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Haha I have the same exact problem. It's weird not being able to feel your gums. I too had my splint out at Day 10. My bands are still in place, however. My swelling has pretty much disappeared now @ day 12. I CANNOT BELIEVE the difference. I still have numbness in my chin and inside my mouth and f...

Faythful, Please consider that everyone is different. There are a lot of people that have difficult recoveries from jaw surgeries of all types. I think that if you are determined to go, you should be okay. I had upper and lower surgery 12 days ago and returned to work with a 14 hour day today withou...

Thank you for your replies! I guess it's a very varied matter. I was just a bit worried because today at the hospital, one of my surgeons said I might have mine out tomorrow...! Maybe, maybe, depends on the ortho, but I was thinking 4-5 weeks as well initially. He even took all my bands out today, ...

Has anyone else had this trouble after surgery? I mean, I was asking for it: liquid diet that is FULL of sugar, clindamycin 4x a day, breathing through my mouth. I'm going to call my doctor in the morning and hopefully he'll tell me to quit the antibiotics. And maybe phone in a script for an anti-fu...

Hi there, I went in for consultations a total of three times before surgery. First, before I had my braces put on for a brief informational session. Second, about halfway between the braces going on and the surgery just to check on my progress. The third is the one I suspect you're talking about. I ...

WiredRunner wrote:Two days left

Good luck!

Great question James...I'm wondering the same thing.

I'm Day 9 and my face still has considerable swelling. At least I hope it does, b/c I like everything but how round everything is

Hi James, How are you sleeping? In a bed propped up? Chair? I'm day 7 and I had been sleeping/lounging/chillin in a recliner until last night when I graduated to a bed for the first time. It was actually tough and I struggled a bit so I would say if you have a chair or recliner available try that. I...

Hi Aviv, Congrats on the progress! I'm one week out today and even at that point, I feel pretty good too! You and I had the same procedure, and even though I have the splint still in until Tuesday, it really is something else to have your top teeth in front of your bottom teeth haha! I suspect not m...

Hi Rodney, I am recovering on my first week right now from double jaw surgery (day 5!). I agree with the other posters that supporting yourself is not an option for the first couple of days. I feel like I'd starting to be okay on my own now, but this is the first day that I can say that. Until last ...

Congrats to the July crew. I had my surgery on Friday at Boston Medical Center. Mine was double jaw...and I ended up having some pretty serious movement. They moved my upper jaw forward 7-8 mm, up 4-5 mm, and my lower jaw was rotated backwards about 2-3 mm. I had some serious misalignment. I feel li...

No luck with BU humorme? have you thought about going international? Interestingly, I recently found out that Dr. Reiche in Costa Rica and Dr. Mehra trained in the same fellowship with Dr. Wolford at Baylor and have published papers together. BTW -- I just got back from Riz installing the surgical h...

Hey July buddies. More of a lurker than a poster, but I'll be having surgery on Friday (hopefully)! I've been telling people I can't wait and they look at me funny. Can't wait to have your face sawed off? But really, I can't!! I've been running into some problems the past few weeks though. I got sic...

Wow chipmunkcheeks that was amazing!

You look great! You looked like at least a half dozen different people in that slide show haha!

How much movement did you have on the upper jaw, do you know?

I was braced in December 2009, and my orthodontist has been incredible so far! He has a great reputation and I have nothing but good things to say about him. I went to several different orthodontists for consultations. He says that I will be ready for surgery in about 3 weeks. I am currently schedul...