 6 months can you tell me in general what will happen can i still have surgery whilst pregnant? dont want to ask my otho just yet as i have had a few unsuce...
by joey
Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:58 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Sarah68 Gets Braces Tomorrow
Replies: 10
Views: 3942

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by joey
Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:39 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Spacers are a PAIN!
Replies: 10
Views: 4010

honest the spacers hurt more than the braces the metals are a doddle honest you'll be fine!!! worst par form me was the spacers i regretted the whole thing while the spacers were on i was thinking that i coulnt put up with this for 18 months but braces are easy peesy good luck huni xx
by joey
Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:09 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Sarah68 Gets Braces Tomorrow
Replies: 10
Views: 3942

hiya how did it go today you all wired up , welcome to the club ive just hit my 6 month mile stone! 12 months to go!!! we'll all get there together xx good luck xx
by joey
Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:06 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Sarah68 Gets Braces Tomorrow
Replies: 10
Views: 3942

hiya how did it go today you all wired up , welcome to the club ive just hit my 6 month mile stone! 12 months to go!!! we'll all get there together xx good luck xx
by joey
Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:00 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Spacers are a PAIN!
Replies: 10
Views: 4010

hi ya good luck with your journey ive just hit my 6 month target 12 months to go for me whooppeee! honest it gets better try and put up with spacers i pulled one of mine off too early and ive got to go back and have one on again which is delaying my bottom braces going on by 2 weeks but hey 2 weeks ...
by joey
Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:28 am
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: jaw surgery
Replies: 21
Views: 8556

thanks for that i will probs have loads of questions for you so stick around!!! :D so yours with without any hitches? i do hope mine does too im so scared! what was it like waking up for sugery were you in liads of pain how did you communicate with people? are you back to work and how long were you ...