My name is Jyl and I just had a double jaw orthognathic surgery last tuesday. I had Lefort Osteotomy, Bilateral Sagital split osteotomy, turbinectomy, and septoplasty. i am now 10 days out and am feeling ok, no pain really just uncomfortable from the splint and not being able to talk! Oh ya and eating everything through a syringe! But it has been bad, the first 3 days were really rough! I was only in the hospital for 1 day and then had to return the 3rd day from not being able to breath through my nose ( and since my mouth is swollen I cant breath through it) I was pretty freaked out. Turns out i just over dosed a little on the Afrin. After i stopped that and took the sea salt and I felt much better. I have gained A LOT of sensation back which the doctors are awed over because it normally takes weeks! But now that I am getting sensation back, I think I can feel the sutures on the inside of my mouth on the gum line, its reallly sensitive.
My only concern right now is that the sensation is back, I am starting to be able to smile. which is fine but I feel like smiling is going to rip the stitches, I can feel the tension when I smile, it kind of hurts, so I try not too. But people around me make me laugh so its a hard thing to restrain!
Does anyone know when the stitches will either dissolve or do I get them cut out... I think they are dissolveable ones but I am not sure. I have pain and sensitivity right below my nose on my lip where I am pretty sure the suture site is. I know they are going to be sore, and getting sensation back extremely quick probably does not help with the pain management. If I were still numb, I would not even feel it.
Any suggestions? I know it is going to be a long 6 weeks and i am eager to see the end result! You can already see the difference in my profile and jaws but my cheeks are still puffy. eating through a syringe sucks
-Jyl
