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User Blogs => Standard & Video Blogs => Topic started by: Cmonster on April 11, 2013, 05:15:19 PM
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Hi everyone :)
Its final countdown time for me, Im having double jaw surgery in two weeks with Dr.Gunson. Im going to be taking a bit of a hiatus from the boards, but I will be blogging so message me there or shoot me a personal pm/email if you have specific questions! Im very excited and nervous in the same go. Thank you to everyone here, who has been kind, helpful, and so resourceful. I've learned probably a BIT too much lol but insightful regardless!
Take care :)
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Good luck! Nothing to be nervous about, really!
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Good luck! Nothing to be nervous about, really!
Says the guy who is post op with an amazing result :) Thank you though!
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Best of luck! can't wait to hear how things went
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Good Luck!
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I'm jealous in a strange way. Maybe it's the time off work that I'm missing.
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I'm jealous in a strange way. Maybe it's the time off work that I'm missing.
Oh my god......you are my idol
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Oh my god......you are my idol
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You have a great attitude and seem so positively pleased with your surgery outcome . That is my hope as it is for others too.
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I've dealt with jaw pain and issues for so long and I'm so happy that the whole process is coming to a close. It was the best decision I've ever made and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Glad I could help out in any way.
Good luck Cmonster. Pop a Valium, or two.
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Hi everyone :)
Im happy that some of you left something nice to say. I've been kind of away from the boards and periodically updating my blog. Im just over two weeks post op! I have A LOT of thoughts about this so far, but week one hasnt been too tough, week two has been much more difficult. Oh the many things I've been through, nothing has been as testing as this has been for me thus far. Like when you are waiting for it - you poke and prod at the before and afters, you wonder what your face will become, but actually going through it, its tough. The liquid diet is something you wish uon your enemy lol- I get burnt out easily so Im really struggling to find foods that taste okay in the blender, for some reason everything tastes off lol.
I'll be posting here more often, so long as everyone's nice :) if you have any questions please ask away!
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try the imagine soups.
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Chocolate instant breakfasts
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Hey guys thanks for the suggestions- Im MAD picky and being away from home is making this a pinch difficult, its all good.
I think the hardest part is that you are committed once you do this - its not like during the recovery you can bail or take a few days off, when you're in it you are in it. How do I say this, the more severe and debilitating your teeth/jaws were before surgery the more rewarding it feels even with all the struggle imo, the less you had pre-op it can get hard some nights to not flip out if that makes sense.
Sleeping on my back is not natural for me (I tried for weeks pre-op and could barely sleep) so yeah sleeping upright makes me MAD lol, the liquid diet gets inundating things that I loved eating pre-op like pad thai or pho taste terrible in the blender. The individual elements make it taste wonderful and PLEASE never blend a donut you will hate yourself. What else, I dont really know anyone here so I've felt a bit isolated and havent gone out much because I dont want people staring at my uneven basketball like face so that might be contributing to it all. Just overall its easy to get frustrated and burnt out. Before starting this whole process, I knew this was not going to be easy and you prepare yourself mentally, but actually being within it is different.
Having a strong support network is so key and allowing yourself to break down and let those emotions rise to the surface, as visitors, but ONLY that and know its part of the healing process.
I dont mind talking or posting here, if someone says something nasty I'll break their legs then move to the private forum Im fair like that. ;)
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So on Saturday, day 17 I started feeling more energy and that was probably due to drinking a ton more fluids and getting more sleep in. I hope the worst is behind me :). Swelling has gone down, bruising is mostly gone, there is little to no pain except with my right joint and Im only taking pain meds at night to sleep. I have an appointment tomorrow so it will be interesting to see where I am on the progress scale. The only thing that is bugging me is this weird lump about 2 inches away from my chin- infection has been ruled out since there is no fever, no foul taste or smell, and I've extended my round of antibiotics and its still there. I'll press on what that is. I hope whatever it is goes away. Either way Im marking each day down on the calendar as a day of progress and one day down to eating REAL FOOD. Its moving along :)
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damn homey, that sounds f**king HARD. Congrats on being such a hard man. It's inspiring, I'll go through your posts when I'm wanting to off myself. I realize I'm such a f**king wimp when it comes to pain and debilitation of this sort, but I'll read these posts as inspiration.
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Cmonster, how is the numbness below your mouth and around your chin doing (the red area in your photo on your blog)? Is it getting better?
I am numb in the same area and like you did at one point have some random tingling and feeling there from time to time but not full feeling yet. Just wondering how and if yours has gotten better over the last few weeks.
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Cmonster, how is the numbness below your mouth and around your chin doing (the red area in your photo on your blog)? Is it getting better?
I am numb in the same area and like you did at one point have some random tingling and feeling there from time to time but not full feeling yet. Just wondering how and if yours has gotten better over the last few weeks.
Hi Mec,
Im heading into week 9 and most of my face has sensation, its still kind of weird in the cheeks/lower jaw area...
With that red area when I run my finger on my lip and right below it reminds me of this like an electrical ball where it trails your finger.... and it tingles... my chin is a little less receptive to sensation but it tingles when I touch it. Kind of when you sit on your leg and it gets that prickly feeling... I dont know how else to explain it. How far along are you mec and did you lower jaw/genio?
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Hi Mec,
Im heading into week 9 and most of my face has sensation, its still kind of weird in the cheeks/lower jaw area...
With that red area when I run my finger on my lip and right below it reminds me of this like an electrical ball where it trails your finger.... and it tingles... my chin is a little less receptive to sensation but it tingles when I touch it. Kind of when you sit on your leg and it gets that prickly feeling... I dont know how else to explain it. How far along are you mec and did you lower jaw/genio?
I'm 3 weeks post op now. Last weekend the feeling fully came back in the left side of my chin but the right side feels exactly as you described. It tingles and I can feel my finger run across it in a way and I can feel pain in the area so I hope it's on the way back.
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I'm 3 weeks post op now. Last weekend the feeling fully came back in the left side of my chin but the right side feels exactly as you described. It tingles and I can feel my finger run across it in a way and I can feel pain in the area so I hope it's on the way back.
Thats wonderful news!! Hooray! :D Hopefully it will all come back shortly. Yeah its weird how it feels when you run your finger, it tingles and it hurts a fair bit. Still no change in sensation for me, I hope Im not damned. :/
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Cmonster
I Keep checking your blog for more updates :)
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Cmonster
I Keep checking your blog for more updates :)
Kristen IM THE WORST haha, I keep writing but never finalizing and posting till someone yells at me, :)
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hi metal and mascara, is there anyway to DM you?
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I know her personally.
She's disappeared entirely...doesn't respond to texts, phone calls, etc.
She was very upset about her result. I don't think you're going to get a response.
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I know her personally.
She's disappeared entirely...doesn't respond to texts, phone calls, etc.
She was very upset about her result. I don't think you're going to get a response.
Jesus Christ, another Gunson disaster. I mean that red-haired woman scared me. Now this. GJ, can you telll us why she was upset? I mean was it an aesthetic issue, numbness, some other sort of disaster? As someone who is thinking about a revision, I'm getting more and more scared about things.
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Jesus Christ, another Gunson disaster. I mean that red-haired woman scared me. Now this. GJ, can you telll us why she was upset? I mean was it an aesthetic issue, numbness, some other sort of disaster? As someone who is thinking about a revision, I'm getting more and more scared about things.
She was upset about how she looked, and she was upset about her bite. It was causing her terrible headaches because the back teeth hit first (she said the teeth cracked). I'm concerned about her. She's vanished for over a year now.
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She was upset about how she looked, and she was upset about her bite. It was causing her terrible headaches because the back teeth hit first (she said the teeth cracked). I'm concerned about her. She's vanished for over a year now.
Oh my god, I'm reading her last post and it's actually making me feel nauseous. I probably need to quit this site for a while. Famous last words.
This is the last statement she's made on her predicament:
http://metalandmascara.blogspot.com/2014/02/hi-again-month-10-post-op-month-27-in.html
You know, I'm beginning to realize getting into this surgery has ruined my life. For real. I mean it's robbed a decade from me, and I'm not exaggerating. I was on this site back in 2013 when she was talking about her surgery, that was soon after I had found out that my bicuspid extractions were a horrible mistake. I was 6 f**king years younger then!
Wow. I'm realizing this has got to stop. I don't think I can trust Gunson to pull off some kind of magic solution to my problem. I doubt his abilities are so vastly better than the norm. I know I've probably been under-advanced, but what more problems might arise if I go through with a revision!?
I wonder what she did. I guess she didn't go forward with a revision? In this post, Gunson seems to say she is still CLASS II after the surgery. Does that mean she relapsed? http://metalandmascara.blogspot.com/2014/02/hi-again-month-10-post-op-month-27-in.html
This is so depressing I don't even have the words.
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As of February 2018 she hadn't gone through with revision. I really don't know because she completely vanished.
We used to talk for hours on the phone. Very nice human being. I'm concerned.
Yeah, revision is risky.
I know people who have had good revisions, too, though.
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Oh my god, I hope she's okay GJ. Her last blog post is so sad and bleak :(
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Jesus Christ, another Gunson disaster. I mean that red-haired woman scared me. Now this. GJ, can you telll us why she was upset? I mean was it an aesthetic issue, numbness, some other sort of disaster? As someone who is thinking about a revision, I'm getting more and more scared about things.
What red-haired woman?
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What red-haired woman?
What red-haired woman?
The red haired women is me, i think. My new profile is in my avatar. Everything about my surgery and the after care when things could have been made better. My upper jaw surgery was aborted and my lower jaw over advanced. I have serious dysfunction, have had a real meal in over two years. Cant chew or speak properly and without tiring and pain. Aborted scew holes in my jaw and toot roots caused an abcess and jaw infection. Huge plates were used and the causes “stress shielding”; causing m y bone to reabsorb. I have multiple class 2 and class three injuries to my IAN nerve and mandibular nerve and i was not referred to a nerve specialist until two years after my surgery. I have a terrible aesthetic restful as well. When i consulted i crossed off all the cosmetic options and stating i just wanted good function.
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The red haired women is me, i think. My new profile is in my avatar. Everything about my surgery and the after care when things could have been made better. My upper jaw surgery was aborted and my lower jaw over advanced. I have serious dysfunction, have had a real meal in over two years. Cant chew or speak properly and without tiring and pain. Aborted scew holes in my jaw and toot roots caused an abcess and jaw infection. Huge plates were used and the causes “stress shielding”; causing m y bone to reabsorb. I have multiple class 2 and class three injuries to my IAN nerve and mandibular nerve and i was not referred to a nerve specialist until two years after my surgery. I have a terrible aesthetic restful as well. When i consulted i crossed off all the cosmetic options and stating i just wanted good function.
Horrible. Feel sorry for you. Is there a way to fix it?