Question to those who have ever had their jaws wired shut or have had oral surgery.

I had surgery this past Tuesday to have my jaws wired shut (my jaw is broken in two places). On the sheet they gave me that listed different things you should and shouldn't do, one of them said that you shouldn't smoke tobacco because the tar may slow the healing process. One of my good friends had a friend who smoked cigarettes during his recovery time and his jaw ended up getting infected and they had to remove his whole bottom jaw. Now of course marijuana and tobacco are two TOTALLY different things and I am not trying to to say that if I smoke weed I would have the same result. I was just curious if anyone here smoked weed while they were recovering from surgery and if they had any complications or problems? Thanks for the help.

 

bad idea.

may i suggest a cannabis lhassi?

 

"marijuana and tobacco are two TOTALLY different things "

Well the herb does lower the immune system a bit but smoking in general is probably what did your buddy's jaw in. Tough to get a good cleaning when they are wired. Had em wired for a couple of weeks myself once - mmmm soup.

 

man I would hate to have my jaw wired shut. I don't much care for soup, so it'd be torture for me. All I can say is (no offense)...sucks to be you.

 

I dont have expreiance in this, but there is tar when you smoke weed, so i would say dont risk it. Weed is just not worth losing your bottom jaw over. Just make some weed tea or that alchol stuff!!! Or maybe get a vape.

 

I'd say give yourself 2 weeks until you start smoking weed again. Give your body time to heal, any smoke is just going to irritate and prolong healing.

And since you probably can't really eat anything, make some cannabutter and put it in mac and cheese or mashed potatoes or some other easy to gum food. Maybe heat up some fatty milk or cream with bud, strain it and use it in hot chocolate or in tea.

Good luck

 

^ Yeah.

Do that, or vaporize you weed. If you can open your mouth at all to take a vape hit that is... or you could just vape through your nose

Sorry to hear that about your jaw. Try to go on without smoking for a bit, and get well soon! Best wishes

 

haha i had this exact surgery
well sounds like atleast
they broke it on both sides and pushed it forward because i had an overbite
and i had mine wired shut for 2 weeks
no eating ect.
id say wait to smoke or try and blend some kind of cannabutter mixture
other than that its gonna be a shitty rest of the time
i hated it so much
luckily i didnt smoke back then
good luck to ya

 

Time for the green dragon tincture to come in! Hehehe!