Just after surgery...I'm ready for my close-up...

Yes Yes Y'All

This is what I looked like about 4 hours after my surgery.  Surgery lasted only about 2.5 hours for top & bottom + sliding genioplasty.  At this point, I'm finally out of recovery room #1 (having never made it to recovery room #2... I was having some trouble breathing right so they monitored me closely in the first one...I stayed until closing). 

I had top and bottom jaw surgery.  Just before surgery, I signed a consent and noticed there was also "sliding genioplasty" written down on the form of "to-do's" for the day.  This was news to me, so I made a quick decision to go ahead and have that done as well.  I knew my chin was not going to be made worse should it be a little more prominent than before (see post #1 for photographic evidence suggesting that this was in fact, a wise choice).  

Leading thoughts @ this point: 

• "I'm so glad I can sort of breathe now"
• "I'm so glad they finally removed that bandage that was impeding my breathing...what took them so long?"  
  
• "I'm so glad I'm alive" 
  
• "I must look really bad...Oh well"
  
•  "Yay...I didn't throw up!" 
  
• "Evidently, 80's bangs are back!"

The "Before" Photo. Surgery day. February 12, 2009.

Oog.

Age: 32

Sex: Yes please...

The Situation: TMJ & degenerative bone disease (aka arthritis) - mostly in the left jaw joint, but also in the right a bit. Overbite. Recessed and non-genetically blessed chin (courtesy of my dad). Braces on since May 2007. Already had one surgery (arthrocentesis) in July of 2007 to "flush" the disc in the left jaw joint back into place after my jaw locked semi-shut.

The Surgeon: Dr. Claudio Tocchio (North York Gen).

Mental Status: Pretty freaked out! Looking chill on the surface though (or I like to think).

Location: Toronto, Ontario - Canada

Time: About 10:30 am.

Last meal: Indian yumminess over 12 hours ago.

Oh, and this is a pic from a few years ago in all my toothy gummy glory (pre surgery). I hardly ever smiled like this, and I'm going go ahead and venture a guess that you probably know why...

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