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I was able to walk around walmart holding onto a buggy today! This is huge for me. My surgeon also gave me a glowing report and I won't have to go back for 2 weeks and I will be getting my splint out then!

I am a week post- op from my lower jaw surgery. I am doing good. I almost went back to the hospital because I have lost 12 pounds in 5 days but the last 2 days have been a complete 180! The surgeon put me on a soft food diet and I have been eating like crazy! I stopped taking my pain meds 3 days aft...

I had a nice steak dinner and celebrated my 21 birthday with a wine cooler lol nothing crazy after all I am having surgery soon! The hospital called today to say they moved my surgery up an hour and a half!

They made me do blood draw this week.

I am mostly worried about recovery when I wake up and nobody notices I am awake, having trouble breathing or not being able to communicate. As for mock surgery I am not sure if they are doing that on my molds or not plus I am still very confused as to what exactly they will be doing during surgery. ...

I went for my pre-op and what a mess that was!! I was told by my surgeon and another that works with him I no longer require double jaw surgery( he thinks! ) but I require only lower jaw surgery oh and for a new curveball he said I will need a genioplasty! The good news is I might not be banded! As ...

I have bunches of food and my ortho even gave me some. I wam thinking about mixing up fruit for smoothies and spinach and milk for cream of spinach. Just a few ideas. Might want to get baby food as well and a bib wouldn't hurt since you might not be able to feel food going down your face.

Oh and I forgot I am having double jaw surgery with a lefort 1 and a sagtital split. Just sounds painful!

I might ask my surgeon for something because I will be a wreck as well. I am a certified central sterile processing tech which means I clean and sterilize instruments and equipment after it is used in the OR so I know every instrument that will be used and how it will be used. :shock: Kinda wished I...

I am also having surgery on June 5th! I am extremely nervous as I just freak out when someone comes at me with a needle at a doctors office. I already have my surgical hooks and they are awful! Just hoping I am too numb to feel anything after surgery and I am also scared I will wake up in pain and/o...