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PokerDoc88 Australia. Feb 02 2008 22:31. Posts 3527 | | |
So I had my jaw surgery yesterday, it was 3.5 hour operation. Thankfully, the surgeon only had to adjust my upper jaw, so my lower jaw remains unscathed.
I still feel the effects of the general anesthetic, although it is very mild now. The nerve blocks they used during the surgery are wearing off, so I am beginning to feel dull throbbing pain. However, it is far less severe than I imagined it would be, so I'm very relieved. My face is massively swollen, I'll post photos of myself later if I can be bothered. I'm very tired and have a headache. The most frustrating thing is not being able to eat anything except for complete mush, and I have frequent nose bleeds. I'm told these will go away soon, and within a week I should be able to chew soft foods.
I'm very tired, but I can't sleep properly because I favor positions where I have my face buried in the pillow: Obviously that's not possible because it is painful to touch my face around the mouth area, so I have to get by on fragmented sleep on my back  .
Here's to hoping for a speedy recovery!
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jase Australia. Feb 02 2008 22:40. Posts 1604 | | |
Good to hear everything went well, anesthetic sucks, as does morphine.
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lachlan Australia. Feb 02 2008 22:57. Posts 6991 | | |
wow yeah sounds pretty scary. i have to get my wisdom teeth out soon and that will be under full anaesthetic
<3 full anasthetics though... at least u dont have to go through that shit awake :o
can you talk? |
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21drful United States. Feb 02 2008 23:03. Posts 400 | | | |
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PokerDoc88 Australia. Feb 02 2008 23:12. Posts 3527 | | |
I can talk fairly well. It really isn't that painful, the bad thing is the swelling and they tiredness/headache. I just feel depressed and don't really want to do anything. I'm watching Lord of the Rings, that trilogy is so long it's bound to keep me entertained for a while  |
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albonycee United States. Feb 02 2008 23:38. Posts 2749 | | |
nice to hear ur doing good man. |
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Timonga United States. Feb 03 2008 00:01. Posts 1074 | | |
Great to hear it was a success. The closest thing to surgery I've had was a couple root canals and one wisdom tooth extraction. Easily the best part for me was the nitrous oxide gas, that stuff is pretty guud.
GL on the recovery, take it easy mate. |
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pics xD
oh and i'm sorry for your suffering |
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