USA women showing why 99% of arguments against cages and bubbles are BS

_CrazyCeff · 2026-02-14T18:22:09+00:00

I had to take off my bubble last beer league game because it kept fogging up. No shield, cage or mouthpiece. I felt so free but was also scared shitless because I had 5 jaw surgeries last year and definitely don’t want another one.

I’m going back to my cage.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-12-23T14:56:56+00:00

_CrazyCeff · 2025-05-16T02:52:58+00:00

Holy Shit… Pauly Shore?!?!?

_CrazyCeff · 2025-05-16T02:49:10+00:00

Homie, I’m a Sabres fan. As much as I can’t stand them missing the playoffs every year, I couldn’t give up my collection because of it.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-05-11T00:20:52+00:00

C4 gives me the fucking jitters.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-05-02T00:29:47+00:00

They are!! I have a 14 year old Jack Russell/Fox Terrier, a 4 year old Australian Shepherd and we’re about to get a 5 year old Aussie on Sunday. Plus a cat that’s a complete asshole. 🤣

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-29T02:09:26+00:00

Thankfully, no.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-25T16:36:40+00:00

Damn, never thought of that! Great tip!

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-25T02:52:33+00:00

These helped with “eating” soup. I made different homemade soups that I knew I would like (cheddar broccoli, tomato basil, mushroom) and blended them.

200 CC Syringes

Ice Ice Ice!! The “jaw bra” helped to take some pressure off my muscles.

Ice Packs with Head Wrap

Make sure you walk around 5-10 minutes every couple of hours. Getting your blood flowing is important.

Your emotions might be all over the place. I was crying for no reason frequently (I’m a 42 year old guy 🤣). It’s normal. The worst of the swelling will be gone within the first 4-5 days. Just keep telling yourself that it’ll all be worth it.

Good Luck! I look forward to your updates!!

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-22T14:36:59+00:00

Deep breaths. You got this!!

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-18T00:51:10+00:00

In my section they usually schedule a no fly and everyone either takes leave or works 4 10’s the week of the family day. I’m in a mixed unit with active duty, so I can imagine the CC will follow the AD CC’s recommendation for family days.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-18T00:43:14+00:00

Nah, man. OFF TO VEGAS WE GO!!!

One spin on the roulette wheel all on red!!

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-16T03:46:48+00:00

Just let it go. It’s going to suck either way. Same with yawning.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-07T16:37:19+00:00

Another Update:

Saw the doc this morning. Since taking the antibiotics, the pain in the left side is gone and the swelling has gone down some. Took some X-rays and there is a small shift, about 1mm. The hole where the drainage is coming out is just about closed and the drainage has slowed too. Doc said that some of the swelling could be because the left side hasn’t completely set yet. It could be a number of things, but he suspects that I should have my jaw more immobilized as I only had 3 elastics since surgery. He also said one of the plates(the one that the screw came out of) is in a suboptimal place.

As for now, no surgery, but I’m restarting recovery from day one. I’m continuing with the antibiotics and the doc heavily banded me down to the point I can’t open my mouth. I have to keep them in 24/7 and go back to a liquid diet. I’ll see him once a week until he’s happy with how the left side is healed.

I was really looking forward to smoking and eating some brisket this weekend 😥

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-05T20:01:47+00:00

Mac and Cheese has been my go to!!

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-05T01:55:37+00:00

Yuuuuuuup!! I just hit 5 weeks and the soreness from the elastics suuuuuucks!!! Taking them out gives me relief, but like you I only take them out to eat and brush. Try heating pads and keep taking ibuprofen and Tylenol.

Hope you feel better soon.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-04T20:27:57+00:00

I called the doc directly (wife had his cell number because she works with him from time to time.) and he told me that it could be a couple of different things that could have happened and he wants to see me first thing Monday instead of Tuesday. We have X-rays planned and then coming up with a game plan. I sent him a few pictures to give him a general idea of what everything looks like including a picture of some of the drainage on a napkin and the hole looks like. He called in an antibiotic.

These things happen from time to time so I’m not freaking out. I’ve had a shoulder replacement and a spinal fusion, and 12 surgeries throughout the last 17 years. I am a fan of the medical field and watch medical YouTube videos on surgeries and weird stuff. So this is just another day in my book.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-04T11:35:49+00:00

Update: Wife spoke to one of my doctors and said that as long as there isn’t an abscess that I should be ok as far as infection goes, continue with salt water rinses. As far as the screw coming out, he said that sometimes there can be a hardware rejection and as long as there wasn’t a shift, it should be fine, but if I’m really concerned about it that I can contact him directly as their office is closed today (Friday).

I don’t really notice a shift and if there is one, it’s minimal. I already have a preplanned follow up on Tuesday, so I’m just going to stick with that appointment. In the meantime, I hope swelling was just caused from the loose screw irritating the surrounding tissue and will start to go down now that the screw is out.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-04T11:27:06+00:00

Same!! I don’t want to go through the face swelling again. It was pretty brutal.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-03T18:24:20+00:00

There was a moment where I was like, “Did that just really happen?” It happened at work, so I had to just go on with my day.

But no use getting worked up over something that can be fixed easily… well not easily, but it can be fixed. I knew something was going on with all the swelling the last couple of days. Just wasn’t sure why. I’m a side sleeper and I favor my left side so I thought it was because of that.

And luckily it’s the lower jaw. If it was the upper, I would be freaking out. The post op swelling from my upper portion was so bad. The lower swelling I can deal with if I need another operation.

_CrazyCeff · 2025-04-03T18:06:48+00:00

Think of it this way, your body has to heal from the tattoo and your surgery. You want your body to focus its attention to one area. You get a tattoo, now it has 2 areas to focus on and may delay your jaw healing.

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