Metal Mouth Message Board

Im 28 and relatively healthy, I go to the gym 3 - 4 times a week Do they realise how strenuous and active your job can be (I use a personal trainer and know how much he does during a week) I guess at the moment a lot of my swelling and bruising is from my upper jaw as well as my lower but even then....

any idea how far your surgeon will be moving your jaw? Thats what I had done near enough a week last friday (1st feb though with out the chin) and Im no way near enough to go back to work and I dont get paid for when I dont work either!! I cant chew food at the moment and Im still swollen and bruise...

Good luck for tomorrow loulou, you will be fine, sore but fine Im just over a week ahead of you so you can call on me if necessary Get plenty of rest tonight and just relax, see if your anaesthetist can give you some oxazepam or similar to calm you down before you go down to theatre, mine did and it...

Thanks for the nice comments - always good to get sympathetic ones :D Bruising isnt actually painful at all, its just to look at Didnt manage to get out for a walk much this week - until about thursday as I felt far too weak (not eating enough), even then Ive not had much of a walk, and today its be...

Updated photos on my flickr page now, 1 week post op


http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairet707 ... 851305829/

check out the bruising

cant tell if my profile has changed much, I dont think it has really - booo as I hated my profile before - no chin

phil wrote:

clairet707 wrote:
I saw my xrays - I have 30 screws in my face and 6 titanium plates - wow!!

OMG, Claire! That's a LOT! I don't think you have the slightest chance of ANYTHING moving around in there, do you?

Seriously hope not after that lot

Gahhh. Annoying! No chance he'll give you elastics to take home for if this happens? Well my ortho gave me some extra elastics but surgeon said for at least a week I wont be able to fit them myself I ended up having to go down there today to get him to replace them Oh and he noticed the squishy flu...

[quote="Meryaten"]Gahhh. Annoying! No chance he'll give you elastics to take home for if this happens?[/quote] Well my ortho gave me some extra elastics but surgeon said for at least a week I wont be able to fit them myself I ended up having to go down there today to get him to replace the...

[quote="Meryaten"]Gahhh. Annoying! No chance he'll give you elastics to take home for if this happens?[/quote] Well my ortho gave me some extra elastics but surgeon said for at least a week I wont be able to fit them myself I ended up having to go down there today to get him to replace the...

Damn those eggs and beans

It was really mushed up and I was using a teaspoon and it still snapped an elastic

Gah, so took the other one off like surgeon said and am now waiting to here back from him as to whether I have to go back in today to get them replaced

thank you for posting that link, I am currently 1 week post op and am still at the chipmunk stage (or shrek as I am very green from the bruising)

You look AMAZING post op and it was great to see the progress shots

Well done for getting this far!

well today I had double whammy appointments Ortho at 12 - very pleased with jaw, and progress! Surgeon at 3 - took elastics off (well the ones I had left, one snapped the other night as I was brushing my teeth), took the plate out (wierd feeling), and took the stitches out of my cheeks. He then put ...

Well the bruising has come out today, all down my chest too, my neck is all greeny yellow - attractive :lol: The swelling has gone down a bit more but the dull ache in my cheeks is now worse and painkillers dont appear to be touching it One positive is I can now drink from a glass without dribbling ...

Ive had mine on now since october 2006 so 15 months and I have about another 10 - 12 weeks to go Its not too bad, keep em clean and keep the ortho happy and you will be fine I sometimes felt a bit disenheartened and thought my teeth hadn't moved but my ortho was always really surprised by how much t...

Hello brit buddies... Im 28 almost 29 and I am now coming to the end of my treatment, got my braces on october 2006, without needing extractions as I had all 4 wisdoms out back in 2000. Ive just had surgery on my jaw to correct my profile (and boy if you think extractions are bad think again lol :lo...