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hey I am also 4 weeks post op & still very swollen but I have been out & about since week 2, I go for a walk every day & I have been shopping with my friends & to the cinema & loads of other places but I also feel very insecure, I think it's because my cheeks are so big & I f...

hey & thanks for the replies, I hope everyone elses surgeries go well! I had my second appointment with my consultant on wednesday & he said everything's going fine, but he will put stronger elastics on next week. He also said I could eat solid food now! I was shocked as I was under the illu...

hey I had the exact same surgery just 2 weeks ago, the swelling's still apparent & will take a couple more weeks to go down, other than that I'm completely fine I'm eating solids & no longer get tired easy, so I think 5 weeks is a bit excessive..I'm sure you'll be fine by freshers week, you ...

fromjersey- thanks. I know I was shocked, I was expecting protein shakes & liquidised stuff, it's just as well I felt ill otherwise I would have been starving :lol: dubnobass- your surgeon sounds way more efficient than what I had, I'm a vegetarian & they kept on bringing me meat as well! me...

edit::just expanded & updated since I'm better today, feel free to ask any questions! hey I was just released from hospital today, very swollen :shock: & finding it difficult to drink/eat day 1; I arrived at the hospital on sunday & was shown to a ward, all the other patients there were ...

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hey I haven't been on in a while so thought I'd update, I had my pre-op last wednesday & it went fine, they asked me a whole load of random questions, took blood and blood pressure & that was it. My sore throat has cleared! thanks for the advice to all those who gave, I've been taking vit c ...

help guys! i've only got 2 weeks to go for surgery but my throat's starting to hurt REALLY bad, I'm soo thirsty (first sign to me of a throat problem) I've drank 4 litres of water today & I'm still thirsty. I'm getting worried as my pre-op's on wednesday & if I have a sore throat I know the ...

yeah it sounds like it, my gaps 6mm so its roughly the same although my top jaw is coming forward aswell :shock: they only told me 2 years ago about that but my bottom jaw is going back too I'm on the nhs, Im getting my surgery in carlisle, what about you? I think as well the fact I'm getting it in ...

hey I had my lower wisdom teeth out last july, & my surgery is in June this year... :shock: I'm the unpatient type too so I'm kind of annoyed its almost been a year, however about a month after my wisdom teeth came out my consultant said my surgery would be in December, I was given a date too, D...

thats great you only have 6 as well..makes me fell better too I was worried that it didn't seem enough!
goodluck for your surgery
victoria x

thats great you only have 6 as well..makes me fell better too I was worried that it didn't seem enough!
goodluck for your surgery
victoria x

you look amazing..i hope my surgery goes as well as yours did
victoria x

I know I was only supposed to have them on for 6 months, it's been 2 years! it was the same with the growing thing for me..my dad noticed my malocclusion when I was 9, & he's friends with the orthodontist..so I got seen in a couple of months...& they always said the op will be when I'm 18..I...

well im sure you'll be fine by september if your getting it in june
are u at glasgow uni 2?
victoria x