Interesting conversation with my mom today. She was talking with a friend who was previously an OR nurse and mentioned that I was recovering from surgery. The lady inquired about what kind of surgery and apparently had a very jarring reaction when she heard it was jaw surgery...saying that it was so crazy and complicated and invasive and miraculous what they do in there. My mom commented on how long the surgery is (5.5 hours) and compared it to open heart surgery, and the nurse laughed and said that open heart surgery is a cakewalk compared to what they do in jaw surgery, saying they basically take your face apart, which wasn't a great visual, so my mom stopped the conversation there.
Crazy. I'm glad I'm hearing all this AFTER the take-apart-my-face-for-five-hours surgery. Feeling grateful and blessed at how smoothly it went. Thanks to my wonderful surgeon for putting my face back together appropriately. Whew!
Yes, the OR nurse is completely right. When I saw my post-op x-ray with 16 screws, I basically said to myself, he took my face apart. I can't even imagine doing that for a living. That is why I know never to watch a youtube video of jaw surgery! It would be horrifying!
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