I'm not entirely sure what the procedures I'm having done are, but from descriptions it sounds like a bilateral mandibular sagittal Split and Le Fort I osteotomy - i.e. lower jaw lengthed on one side, shortened on the other, with lower jaw brought forward and chin slightly rotated round to the front. On the upper jaw, the plane of the jaw is being tilted downwards so that my teeth don't stick out quite so much, it's all being hitched up by a mm or two to correct a slightly gummy smile. I am also having the cant I have developed (due to lower jaw asymmetry) corrected (you can see how 'wonky' my mouth is in this picture):
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My husband has booked time off work to look after me for a couple of days, and my employers are aware I will need a few weeks off to recover.
One thing I am not sure about is how active I am "allowed" to be, post-op. I know you are supposed to avoid contact sports but I am a regular cyclist (i.e. 20 miles most days) and do a fair bit of indoor wall climbing. These are not contact sports but a fall from either could be a bad thing for healing jawbones. Will both these activities be out for a while, post-op - and could anyone predict how long, based on their experience and advice they have been given?
Thanks!
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