For - WIld Goose Chase

[Guest guest]

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

> >

> > > >