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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery: September 2012
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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery. Thursday, September 20, 2012. 8 Weeks Post Op. Having said all that, this still was the most difficult thing that I have ever gone through.let's not take that away from surgery! I still struggle with puffiness, a little ache every now and then, difficulty chewing/eating, and the top of my mouth and gums are still 100% numb. I never said it's been fun. But I've moved into the acceptance phase and it feels pretty good. Really good actually. 1 The Jaw bra. h...
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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery: February 2013
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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery. Tuesday, February 5, 2013. March 12th my braces will be coming off! I am so excited that I already scheduled a cleaning and whitening for the very next day :). I also don't have to wear that palate retainer anymore, which is good and bad. The feeling is still working itself back to the roof of my mouth and when food touches that area it's just plain weird. The retainer helped to avoid that weirdness, but I am ready to try life without it. 3 Years Post Double ...
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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery: 10 weeks post op
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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery. Thursday, October 11, 2012. 10 weeks post op. I'm sorry for the lack of blogging lately its been a crazy couple of weeks. So where did I leave off? So it's been two weeks and the mucous seems to be less, but today I woke up with a sore jaw and the left sinus area is still sore to the touch. So I don't know. I had to change my follow up appt to next Friday. Trying to not worry about it too much. They are über sensitive right now. Cold breezes or laughing s...
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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery: October 2012
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My Awful Open Bite - The Road to Jaw Surgery. Thursday, October 11, 2012. 10 weeks post op. I'm sorry for the lack of blogging lately its been a crazy couple of weeks. So where did I leave off? So it's been two weeks and the mucous seems to be less, but today I woke up with a sore jaw and the left sinus area is still sore to the touch. So I don't know. I had to change my follow up appt to next Friday. Trying to not worry about it too much. They are über sensitive right now. Cold breezes or laughing s...
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Ortho-Caramba!-Surgery: June 2013
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An LA girl's guide to double jaw surgery, genioplasty, and my personal quest to smile for a picture without hesitation. Friday, June 14, 2013. Wow It feels weird to even type 3 months post-op, but that's what it is. I feel like I've missed so much in the jaw surgery blogosphere! It's been fun catching up on all your progress. Congratulations to everyone with surgery dates! I remember how good it felt to just know the date. So, how is my face doing these days? Speaking of which, having my picture taken is...
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Day 0 – Surgery | Kim's Jaw Surgery
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Kim's Jaw Surgery. A Jaw-Droppin' Journey. Day 1 – The Peak of Just About Everything (Pain, Discomfort, Swelling, with a Dose of Self-Deprecation …) →. Day 0 – Surgery. January 11, 2014. When I woke up in the recovery room I was in quite a considerable amount of pain, and was surprised that I did not face complete numbness anywhere on my face. After giving me some painkillers they wheeled me out of the operating place where my family was waiting for me outside. My brother snapped a few unglamorou...I was...
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Day 110 | Kim's Jaw Surgery
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Kim's Jaw Surgery. A Jaw-Droppin' Journey. Day 59 – Speaking in Past Tense. April 29, 2014. It has been a good whole two months since my last update and I am nearly 4 months post-op! 3 months and 20 days to be exact, and I only know this because I used a day counting widget. Yes, I have come to the stage where I have stopped marking dates by how many days post-op I am. It’s a good place to be! Can’t wait for that to happen. Just a short update because I have some work to complete by tomorrow! I’ll ...
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Day 2 – Oil, Drugs & Prophetic Warnings | Kim's Jaw Surgery
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Kim's Jaw Surgery. A Jaw-Droppin' Journey. Day 1 – The Peak of Just About Everything (Pain, Discomfort, Swelling, with a Dose of Self-Deprecation …). Days 3-7: Still a Chipmunk →. Day 2 – Oil, Drugs and Prophetic Warnings. January 13, 2014. Since I’ve started posting about my recovery I noticed that my blog’s hits have shot up. So hello to you new readers, and welcome to my self-documented journey of voluntary dental purgatory.🙂. The things in this post may make you go ‘ewwww’. 3 tablets of painkillers ...