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Recovery Time

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  • Started 2 years ago by birdsofafeather
  • Latest reply from Brandon

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  1. birdsofafeather
    Member

    Hi,
    I have scheduled upper and lower jaw surgery. I'm planning on returning to school in a week and have a school related competition (which involves presenting to judges) scheduled for two weeks after. Will either of these goals be possible? Thanks.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. swollenbeyond
    Member

    I'm exactly on my 14th Day of Recovery and i wouldn't be able to present to judges, because the swelling is still fairly considerable, its definitely a lot better than the 2-3 day mark, but its still very noticeable and my speaking capabilities have been cut by 50 percent atleast, i can still talk but not exactly in a clear manner that your used to, due to swelling, and having lots of little rubber bands closing your jaws shut, but if your a person like myself, who is allowed to take them off during brushing, that would help greatly help with talking I supposed to have them on 24 hours a day and only remove for 5 mins a day to give me teeth a brushing with a baby tooth brush, then replace them every 48 hours.

    If you don't think you'll be turned off presenting (With self confidence issues) you will have noticeable swelling but just explain to the judges you've had major jaw surgery too your jaws 2 weeks prior, its still definitely possible and you could return to school, but myself, I wouldn't got back to school till a month after surgery, cause id milk the whole experience of having jaw surgery and being able to chill out home, because there is still a lot of tenderness in the face and the stitches especially around the nose and mouth, and if you were bumped at school i wouldn't feel comfortable.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  3. Brandon
    Site Administrator

    It really depends on the severity of your surgery and your healing time, but most of all on if and how long you'll be wired shut.

    For me, I was wired shut completely for 5 weeks, and while I could talk, it wasn't nearly as clear as usual. To practice, just clinch your teeth together tightly and talk. It is easier than it sounds, since your lips do most of the pronouncing work, but it's certainly not ideal.

    And like SwollenBeyond said, you'll still be fairly swollen at that point, but as long as you're not uncomfortable with that and are able to explain to people what happened, you should be fine.

    If you have any other questions along the way, just let us know, and best of luck with your surgery and recovery!

    I'm Brandon, the creator of JawSurgeryBlog.com. I personally had upper and lower jaw surgery on October 30, 2007. Thankfully, everything went beautifully, so I'm trying to make sure everyone else's surgery goes smoothly as well!

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    Posted 2 years ago #

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