Having surgery this morning!

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#1 Post by **Jvivek** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:29 pm

Due to crazy circumstances I won't have any family/friends at the hospital. Do hospitals release patients without a loved one, I will take a cab home. Also should I take off my eye contacts off, last thing should I bring my cell phone with me, I was told not to but I won't be able to talk after. have some something entertaining me I suppose.

I have lower jaw and genioplasty.

#2 Post by **OzzysMom** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:15 am

Best wishes for today!
If you are taking a cab home, depending how long the ride is, it may be a good idea to take a pillow with you for support. It was hard for me to keep my head lifted up(but I also had upper jaw surgery as well) as my neck was sore.

I know some people are able to watch tv or other things while in the hospital but in my case, I just wanted to sleep until the next morning.

You'll definitely want to take your contacts out.
Do you have anyone coming over after you get home to help out?

#3 Post by **eveningninja** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:30 am

You're probably already gone by now, but... I'd say yes take your contacts out. IMO I wouldn't worry about bringing a phone. I just had a pen and paper and wrote down what I wanted to ask nurses/doctors and stuff. I also wrote to my family for about a week when I couldn't talk.

Good luck.

#4 Post by **Jvivek** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:19 am

Hey guys thanks for your support, I just woke up to go to the surgery, nervous. I do have help at home once surgery completed.

#5 Post by **iBorg** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:47 am

Best of luck with the recovery. I hope your trip home was uneventful.

Mike

#6 Post by **2bpositive** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:04 pm

Good Luck!!

I did need someone to be there & take me home to be release.

#7 Post by **Jvivek** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:16 pm

Surgery went ahead, couple of tips.

You will hate the sore throat.
Learn to breath through your nose before surgery, I was more of mouth breather, since I have sinuses.

Give up on Zip-n-Bags, I ordered 1 month before, nothing, no communications none whatsoever, order with the competitor instead.

Don't schedule the surgery on the day after a long weekend, my care nurses were extremely thin staffed, I had tough time getting ice for my jaw.

My lower jaw was advanced roughly 9-10mm
my chin was advanced 7 mm

I all I hated the breathing, the alcoholic in the bed next to me, the nurse care was stretched beyond the breaking point, I also didn't like morphine, turns out I don't need any pain meds the second day, Morphine was making me nausea's.

would I do it all over again, most likely no, since I cant talk with the splint, my jaw surgery was way ahead of schedule as my ortho said that after 6 months of braces we haven't seen any reall progress, he set me up for a appointment with the surgeon, they just happen to have a date within 5 weeks, so I am jumped on the bandwagon.

sickest thing I got is the tubes the hospital gave me to drink fluids with, it is a 60 oz syringe and the catheter that they cut and put on the syringe nozzle, usuless unless you are only using it for clear liquids.

Thanks a lot zip-n-bags, now to kick start a pay-pal charge back.

#8 Post by **Jvivek** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:17 pm

I almost never made it there, my cab driver was 300 pounds 70 years old, he blew through a stop sign, nearly missing another car, then he started having breathing difficulties, it was great start to the day.

#9 Post by PJ » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:39 pm

Wow! Sounds like it could have been a better experience--especially that cab ride! Hope you start feeling better soon.

#10 Post by **eveningninja** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:35 am

Jvivek, it's real easy to think "no I wouldn't do it all over again" or "I regret this" the first few days. Give it at least another week and you'll be feeling so much better. Hang in there!

#11 Post by **changes09** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:35 am

Aren't you glad its done and over with? It's nice that you did not have to use pain meds the second day. I still have to take a swig of vicodin every now and then.

#12 Post by **Jvivek** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:33 am

changes09 wrote:Aren't you glad its done and over with? It's nice that you did not have to use pain meds the second day. I still have to take a swig of vicodin every now and then.

I have very high pain threshold from the beatings I incur when I was younger.

#13 Post by **iBorg** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:53 am

Those of us who have been there will tell you the first week is ####. Then it quickly gets better.

Mike

Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:15 pm

totally agree with everyone there that said the first week is the worst, let us know how you are doing after the first week, you might be pleasently surprised with how you are feeling, granted you will prob still be tired and such but it won't be as bad as you imagined it would be!

#15 Post by **Smylee** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:35 pm

Hi,

Hope you are doing better now. I have a receding lower jaw and open bite. How long have you been wearing braces ? which country did you do your surgery in ?