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i have the same swelling situation except mine doesnt switch sides its chosen to stick with my left side while the other side has seemingly all gone down its wonderfully annoying ha but i jjust try and ice it occasionally when i sleep. i wish you luck kate i know we both have prom coming up so id li...

this was probably one of the things that freaked me out the most before my surgery, but i promise you it's not that bad at all. i was put under before they put it in and i vaguely vaguely recall them taking it out i didn't even feel it it's just my nurse told me thats what they were doing. don't let...

i had double jaw surgery along with a genioplasty insurance covered 80 percent of the costs for my double jaw surgery, but the genioplasty wasnt covered at all. as far as i know for the most part it is considered cosmetic surgery.

got my rubberbands taken off today and i dont have to go back for another month...i've been told to work my way up as far as eating and make sure i cut everything up really good...also apparently the muscles in my jaw on the (My) right side i am favoring so wen i open my mouth my bottom jaw goes to ...

my nose stayed pretty swollen for a while too but dont worry too much bout that the pain mine gradually fade after another week or so and the swelling will began to go down over that time too. smart of you to take advantage of high energy and get a little excercise doing anything seriously i believe...

ok so have a couple of troubles as of today...my hooks and wires of my braces are starting to irritate my cheeks and i feel cuts begining to form that are slightly swollen...i tried putting pieces of silicone wax on certain wires but i think tonight after a major good brushing i might just put full ...

any food suggestions would be greatly appreciated i need to get some weight back on me... i know ill be able to do the following:
1.mashed potatoes
2.soft pasta
3. pudding
4. applesauce
5. yogurt
6. soup
but i'd like a little variety

incredible you look great for such a short period of time...good luck with the soft foods (thats what im looking foward to haha) im sure itll get easier to eat soon enough

went back to the surgeons today for my third post op visit in which i saw my doctor for the first time since hes been on vacation.I'VE BEEN UNWIRED AND DE-SPLINTED! it was really nerveracking and it felt very awkward so that was pretty scary. then he had me brush my teeth with what i will say was th...

went to the surgeon's today he took out the stitches on my face on each of my cheeks...hurt a little but not too bad.and he also took off the tape that had been around my chin i guess it was to support my chin after the genioplasty. well theres still a little glue left on my chin that im gunna work ...

thick creamy soup is a no go for me at this point though clogs up the little openings i have

so i went to the doctors today for a follow up and my surgeon is currently on vacation in florida for like another week and a half so he has a fill in there...this doctor makes the comment "yea i know the diet will get boring in the next 5-7 weeks you have left being wired" i was like um h...

surgery is complete i expected that pain swelling yada yada yada but my major difficulty is i have to continually hack up blood/flem that make sfor a nasty mixture and it gets stuck behind the splint and i figured a way to thin it out using my syringe and water but it really hurts my face to cough a...

uuggghhhh 3 days till surgeryy

ok so i went to the doctor the other day for some pre-surgery yada yada type things. he informed me that id be having a catheter put into my bladder for my duration at he hospital i'm ever so slightly freaked out about that so could someone possibly share their insight on this subject with me.oh and...