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Day 1 | Getting over an underbite
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. Well I’m on day three now, but i’ll post in order. The first couple of days I didn’t have anything to do except write and sleep, so I took lots of notes. Feel free to skip over anything as I know this is long. But maybe it will be hepful to other people. Here I am just after 7am, ready to prep for surgery. I think no I can’t! It must be the swelling. I am numb on the tip of my tounge and my upper jaw and end of my nose. Beauty and the...
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I can eat celery | Getting over an underbite
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. I can eat celery. Here I am at 1 year and 10 weeks post surgery. Surgery and recovery are not a focus of life anymore. It’s not that I never think about it. I do, quite frequently. It’s just that life is so much more and beyond jaw surgery now. Things I’ve gotten pretty used to. Here are the things that I’ve learned to live with, that are fading into the background the longer I go. But it’s nothing to get freaked about. My self image ...
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Naked Teeth (5 months) | Getting over an underbite
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. Naked Teeth (5 months). On May 7 (3 days ago) I got my braces off, two years to the day from when I got them on. Tomorrow is 5 months since I had surgery. It’s been a long two years and a bit of a roller coaster ride. From early days of waiting for insurance pre-approval, to months of agonizing insurance ups and downs after my teeth were ready, to finally the months of recovery. Photo from the orthodontist after getting the braces off.
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August | 2015 | Getting over an underbite
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. Archive for the month “August, 2015”. One Year 8 Months Post-Surgery. Every time I post on here now I think it’ll be my last time. But I thought of this blog recently and thought I’d do a quick update. Physically I don’t think anything has changed since my last posts. My small areas of numbness are permanent. No biggie. Every time I go to the dentist post-surgery they exclaim in delight over my mouth. For someone who used to rather.
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Getting over an underbite | blogging my way through double jaw surgery | Page 2
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. 20 weeks from surgery). Nothing but good news this week. I saw the surgeon two days ago, and everything is still looking good. My next appointment is two months out, after braces are off, so they can get after pictures. He measured my mouth and I can open 51mm! That is wider than I could open pre-surgery! Not that it matters much, because in 6 days I will have my braces off anyway! Posted in orthognathic surgery. That’s in five ...
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One Year Post Surgery | Getting over an underbite
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. One Year Post Surgery. It’s been a year (and 3 days) since I had my double jaw surgery. It’s felt like a long year, coming after a very long ramp-up time. However it’s over now, mostly! Not much has changed since my last post. Here’s where I see it at one year out. Pros of Having Surgery Done. My face looks proportional on the outside. Although I really didn’t mind my face before, I do like my new profile a lot. As a result of being b...
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December | 2014 | Getting over an underbite
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. Archive for the month “December, 2014”. One Year Post Surgery. It’s been a year (and 3 days) since I had my double jaw surgery. It’s felt like a long year, coming after a very long ramp-up time. However it’s over now, mostly! Not much has changed since my last post. Here’s where I see it at one year out. Pros of Having Surgery Done. If my teeth fall out when I get old, I’ll be able to wear dentures. As a result of being banded up for ...
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Four Months Later | My Broken Face
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A girl's journey through double jaw surgery. I know it’s been a LONG time since I’ve wrote in my blog; you see I’m really good at starting things but not so great at finishing them. However I’ve been encouraged to write once again because somehow I’m still averaging about 50 visits a day so clearly there’s some interest out there🙂. When I last left you I was just about to go and get my splint taken out so I’ll pick up from there…. Gradually I got back into the routine however and now I’m doing great!
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February | 2015 | Getting over an underbite
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Getting over an underbite. Blogging my way through double jaw surgery. Archive for the month “February, 2015”. I can eat celery. Here I am at 1 year and 10 weeks post surgery. Surgery and recovery are not a focus of life anymore. It’s not that I never think about it. I do, quite frequently. It’s just that life is so much more and beyond jaw surgery now. Things I’ve gotten pretty used to. Here are the things that I’ve learned to live with, that are fading into the background the longer I go. My self image...