Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi, sorry for late reply haven't been at the pc much lately cos my internet was playing up!! Lefortsg, i am id say now about 20% swollen, mainly around my jawline. I have small swelling around my nose & inside is numb also my upper gum & some of my pallate is numb too. Do you find it a tad d...

Hey lefortsg, glad you are not suffering so bad with pain now that must have been terrible!!! Yes v unlucky to have an allergy to the one thing that helps you through this! I am taking my antibiotics (amoxicillin) and ibuprofen to help with the permenant ache in my face. Im also meant to be taking a...

Hey lefortsg, yeh i saw ur post, sounds like u had a rough time of it!! Really sorry to hear that, i was kind of lucky i guess cos things have been fairly smooth since the word go. Couldn't imagine not taking painkillers....i was taking morphine through a syringe until the night before i left hospit...

Hey I'm back, thank you to everyone for all your lovely messages!! I got to the hospital wed around 7:45am & was taken into a room full of people where we all had to wait. There was a mix of day stay patients & patients staying over night. One by one they were called up & taken down to t...

Thanks Mike!! Yes it sounds all too familiar haha, just hope i have the main essentials :) Thanks again, and 3 months will fly by i promise!! And when your day comes it will feel like it was only yesterday they were telling you you have 3 months til your surgery :) Hope all is well with yourself, ta...

I have surgery tomorrow & i was told i need to see my surgeon & consultant in a joint clinic the following tuesday, for a check up & to attach small rubber bands to hold my jaws in place!

Good luck with your surgery!!

Beth xx

Hi lefortsg, just wanted to say a big good luck for tomorrow morning!! I hope it all goes well for you and your hospital stay is comfortable. I will be right beside you, my surgery is also tomorrow for upper & lower maybe genio for an underbite/crossbite :) Are you in the UK by any chance?? Take...

Awww thanks descantus!!! I'm looking forward to getting the surgery over with & seeing the day to day changes

I will post as soon as i can afterwards, hoping i can take my laptop with me but i think that might be a no

Anyways, thanks again

Beth xx

Ok am really scared now, having upper & lower tomorrow & im petrified!! I am due to be at the hospital at 7:30am so i will have to be up around 5:45am :shock: to get everything ready to take with me & it's about a 40 minute journey. Think the drive will be the worst part as far as my ner...

Thanks Blindboarder!!!! The hooks don't really hurt, it feels like there's tons more metal in your mouth for the first couple of days but it's not that bad. I had a lower hook that was rubbing on my lip but wax helps. Other than that it's ok. What are you having done, are you close to getting your h...

I have a an underbite of over 1 cm plus asymmetry on my lower jaw and a crossbite. I'm having my lower jaw moved back and the asymmetry corrected and the upper jaw moved forward several mil. The overbite and overjet is what everyone with a correct bite has but the 9mm is the measurement i will end u...

Thanks Kerry, I'm totally wetting myself with nerves but at the same time im looking forward to it in a weird kinda way :) I keep getting butterflies every now and then, feels like forever waiting to hear those words, 'we have a date for your surgery'. How are you coming along? You getting your hook...

That's fab news!!! Good luck hope all goes well for you. My surgery is Feb 25th so won't be far behind you.

Beth xxx

Firstly thank god this board is up and running for posting! Ok so I had an app with my ortho & surgeon on 9th Dec, they both agreed i was ready for surgery & i had a chat with the surgeon to go over a few details. He was a lot more relaxed about all the things i was worried about than i expe...

Ive not been compared to an animal but i was called 'chinny' by some people in the pub or kids on the street. Its hurtful but very childish coming from adults!! I just hope when it's all done i will not be called silly names :) Also, im lucky that my surgeon is very tactful. When he first met me he ...