Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi bracesaat20, how are you feeling now?

Good to hear you are doing so well! I joined the forum just before your surgery, so I've been reading all the recent threads in this surgery category. Those of us with surgery in our future need to hear stories like yours!

Hehe! That's funny! You won't be doing that for another few weeks!

Hi Catherine, I'll be having upper and lower surgery sometime in 2011 as well. I've been told it could be as early as next spring, but I know that it is hard to predict this early in treatment. Sounds like you have really been through it!!! I hope things have settled down for you. I got my braces 10...

How about during your time being banded shut? Doesn't your tongue just want to break out of prison? Also, I've practiced swallowing with my teeth together, and it seems very unnatural--but maybe more so because my bite hasn't been corrected yet. Fortunately, I'm pretty good at the mind over matter c...

I'm hoping that, like bracesat30, I'm looped enough by the meds, that I will awaken slowly and not have the energy or wherewithal to panic.

I imagine at that point I should just be glad to have made it through!

I am anticipating some nasal congestion, and I hope it is not too bad. I like the Breathe Right strips and Vicks idea--I used to put mentholatum under my kid's noses when they had colds, and it seemed to help them a lot. So you are 4 weeks out--ongratulations! I've read about splints--is that simila...

I hope my post-op recovery starts out as smoothly as yours. Was swallowing with jaws shut something that was difficult to learn?

I think my biggest fear regarding surgery is that I will get panicky when I first wake up...kind of like, claustrophobia of the mouth and airway! I'm not a nervous kind of person, either, having faced other medical issues and minor surgeries without much fear, but this surgery really scares me! ( Le...

Your teeth look fantastic. Congratulations! So nice to hear people say it's worth it.

Thank you for the welcome! This will be quite the adventure, will enjoy having company along the way...

Hi, I am new to the forum and looking forward to being a part of this group as my ortho adventure begins. This second time around, I'm looking at braces plus orthognathic surgery. I nixed the idea of braces/surgery several years ago, but now things have worsened (of course!) and so here I am! I bet ...