After Your Jaw Surgery: Practical and Helpful Information You Should Know Paperback – February 14, 2014

While the subject may only appeal to a select few, the author has done a masterful job of explaining her experience after jaw surgery. The topics run the gamut from an explanation of the surgery (including pictures of the surgical screws when removed) to the utensils required to maintain health and dental cleanliness. Ms. Flaagan even includes recipes for those who must undergo a "liquid" diet. Incidentally, who knew there is so many definitions of "liquid".Hopefully, I will never undergo a similar experience. Never-the-less, I am glad to have read this informative and well-written explanation of the process, her experience, and the pitfalls. Every doctor doing jaw surgery should make this book available to their patients.

This book is written in a format that is easy to read by someone who has been there. I ordered this book because of my TMJ and surgery options. It helped me get organized with what I need to get before surgery so I can be better prepared. It's 75 pages and I read it in one sitting.

Well done overall. She's not a Pulitzer prize winner, but she does help you understand both some practical tips of how to handle eating, as well as the emotional and mental struggles that may follow jaw surgery. This book definitely was helpful to me after my surgery a few months ago.

A couple of years ago my husband was in a really back accident and had a broken leg, and his jaw was wired shut because of a mandible fracture. It was a really tough time, and there wasn't much help or guidance. I can honestly say, as someone who's witnessed a loved one who's been affected by this I can truly say that this book is amazingly helpful and full of my tips, tricks and reminders for anyone who has to have this type of surgery. The book is also really helpful for anyone considering a liquid diet but in search of recipes! All around great read!

I am very fortunate not to ever had my jaw wired for any reason, so I'm sure I can't even imagine the problems that would come with it. This is a very good book written by Jayne, (the author) who has experienced this first hand. A lot of problems she had to handle on her own and come up with solutions to her problems of eating, drinking, and staying nutritionally balanced. Of course you could just read this book for the recipes too. I enjoyed the book and I think you will too. It is a short book that you can read in one sitting.

My elderly father fell face first onto a cement stepping stone. He had a LeForte 1 fracture. There were a lot of helpful tips in the book for his recovery.

it helps come but mine was due to a car accident

I purchased this book because I am caring for a friend who has to have major jaw reconstruction soon. This book has been absolutely brilliant to help us with hints and tips of what to do, with food etc, well written straightforward. I wish it had been around when she was having the lifesaving Chemotherapy and radiotherapy 10 years ago, we didn’t have a clue what we were doing, and there was very little help from the professionals. This lifesaving treatment has now left her needing major jaw reconstruction 10 years on. Thank you so much for writing this book. Could find absolutely nothing in the UK.And couldn’t agree more with another review that this book should be on information leaflets given out by healthcare professionals to people with head and neck cancer that will need chemo and radio and people needing jaw reconstruction.

i accidentally clicked and bought this, i need to cancel order

I liked how short and to the point this read was.