It looks like you haven't been active for a couple of months so I assume all is going well!
I feel the pain you went through given your previous orthodontics and herbst appliance. My situation is similar except I had cervical headgear. But it works by retracting the maxilla so the maxilla will fit the mandible just like the herbst appliance does (except the herbst supposedly simultaneously brings the mandible forward, but idk... either way, any retraction will come with undesirable effects).
Anyway, if you see this, I want to know how long you wore braces this second time around, specifically the time period prior to surgery. I.e. how long did it take to decompensate and get your bite to an ideal pre-surgical position?