My expander is out!!!! YES!!!!

[DolphinBite]

Hey everybody -

I haven't posted here in a while b/c I was getting a little braces and jaw surgery obsessed and it wasn't good for me - was basically spending all my free time looking at jaw surgery blogs and pictures and videos. Plus, I was pretty depressed about having to keep my expander in for 8 weeks longer than my orthodontist predicted. I'm back now and I'm going to do my best to visit the forum every now and then and talk to all of you without it becoming an obsession.

Here's my latest vlog on my experience. I still have the gap. Can you see any changes in my face yet? I think that my upper lip is fuller and wider.

http://www.happygoplucky.com/my-blog/2012/10/the-expander-is-out-.html

Love to all -
B

[trigeminalneuralgia]

Thanks for sharing..im getting one of these in a few weeks.  Im scared

[trigeminalneuralgia]

just got my expander put in

i cant talk

and i cant CHEW either, my molars dont even touch, im cranky as hell.  how am i supposed to eat

[trigeminalneuralgia]

im going to lose weight

this is awful

what are the consequences of not chewing up your food

[trigeminalneuralgia]

Did having a weird mushy undigested diet give you diarhhea

[trigeminalneuralgia]

We have a conference at work. .

Hope by then I don't sound as stupid

[trigeminalneuralgia]

i am worried because i cant physically chew my food that itll upset my stomach

[trigeminalneuralgia]

I need a water pick BAD waaah

[DolphinBite]

Hey guys -

Sorry, I'm just seeing your messages 

 trigeminalneuralgia - do you still have the expander in? I lost about 15 pounds with it - and I wasn't supposed to! The doctor said that I would only lose weight with the second surgery - whoops! I will have to be careful about how much I lose with the second surgery.

Oh, and by the way, looks like my surgery will be in February or March of next year - sooner than I thought!!!

hugs -
B

[trigeminalneuralgia]

Not sure when im getting my expander taken out.

I've been less reliant on my neck brace since the expander (as much as i wine about it) so I definitely think my intuition was right...tmj is part of the cause of my occipital headaches

Good luck with surgery!  Crock pot is helping me

[trigeminalneuralgia]

unfortunately i cant cook red meat in my house but so far curry chicken, chipotle chicken, and this creamy chicken mushroom concoction, lol.

chipotle was def my favorite. 

its hard to explain but i can chew a little now even tho my molars dont touch..i use the palate expander and my tongue to separate soft foods.  anything harder is a challenge and i get too tired

[DolphinBite]

Best of luck - I know exactly what you mean when you say you get tired when eating. I think one of the reasons I lost weight was that it just took so long to eat anything. I hope they remove the expander SOON!

You can see the changes in my face since the SARPE surgery here: http://www.happygoplucky.com/my-blog/2012/11/before-and-after-photos-of-jaw-surgery-sarpe.html

Before and after photos

Happy Thanksgiving!

[trigeminalneuralgia]

wow!!!  you look great!

you're lucky you dont have a bunch of cavities with your teeth being crowded like that (i know i do)

my palate expander is different, its behind my front teeth and plastic.  it looks less painful than yours but it's still very annoying.

happy thanksgiving everyone,jaw is going to be very tired today indeed