Metal Mouth Message Board

I haven't kept up like I should so I was glad to read your post!!! That's awesome, I'm so happy for you!!! I have two more months to go and I'll be celebrating along with you. You do have a wonderful outlook on your experience and I was glad to hear of your travels along the journey. You mentioned t...

I sympathize with you as I had pain on my left side as well. I used a tube sock filled partially with white rice and tied it off. Heated it in the microwave and would put it on that jaw joint. It helped tremendously along with a little ibprofen..I wish you all the best.

Thank you....

I had my lower jaw advanced 6mm and my chin reduced 6mm and all turned out fine. Check out my blog if you like.

OK...you can't tell me I'm the only one wondering???? I'd be interested to hear others experience with numbness and kissing...please. Thank you!!

I'll be seven months post op the end of August and I still have numbness in my chin area, along my lower teeth area and my lower lip. I have tingling feelings to the touch along my lip and sides of chin...but still no feeling in a small area on the end of my chin about the size of a quarter. That wi...

I'm curious...it's been since Dec 31st when I had my lower jaw advanced and my chin reduced. I am just finishing up the settlement phase of my divorce and so I have not kissed anyone since my surgery. I still have numbness in my chin area and lower lip. How has kissing been for those of you who were...

Is there an imaging type of test that you can have done to check the nerve to see if it was severed? My OS said that they did not severe my nerve but I had to have my screws removed because on the right side the screws were poking through under the back of my tongue and my OS said that had never hap...

Six months here and I still have numbness on my chin and lower lip and lower jaw. I'm concerned when I had my screws put that the severed the nerve, I had the screws out the end of May because they were poking through under my tongue. He said that they didn't severe the nerve but I'm wondering if it...

Bump...

Feeling very swollen today and extremely sore...but this too shall pass!

The hospital sent me home with a jaw wrap ice pack so I didn't need the one I had ordered. Yes, the Zip N Squeeze bags worked well, you just have to be careful with pureed food and make sure it's not too hot and it's pureed really good. If you squeeze too hard the seal will open and you'll have a me...

Just thought I'd chime in as well. I'm 48 and have my lower jaw advancement surgery and a chin reduction on Dec 31. My recovery was pretty quick and relatively easy. I was out walking the day after surgery (in the back yard) and up to walking a mile in the second week. I still have numbness in my ch...

I'm home and resting with my ice packs. They were able to get them out from the inside so I don't have any stitches on the outside of my jaw which was a happy moment! I have quite a few stitches on the inside and I'm really sore and still numb...LOL...was numb before the surgery but number now. :) N...

Hi Kate, I'm hoping you're on this board as I have tried numerous times to post to your blog but ever since you changed the format I'm not able to respond to your posts. :( You are looking great!! Nice lips in that last post...women pay lots of money to get lips like those. :) email me at my email a...