I'm from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.. I'm very sorry my English is not good I hope you can understand me and type with a very simple language please
I'm very happy to find like this forum with kind members always ready to help
my problem is :
I have an overbite my upper jaw is promenant with a gummy smile and deep bite my bottem teeth don't appear covered by the upper ones, also my lips don't meet together
I went to a surgen and told me that I need surgery in the both jaws , I'm very hesitating because he said that my nose will be changed a little bit may be it would be larger. Also my friend told me she was very tired she couldn't breath or swallow after the surgery (upper jaw) during recovery
I looked at some of the pictures here and noticed that the nose is same
I wanna ask who do notice a change in his\her nose?
who has problems of breathing during recovery?
I wanna ask who do notice a change in his\her nose?
I had no change in my nose after upper and lower jaw surgery.
(Before and after photos ---> http://www.thisisjustwrong.com)
who has problems of breathing during recovery?
I had problems breathing after surgery. My nose was full of blood and snot and my mouth was so swollen that I could not breath through my mouth at all. I got scared but the nurse gave me some drugs and I felt better. After that recovery was fine.
My nose has not become wider or larger. My breathing has improved since having the surgery. The only time it felt congested was when it was bleeding for the first day or two after the operation, but that only happened four or five times.
Good luck!
Braced October 17, 2007
BSSO and Lefort August 13, 2008
De-braced November 24, 2008
Because your entire top jaw has been buzz-sawed off your face and you've had a breathing tube shoved through your sinuses for 8 hours. Amazingly, it heals up in no time.
No no no, that's my goal at all. I'm just frank, why sugar coat everything? The surgery is scary but its nothing really in the grand scheme of things when you look back at it, I mean that. We're all adults here, nobody deserves to have this information powder-puffed to them. And as others have said in other threads, I think its important to maintain a sense of humor through this. I mean look at my avatar for c sake, people could interpret that as frightening OR as hilarious. I laugh to myself every time I look at it because its so accurate of what I was feeling when that was taken. I guess it depends on what stage of the process you're at.
Anyway, I have no intention of scaring anyone here, I'm strictly here for support and knowledge sharing. But I'm not going to lolli-pop any of this either, its major, power-tools involved, surgery.
As a relative new-comer to this board, I have to admit at first I found KarlClayLA's posts as "scary". I also was scared as hell by his blog, and in fact for 2 days after reading it I said "no way am I doing this". However, since then I've had a few conversations via PM's with him and I have to tell you there is nobody on here that means as well as he does. I can't say I know him personally, but the mere fact he posts on this board when his treatment is over is proof that he's here to help all of us.
Posts from KarlClay are the one's that I appreciate the most. Honestly, what good is there in sugar-coating all of this? When you read something from him and laugh...think of how much good that is doing for you!!
I've been doing everything I can to look at this adventure in a positive light, and let me tell you it has been VERY hard. I've focused way too much on the negative. But you know what...I can keep doing that and work myself up to the point of depression or severe anxiety, or I can start looking at this positively and with some humor. I'm trying my damnedest to do the latter, and I just want to chime in here and say "Keep the honest posts coming". There is no better information than REALITY when you're dealing with this stuff.
I must say that the lighthearted posts (and blogs) out there helped me at least as much. Just knowing that other people have done this, and lived through this, and still feel good about their decision is incredibly helpful when you're faced with a decision like this.
I admit that where the details of my surgeries are concerned, I want to know as little as possible - just know enough to still make an informed decision. Yes, the surgeon explained everything to me, and I could have read up on how exactly they proceed, but I prefer to have just a working knowledge of what is detached or moved from where to where and what the possible risks are.
I'm squeamish, and I know that knowing even more about the procedures would make me lose sleep over something I have little control over anyway.
I think KarlClay's posts are hilarious! He is honest and that is a good thing. I read his blog and stories from many other members too and their stories were amazingly helpful.
Approaching surgery with a positive attitude is helpful, and will help with recovery, but it's normal to be scared too. After all, you're about to have your jaw "buzz-sawed off your face" as Karl would say.
Braced October 17, 2007
BSSO and Lefort August 13, 2008
De-braced November 24, 2008
