# Daughter having jaw surgery tomorrow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792 "2024-04-03T20:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/21 "2024-04-04T15:20:16Z")
I should add that she isn’t a kid anymore; she’s 25. It’s just in time to be covered by my insurance before she switches to what she gets via ACA. She did the research on that before the surgery, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/22 "2024-04-04T16:39:04Z")
Provide updates when you are able. Fingers crossed. 💓 ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/23 "2024-04-04T16:48:43Z")
She just went in to surgery. It’s gonna take a while. Washington Hospital Center has a Panera, where I’m eating lunch now. I’ve got to keep up with the bag with her stuff (clothes, ect.) until she goes to her room. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/24 "2024-04-04T19:06:31Z")
I got to watch most of the Bonanza episode “Twilight Town”, which I’d seen the beginning of when I was a kid but never saw how it turned out. Now I’m watching Gunsmoke two parter “The River” with Jack Elam and Slim Pickens. Ain’t much else to do but wait. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/25 "2024-04-04T19:10:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Also, depending on the amount of swelling around the jaw, she might get big blood boogers in her nostrils. Look disgusting, but the feeling of relief when I pulled them out and could breathe a little easier is a sensation I still can vividly feel. Different surgery, but when I had my septoplasty / turbinate trimming surgery, 35ish years ago, they gave me a bottle of saline, and a bulb syringe, that I was told to use to irrigate my nose several times a day. Similar experience with blood boogers. IIRC, I was told to drizzle some water up each nostril, then GENTLY blow out, a minute or two later. I’d imagine a saline spray might work, as well. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > lots of straws Straws only if permitted: it’s worth asking the doctor about that. After things like a tooth extraction, you are not supposed to use straws; I have no clue whether those would be contraindicated in your daughter’s case. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/26 "2024-04-04T19:31:32Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > they gave me a bottle of saline, and a bulb syringe, that I was told to use to irrigate my nose several times a day. Would a netti pot work? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/27 "2024-04-04T20:01:51Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > After things like a tooth extraction, you are not supposed to use straws I think that’s to avoid pulling a mild vacuum inside your mouth, which could encourage blood clots to pop out and bleeding to start again. If this jaw surgery creates wounds on the inside of the mouth (I have no idea), they might impose the same restriction. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/28 "2024-04-04T21:59:01Z")
Just talked to the surgeon; surgery went fine. We should see her in 60-90 min or so. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/29 "2024-04-04T22:43:07Z")
Whew! I hope she heals fully, comfortably, and quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/30 "2024-04-04T22:46:03Z")
Awesome news! And she’s lucky to have a great Dad to help with her recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/31 "2024-04-04T22:56:55Z")
Good news!! ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/32 "2024-04-04T23:09:12Z")
One of her college friends is coming to stay for a couple of weeks. The plan is for them to watch movies and drink smoothies. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/33 "2024-04-05T00:14:28Z")
That sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/34 "2024-04-05T02:05:54Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > If this jaw surgery creates wounds on the inside of the mouth (I have no idea), they might impose the same restriction. Exactly. I have no clue; hopefully the doctor has given instructions about it, if they need to avoid straws. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/35 "2024-04-05T02:06:58Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Would a netti pot work? Dunno. The volume of water might be too high, or it might not. Same concept, however. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/36 "2024-04-05T02:15:05Z")
> [@Deanna\_D](#): > > Orthognathic surgery I had this done years ago. They had to take both jaws apart and put them back together. One thing to watch out for - I started having problems breathing because my saliva was too thick. I had to stop drinking milk etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/37 "2024-04-05T02:20:38Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > One thing to watch out for - I started having problems breathing because my saliva was too thick. I had to stop drinking milk etc. Was that a permanent effect? Was it due to some damage to the glands as a result of surgery? Sounds unpleasant! They gave me something to reduce salivary secretions, during my last north-and-south scoping, and when I came to, the Sahara desert was a rainforest compared to my mouth. I tried eating the crackers they gave me, and nearly choked. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/38 "2024-04-05T02:39:03Z")
Not permanent, just the during recuperation. I think it’s because milk products make the mucus a little thicker and with all the muscles in my mouth not working as they should, I wasn’t able to keep the mucus cleared out. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/39 "2024-04-05T10:18:28Z")
> [@Deanna\_D](#): > > Orthognathic surgery The nurse was impressed when J correctly pronounced that word. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792/40 "2024-04-05T11:01:08Z")
Sending out positive thoughts. One thing, if straws are okay, please do not buy single use plastic straws. Either get paper, or waxed paper or reusable straws. The planet does not need any more plastic waste. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-having-jaw-surgery-tomorrow/999792.md?page=3)