Thanks to all of you for your replies.
I'll have to let you know how everything goes. My surgery is scheduled for next Wednesday (May 16) and I will have sarpe and all 4 wisdom teeth out.
I promise to write and let you know of how it goes. Hope I do as well as all of you have. Thanks again.
Jonni
24hours post-SARPE
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Re: 24hours post-SARPE
this is how i look day 4!!! post sarpe
oh cant post photo
hugely hugely swollen
hard hematoma left cheek
black eyes bilaterally
in a lot of pain
my three year old daughter cried when she saw me and my one year old son not much better
a terrible experience
and my orhodontist wont see me, he delegates to junior dentists, is never available at all,
surgeons have been nice,
but had to spend two nights intensive care unit, have lost 6 kg and i only started at 52. too scared to start expanding..
oh cant post photo
hugely hugely swollen
hard hematoma left cheek
black eyes bilaterally
in a lot of pain
my three year old daughter cried when she saw me and my one year old son not much better
a terrible experience
and my orhodontist wont see me, he delegates to junior dentists, is never available at all,
surgeons have been nice,
but had to spend two nights intensive care unit, have lost 6 kg and i only started at 52. too scared to start expanding..
Re: 24hours post-SARPE
Hang in there - I had a rough ride too, 24h in intensive care unit and about a week in hospital. It does get better quite quickly after about 3-4 days.
I would suggest to leave the kids at home until you feel happier as they pick up on it. However don't worry too much as they probably won't remember anything of the first visit after a few years - just be careful to never mention it again.
Just get on the hardest hitting pain relief medication if you need it - I also took a sleeping pill each night to get some decent rest. I was mixing butter into my soup to try to keep the calories up once I was off the liquid food through the tube down my nose (yuck).
Also I didn't start turning the screw on the expander until about a week after the operation - so don't worry about that for the moment. Get them to show you how to do it once you are feeling better.
Good luck!
I would suggest to leave the kids at home until you feel happier as they pick up on it. However don't worry too much as they probably won't remember anything of the first visit after a few years - just be careful to never mention it again.
Just get on the hardest hitting pain relief medication if you need it - I also took a sleeping pill each night to get some decent rest. I was mixing butter into my soup to try to keep the calories up once I was off the liquid food through the tube down my nose (yuck).
Also I didn't start turning the screw on the expander until about a week after the operation - so don't worry about that for the moment. Get them to show you how to do it once you are feeling better.
Good luck!