went to see my GP today

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plucked up the courage and spoke to my gp today, she said to me i

may qualify for NHS treatment she is going to find out on monday and

if so she will make an appointment for me to see the maxiofacial

clinic at my local hospital, but the waiting list is long, she

advised me agasinst paying private and that i should hold out for

NHS, her words were you have waited this long another few years isnt

going to make a difference. but thats just where she is wrong, i am

so dpressed by this now, i know its a long procedure but surely

waiting for the NHS is just making it longer.my gp told it that

paying privatly will cost quite a few thousand pounds its a price i

am willing to pay if its to make me feel like a normal human being .

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bless your heart!!! i know when you've made the decision to have it

done, more waiting seems unbearable. i hope you get everything

worked out faster than expected.

> plucked up the courage and spoke to my gp today, she said to me i

> may qualify for NHS treatment she is going to find out on monday

and

> if so she will make an appointment for me to see the maxiofacial

> clinic at my local hospital, but the waiting list is long, she

> advised me agasinst paying private and that i should hold out for

> NHS, her words were you have waited this long another few years

isnt

> going to make a difference. but thats just where she is wrong, i am

> so dpressed by this now, i know its a long procedure but surely

> waiting for the NHS is just making it longer.my gp told it that

> paying privatly will cost quite a few thousand pounds its a price i

> am willing to pay if its to make me feel like a normal human being .

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Ok. We're dealing with several issues here. I am delighted that your

gp knew what's going on and gave you a referral. Not all docs

understand about the dental stuff, so that's a bonus for you!

Now, i am

> so dpressed by this now, i know its a long procedure but surely

> waiting for the NHS is just making it longer.

OK, again. Depression is often something that can be treated with

good results chemically. I urge you strongly to talk with your GP

about that one, too. Ask her for help. There are lots of drugs

(Zoloft, Prozac, Effexor, Paxil, for examples) that can help with

depression. Don't ask me how I know... I went through a bunch of them

before I found the right ones -- so it may be a tedious process to

get it right, but that can help more than you could imagine.

Second thing, and probly more important than the first: Exercise, the

right diet and the right vitamins can be even more effective against

depression than the pharmaceuticals. Talk with your doc about this,

too.

Honey, it's not gonna happen quickly. Find out first how long the

ortho prep (if you need it) will take, and then figure out how to

manage when you get the surgery. I was in braces for about 16 months

before I was ready for surgery, and that's shorter than a lot of

others have waited. So find out what's needed and who should do it,

first. Then worry about the timing and how to pay for it. Honest

Injun...

You have some thousands of pounds to throw at it -- great! But figure

out what you need before you start building a schedule, honest. You

can have surgery too early, if you can find a doc who's willing to do

it. But you do not want to walk that path, truly. You want good

results that will hold up. If it turns out that the wait is " a few

years " after your mouth is ready, that's different. But see what's

going on and what's recommended, before you decide.

Cammie

> plucked up the courage and spoke to my gp today, she said to me i

> may qualify for NHS treatment she is going to find out on monday

and

> if so she will make an appointment for me to see the maxiofacial

> clinic at my local hospital, but the waiting list is long, she

> advised me agasinst paying private and that i should hold out for

> NHS, her words were you have waited this long another few years

isnt

> going to make a difference. but thats just where she is wrong, i am

> so dpressed by this now, i know its a long procedure but surely

> waiting for the NHS is just making it longer.my gp told it that

> paying privatly will cost quite a few thousand pounds its a price i

> am willing to pay if its to make me feel like a normal human being .