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- Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:06 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: Anyone else's surgery results not as planned?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7967
Hi, Thankyou. The surgeon actually does want to touch my lower jaw but after alot of thinking I do not want it. But I will have to wait and see because as they say if the surgeon knows you have been operated on before he should know to take even more precautions but...Im still not really for it, hop...
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:44 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: more surgery questions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1634
I had that lack of nutrition too was diagnosed with severe malnutrition...didnt realise how much it damages your body because I've never really been a person to watch what I eat or eat at set times but I certainly did enjoy eating and have never been underweight before. Your body becomes weak and st...
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:35 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: January 2010 Buddies
- Replies: 149
- Views: 20969
It should make you nose look straighter if it was not before, and it should help you breathe better through both nostrils. You nose would prob look slightly different anyway due to having upper jaw surgery. He did a good thing anyway...all for your benefit, some surgeons just leave it deviated...or ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:32 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: I'm having double jaw surgery for $6600 including hospital
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5596
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:57 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: Anyone else's surgery results not as planned?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7967
Hi, My next surgery is looming. Surgeon said I must regain my weight first. I went into the op at 56kg came out and shrunk to 42kg so being 170cm and severely underweight means he cannot operate until I am 54kg. But I am now 50kg so should be maybe March/April not sure. Don't even know exactly what ...
- Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:25 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: "Feeling" the screws through your face/gums?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8947
I was meant to have every single piece of hardware removed next month, the surgeon said he would like to at 6 months post op but am not because I am having a revision, but will get it removed after that. Can't really feel it unless I look for it but the ones in my lower I can kinda notice more becau...
- Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:04 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: When did you start seeing your "final" result???
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1290
I heard walking helps swelling go down, being active. Doesn't help it go quicker, as in knock months off, it will still take 6months + for it to completely disappear but it helps it for the day. Things like arnica and stuff like that, I tried but it did not seem to do much, however the cooling gel p...
- Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:38 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: January 2010 Buddies
- Replies: 149
- Views: 20969
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:14 am
- Forum: The Bracket Club
- Topic: unhappy with jaw surgery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3017
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:29 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: January 2010 Buddies
- Replies: 149
- Views: 20969
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:28 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: January 2010 Buddies
- Replies: 149
- Views: 20969
CrazyB Good to hear your doing well.. I was wondering where you got to!! I didn't really take pain meds either, I don't thinK the pain from the surgery is that bad it's more the discomfort oh and I am allergic to paracetomol so just did a week of ibruprofen before eating, sleeping was no trouble. As...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:36 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: Surgery related dreams
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1459
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:23 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: January 2010 Buddies
- Replies: 149
- Views: 20969
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:38 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: my journey,frustrating and depressing
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4254
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:00 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: my journey,frustrating and depressing
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4254
I would say the surgery and the associated pain when healing is is not bad at all. The thing that makes things seem very extreme is after care in alot of cases, when obviously you as the patient are feeling/noticing things that to you seem very extreme, unusual or uncomfortable and the surgeon kind ...