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Post-Treatment => Facial Issues => Topic started by: prabakaran on June 11, 2008, 01:04:38 am
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Hi friends, today i am undergoing my t3 for facial re animation at six pm. Need all your support and blessings. Will update you once the surgery is over. Cheers praba
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Praba,
Blessing to you and may you awaken with peace. Blessing to your surgeons, anesthesiologist and nurses as they focus on the task at hand with the utmost of skill. May your face shine with happiness afterwards! Look forward to hearing from you when it's all over.
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Praba: You are in my thoughts & prayers. Remember, the 1st week is rough, but you will LOVE the results - it is all worth it ! !
Always good thoughts, Nancy
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You will be in my thoughts today. Blesssings on you and everyone that is taking care of you.
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Praba:
My prayers and good wishes go with you today. My your T3 surgery be completely successful and your recovery rapid. :)
Jim
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Healing thoughts and prayers are with you, Praba--may your road to recovery be swift and gratifying, both in the short term and later!
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Praba~
I just had this at the end of March - that 1st week is tough, but I am SOOOOOOOO happy now! Stock up on the straws & get a baby toothbrush!! Good Luck - you will be in my prayers!
K
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Good luck to you Praba!
You have 2 great mentors here (Nancy and Kay) and they look GREAT! I hope you get through that rough first week they mentioned and feel and look great in no time!
Lori
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Praba -
K and Nancy do look fantastic! I'm hoping your surgery goes just as well.
Good luck and lots of prayers today - please let us know how things turn out.
Jan
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Good luck prabakaran, My prayers & thoughts are with you today.
eve
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Praying for a speedy recovery and great results for you Praba.
marg
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Hi all thanks for your support. The surgery was successful. Small swelling on left side. Will update you soon. Praba
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Praba: I can't believe you're on the internet already ! ! WOW ! ! So glad to hear everything went well.
Please keep us posted. Continued healing my friend.
Always good thoughts, Nancy
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only small swelling - that is GREAT!! :D
K
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Praba -
wow! that was fast! - at least for us ;)
It sounds like things are going really well. I hope that continues.
Please keep us updated on your progress. I find the results of this surgery fascinating and it's great for others who might be candidates for a T3 surgery to learn more information on this forum.
Best wishes,
Jan
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Hi it is all your support and the love of the dear ones that has kept me active so soon. Thanks to you all. My eyes are still stitched close. Pain and swelling are subsiding slowly. I am using the gprs in my mobile to come online. Thanks again. Praba.
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I am very pleased to hear you are doing well and it sounds as though all went well. Stay as rested as you can physically and mentally.
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Praba:
Thanks for the update. I'm pleased to learn that you're doing well. Prayers continue and good wishes remain.
Jim
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WAIT A MINUTE...I must have missed something...your eyes are stitched close?? What?? Have they always been that way,,,I'm confused!! ???
K ???
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Hi Praba: Like Kay, I'm also interested to know how come the surgeon stitched your eyes - was this before the T3 or during ? ? ?
Continued healing my friend, Nancy
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Hi sorry about that info. It was my misunderstanding. My eyes are not stitched. The stains of blood got clot around the eyes and it is holding the eyelids close. The doctor instructed that he will clean and open it today. I am doing good. Thanks. Praba.
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OKAY, Gotcha Praba, glad to hear this. Nancy
Keep us updated on your progress when you can !
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Hi iam ten days post t3.iam doing good now.i need some help.
My eye tarsoraphy stitches have been cut open and eyes have opened. but there is some difference in the apperance of both the eyes.my good eye is bigger than the other. Doctor informed that a sling is running around the eyes to keep them tight.pls let me knw if it is normaland if the eyes would look same in the due course.also the doctor told to bite the teeth and look for the contraction of the new muscle.but i anot able to feel the pull of my lips due to my bite.pls let me know how to do the physiotheraphy.thanks
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Hi Praba. I can't really help you with what needs to be done as far as the T3 since I've never had that procedure myself.
Is it possible you still have some swelling around your "bad" eye that's making it look different from the good eye? I know Nancy and Kay said they had to deal with the swelling for a while, so maybe 10 days post op, you still have swelling? I hope that's all it is and that in time, it will look more like the other one.
I hope everything else is going well and you continue healing!
Lori
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Praba~
I did not have my eye stitched - I have a weight. However, my eyes do not appear exactly the same. In fact, I think that when I go back to Baltimore next month, the Dr. is not going to be super pleased with how it turned out..we'll see. In do not have any feeling on the right side so I never feel the contractions when I clinch my teeth. I do have some movement when I put my teeth together. I really don't know what to tell you except that you have to look in the mirror a LOT!! :D
K
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Hi Praba: I've had the 'sling' to my eye done 3 times (unfortunately gravity keeps pulling the lower lid down after awhile). My AN eye looks bigger than the normal one (in fact, my pictures under 'facial issues', subject: post temporalis tendon transfer', pg. 2, shows the difference - it still pretty much looks the same).
As far as 'biting down', I have found that if I only let the 3rd upper & lower teeth from the back touch, this gives my cheek the lift. I don't need to bite down hard. I never feel the lift in my lips. You're only 10 days post op - I didn't see much at 10 days, wait awhile for the swelling to go down & the tendon to fall a little more, you'll then see the 'lift'.
Always good thoughts, Nancy
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Hi, Praba -
I don't have any advice for you about your eye.
I just wanted to say I'm glad your recovery is going so well and I hope it continues.
Best wishes,
Jan
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Hi All,
Thanks for your Support. I could understand that I have to wait for some days before getting th T3 benefits.
I am 2 weeks post operative. Kindly advice me at the right times on what needs to be done. I will also update
regarding the progress.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Praba
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Hi,
I am back to office yesterday and doing well. Thanks for your prayers . Swelling has reduced a lot and still some are there to settle down so that everything looks normal.
Cheers,
Praba
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Wonderful news Praba. You must heal 'really fast' to be back to work so soon ! Great news to start my morning.
Always good thoughts, Nancy