Aw dexter, glad you're swelling has started to reduce, thats what I am worrying about at the moment, as although I only had lower jaw surgery, it is massive! Maybe because of the genio aswell... I look like an egg head! I know what you mean about neighbours - the lady next to me on my ward had very rude visitors who spoke incredibly loudly for a very long time, even though two of us had only just come back from surgery. It was actually like a form of torture, being so knocked out yet having someone in your ear so you can't sleep properly grrrr. She then went on the say to the nurses "well, I'm only here because they had no other beds on the other wards, I've had an operation you see on my leg"!!! Thankfully, the nurse replies that, actually, the ward was full of other poeple who had had operations...dexter7188 wrote:Day 4 update:
Swelling is down a small bit, but still very noticeable. I think my upper lip got even more swollen, or at least it's more stiff than it was day 1. It may be because I've been drinking a lot of orange juice and the acidity is messing with it. The pain hasn't gotten any better. I've been getting headaches that I think I'm getting because of the pressure of biting down on my splint.
Encountered my first breathing complications last night. I could only breathe through one nostril and I was too paranoid to fall back asleep for a while. Neighbors partied from 6pm to midnight, so I spent 6 hours trying to nap.
Okay. Rant over!
. I hope you guys dont mind if i post here on the July buddies thread from now on since the majority of my recovery has been in July. I had lefort and bsso surgery at UCLA to correct a class III underbite. I agree with you guys with throwing up blood being the worst part. I threw up blood the first 2 days of recovery. I felt like i was choking! not a good feeling. Its now day 19 and most of the swelling has gone down. It seems like the last bit of swelling is slowly going to fade away. At my first post up appointment, which was last monday, my surgeon said everything looked very good and that everything was healing properly. That was definitely good news. The only thing that has got me worried is if a fibrous union were to occur. I dont know sometimes i just think my jaw is going to move out of place and disconnect. The bones should already be fusing together right? Does talking or coughing increase the chances of the bones snapping off one another? Maybe i just think about things too much. For those of you in the first few days of healing, hang in there! it only gets better.
What is a fibrous union btw?
. The pain and discomfort is pretty low. I take my pain meds still, but a lower dose than before. I'm feeling pretty decent, but won't be going out soon or anything. Hope everyone is feeling better! Good luck to all going to surgery soon.