Had my jaw repositioned in my early twenties, my lower jaw was not quite as far forward as the upper. Had the jaw wired shut for six weeks so was on a liquid diet for that period. Soup run through a blender, milk shakes and Ensure dietary supplement was what I lived on. The day my jaw was freed wasn’t as dramatic for me but I remember my brother drove me to the appointment and when it was done I ignored the surgeon's advice and we headed to the Great West Beef Company in London to eat a steak. It was amazing how limited my jaw's movement was, I never before or since cut a steak into such small pieces. The surgeon's other advice was not to go drinking while the jaw was wired as if vomited I could drown on it. I have never been a big drinker so that wasn’t an issue but I faithfully carried the wire cutters they provided for the six weeks. He told me that he never had a patient with elective surgery that had to resort to cutting the wires but had some that had the jaw set because of a fight injury doing it. It’s all fun and games till someone loses an eye 🤷🏼♂️.
Steve was a fire fighter back in the day and went back to his old fire hall during 9/11 and helped out. A real stand up guy.
Yes, all-around awesome.
Had my jaw repositioned in my early twenties, my lower jaw was not quite as far forward as the upper. Had the jaw wired shut for six weeks so was on a liquid diet for that period. Soup run through a blender, milk shakes and Ensure dietary supplement was what I lived on. The day my jaw was freed wasn’t as dramatic for me but I remember my brother drove me to the appointment and when it was done I ignored the surgeon's advice and we headed to the Great West Beef Company in London to eat a steak. It was amazing how limited my jaw's movement was, I never before or since cut a steak into such small pieces. The surgeon's other advice was not to go drinking while the jaw was wired as if vomited I could drown on it. I have never been a big drinker so that wasn’t an issue but I faithfully carried the wire cutters they provided for the six weeks. He told me that he never had a patient with elective surgery that had to resort to cutting the wires but had some that had the jaw set because of a fight injury doing it. It’s all fun and games till someone loses an eye 🤷🏼♂️.