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ZiziOConnor wrote:I love these surgery-buddy threads! How's everyone doing?

Hungry. Soooo hungry.

Hi Everyone! I didn't see this thread before. I had lower jaw surgery on the 20th so just over 2 weeks ago. Swelling has pretty much gone and I'm wearing elastics, one on each side in a triangle formation. My teeth are sooooo painful, mainly the lower ones. Surgeon and orthodontist both say this is...

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I've got to be honest, this has been my only difficulty in recovery. When I woke up from surgery my mouth was wired shut and really swollen but my nose. My god, my nose was utterly congested. On a scale of 1-10 straight up 10. I wish I was exaggerating or a person who just is a wuss but for me, for ...

Day 17: I want to eat...I hate liquids, ensure, protein shakes, smoothies, chicken broth ecc. My surgeon said he won't change my elastics for another 2 and a half months!! So basically he wants me to be banded shut completely with heavy elastics for 3 months straight. I don't know if he's crazy or ...

So I had upper and lower jaw surgery a little over 3 weeks ago. Because I was very concerned about nose widening my surgeon (very, very experienced I should add, number one in the country I had my surgery) decided to do a very tight alar cinch. He said there would still be a little widening but he w...

So like the title says I've just had double jaw surgery, and one of the lovely side effects is major nose swelling. As in my thin, tiny nose is now epically swollen. And completely bent so that one nostril is none existent whilst the other is ridiculously huge leaning completely to the other side- i...

Had mine on Jan 6. This marks 11th day. The recovery process was definitely did foul the first 3 days but bearable. Swelling is finally going down. My only concern is that my surgeon plans to take my splint off next week which makes it two weeks. He wants to do that so that I can return to work (te...

Congratulations!! Sounds like you are doing good for so soon. It doesn't feel it :lol: But the best part of recovery is every day you think, this is it, I'm going to be in hell forever, and the next day something improves and you feel better! I look forward to the next day now instead of dreading w...

Congratulations for being on the other side! :) Did you puke after surgery or get any nausea? My surgery is on Monday but since I have a cold (and a cough) I don't know if they're gonnna carry on with the procedure. Hope they don't postpone it I'm feeling better everyday but only three days left! T...

Hi StefanoMI! Not too long after me! You've been ready for so long! I don't know how you've been so patient. I only had the courage to put on braces in preparation for surgery 9 months ago and I've been told I needed this surgery 7 years ago :lol: Are you excited for your surgery? Yeah, my surgery ...

Hey guys! I had my double jaw surgery in December but thought I'd join you in this thread. Good luck to those having your surgeries soon, and I hope you're stuffing as much solid food into your faces as you can. :P I put on 1.5kg in the week before surgery when I found out I'd be banded shut, I'm 3...

Well I am officially post op now! I'm on my 3rd day now! I've got to be honest, the first night was not pleasant. My nose was completely blocked and still is but I've just gotten used to breathing out of my mouth now. I actually slept okayish last night. The surgeon told me I can sleep on my side as...

Hi StefanoMI! Not too long after me! You've been ready for so long! I don't know how you've been so patient. I only had the courage to put on braces in preparation for surgery 9 months ago and I've been told I needed this surgery 7 years ago Are you excited for your surgery?

[quote="CandyApple"]yes so nervous and on the fence like I need to back out. Did you say only 1/2 mm on bottom? Did I read that right? Maybe you could get away with just upper, Idk. I am have between 3-5 mm and that seams like so little and I really wish I new how much this will be worth i...