You girls are doing so great. I know that there are other people on this forum...not a lot, but more than just us three.....who have obturators for palatal surgery. I am wondering why y'all had radiation recommended and I didn't. I've always worried about that, but so far, so good. I was advised to sleep without my obt., to give the tissues and my supporting teeth a rest, but yes, it makes it harder to put it in in the morning, and I would agree with MM that you should ask if you can sleep in it for a few nights ....or every other night....They don't want to fit you for a permanent obturator until your tissues are completely healed and have stopped changing. The fitting process is pretty complicated, and it takes several weeks to get the appliance completed, since it generally has to be sent to several different labs for completion.

Keep up the stretching......you'll be glad you did!....and ask if you can sleep in your obt. if you do take it out some other time during the day,

XO--Colleen

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!