Guest guest Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 Hi Alcia. It will be a tremendous positive for me. My ortho works all the time with Drs Poor and O' and so they seem to schedule and work well together. In that I consider myself very lucky. My Ortho had said they now have a third Dr helping them and I am wondering if it is this Dr Wong that you mention. I made my pre-op x-rays the same day as they are taking my molds so that they would match up. Everything really worked out for me because that is 13 days before surgery. I am getting my post op x- rays the day before my post op appt. As I have my stuff earlier than the rest of the bay area buddies I will share my experiences in hope that it is helpful info fot the rest of you.I think a reunion would be ve ry cool. Bring our before and after pics. ha ha! take care and chat with you later. Tom > > Hi . Ready for the long winded response? Well here goes! > > > > For my surgery they will be moving my lower jaw back, my upper jaw > > forward, and split my palate to correct my bite. Per my Ortho I > > have the worst Class III Malloclusion (sp?) that he has ever seen, > > plus my mouth narraws as it goes back rather than being straight > or > > expand. For that reason there is not enough room for my tongue > and > > over time I have become more and more difficult to understand when > I > > talk. Oh yeah I have TMJ too plus I snore badly, probably from all > > the mis-alignment. I saw another post from someone saying they > > found out they detach your septum during upper jaw surgery and > > reattach when they have finished. That would probably correct my > > snoring problem. > > > > I received appointment cards for my visit with Dr Poor, the pre- > op, > > and the post-op all on the same day. A few days later I received > > the packet which detailed all of the information regarding what to > > do about surgery, all about the class, as well as the date and > time > > of the class. A few days after that I received my authorization > in > > the mail to get my x-rays both pre and post op and to make the > > appointments. You have to take your x-rays with you for your Dr > > visit before the surgery and then have additional x-rays taken > just > > prior to your post-op so you can take them with you again to show > > the OS. > > > > I have my appointment for my pre-op x-rays and my last Ortho > > appointment to get my molds and sugical hooks placed on the 4th. > Oh > > yeah you take your molds with you as well for your pre-op with the > > OS. > > > > Oh and by the way you are not being such a pain. I have learned > > much from others who have posted information on this board and am > > glad to give back what I can to share with others. > > > > Take care. > > > > Tom > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Hey , I had my follow-ups scheduled with Dr. Wong too and he introduced himself to me in the recovery room. At first I was upset because I wanted to see and talk to Dr. O' because she did my surgery and I would figure she would want to see me. But Dr. Wong is real nice and has a good since of humor too. Dr. O' saw me too that day. But that was probably because I passed out in the office right after my wires were cut. I scared Dr. Wong because I looked like I was having a sezure so Dr. O' came in to help (haha). The next day they both worked together on fixing my septum. I think he's new and Dr. O' is using him to fill in for her occasionally, but he knows what he's doing so don't worry. > > > Hi . Ready for the long winded response? Well here goes! > > > > > > For my surgery they will be moving my lower jaw back, my upper > jaw > > > forward, and split my palate to correct my bite. Per my Ortho I > > > have the worst Class III Malloclusion (sp?) that he has ever > seen, > > > plus my mouth narraws as it goes back rather than being straight > > or > > > expand. For that reason there is not enough room for my tongue > > and > > > over time I have become more and more difficult to understand > when > > I > > > talk. Oh yeah I have TMJ too plus I snore badly, probably from > all > > > the mis-alignment. I saw another post from someone saying they > > > found out they detach your septum during upper jaw surgery and > > > reattach when they have finished. That would probably correct > my > > > snoring problem. > > > > > > I received appointment cards for my visit with Dr Poor, the pre- > > op, > > > and the post-op all on the same day. A few days later I > received > > > the packet which detailed all of the information regarding what > to > > > do about surgery, all about the class, as well as the date and > > time > > > of the class. A few days after that I received my authorization > > in > > > the mail to get my x-rays both pre and post op and to make the > > > appointments. You have to take your x-rays with you for your Dr > > > visit before the surgery and then have additional x-rays taken > > just > > > prior to your post-op so you can take them with you again to > show > > > the OS. > > > > > > I have my appointment for my pre-op x-rays and my last Ortho > > > appointment to get my molds and sugical hooks placed on the > 4th. > > Oh > > > yeah you take your molds with you as well for your pre-op with > the > > > OS. > > > > > > Oh and by the way you are not being such a pain. I have learned > > > much from others who have posted information on this board and > am > > > glad to give back what I can to share with others. > > > > > > Take care. > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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