Dianne, I hear ya lady ... My surgery was one month before yours exactly and I still get weird things here and there and your mind wonders and wanders. While I remain positive for the overall, there are moments that the mind says UHOH! ,..

but like you say, what I feel never lasts ... it is a short lived thing and then it is over so it does not seem like it is to worry about. I still get a bit of swelling, very little and for like a bit of a day then it is gone ... but it makes it feel tight and kinda sore at the surgery area ... i am already on prednisone for my arthritis so a dose of it usually fixes it quickly and not a big deal ... then i get like a 5 minute ear ache but it leaves and i dont feel it again for days and days ... and i have a constant stuffy ear which others who have had this surgery said they got too and I get numby feeling around the area like the surgery whacked out some nerves ,... but overall i am feeling stronger and with more energy all of the time so i think this is a good sign smile

i wish you the very best my dear ... i think we get less apprehensive as we go ... i hope smile



Rita - Age 44
wife, mother of 4 - ages 3,16,21,24 & grandma to 1
(R upper) Maxillectomy 8/8/08 - UW / Seattle, WA.

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"Those who think by the inch and speak by the yard, should be kicked by the foot."