Re: I'm BACK...1 week post OP!!! The journey (long)

[Guest guest]

Im so sorry you had such a bad experience. I don't know where you live

or how old you are, but reputation or not, there are plenty of excellent

oral surgeons out there who do these procedures. I for one do not go to

any physician I do not like, I don't care how excellent they are. I

want to be treated as a human being. Well at least that's over with.

Once y ou can talk you should give him a piece of your mind, it will def

make you feel a lot better.

I'm BACK...1 week post OP!!!

The journey (long)

Hi guys,

Had my surgery Tuesday August 3rd (upper+lower) and I came home

from the hospital on Sunday. I was in ICU for two nights and then I

spent another 3 nights on the surgical floor. It was tough. Much

worse than I expected. Alot of people on here have had this sugery

and said it was a breeze, but while I was in there, I honestly

wanted to die.

I really don't like my oral surgeon. I didn't like his

personality from the first time i me him when I was ten. He was just

very cold, uncaring, but I went to him anyway because he has a great

reputation as a great surgeon. As scary as it sounds, I didn't see

him again for 9 years, two weeks before my surgery date, which was

my one and only consult/appointment with him. The next time I would

see him was lying on the operating table.

Anyways, he was really nasty. He came into my room the day

after surgery, (I wasn't doing well after having an allergic

reaction to morphine)and he told me I was being lazy and didn't want

to get better. I had a really tough time breathing after surgery, my

nasal passages were totally blocked and my lips so swollen I could

barely open. Then he pulled a huge rubber tube thing from his pocket

and without any warning, shoved in up my nose and down my throat.

When I was crying and telling him it hurt, he coldly said " no it

didn't. " and left.

He came in the next morning. His tube idea totally backfired

because when I swallowed everything just went up the tube and out my

nose. He asked me what I had had to eat and I told him not much

because of the tube issue. He got really mad and agin, without

warning, ripped the tube out of my face and hauled me out of bed and

started dragging me and my IV pole down the hall. He was literally

shouting at me " You are going to walk around this block ten times

today! " Then my Mom came aroung the corner after going to get a

coffee and he pointed at her and yelled " And you! You have alot of

work to do! " It was pretty scary.

I am just so glad it's over. I saw Dr. A$$hole yesterday at my

first post op appointment and he was all friendly. I don't know...

he's pretty freaky, and his bedside manner sucks, but I think he did

a good job on my jaws.

Now that it's all done, and all the crap that happened I have no

regrets that I had it done. I am happy with my appearance. I see

potential past all the swelling, drool and boogers.

The only advice I have for people considering it is obvious: choose

your surgeon carefully!!!

[Guest guest]

Im so sorry you had such a bad experience. I don't know where you live

or how old you are, but reputation or not, there are plenty of excellent

oral surgeons out there who do these procedures. I for one do not go to

any physician I do not like, I don't care how excellent they are. I

want to be treated as a human being. Well at least that's over with.

Once y ou can talk you should give him a piece of your mind, it will def

make you feel a lot better.

I'm BACK...1 week post OP!!!

The journey (long)

Hi guys,

Had my surgery Tuesday August 3rd (upper+lower) and I came home

from the hospital on Sunday. I was in ICU for two nights and then I

spent another 3 nights on the surgical floor. It was tough. Much

worse than I expected. Alot of people on here have had this sugery

and said it was a breeze, but while I was in there, I honestly

wanted to die.

I really don't like my oral surgeon. I didn't like his

personality from the first time i me him when I was ten. He was just

very cold, uncaring, but I went to him anyway because he has a great

reputation as a great surgeon. As scary as it sounds, I didn't see

him again for 9 years, two weeks before my surgery date, which was

my one and only consult/appointment with him. The next time I would

see him was lying on the operating table.

Anyways, he was really nasty. He came into my room the day

after surgery, (I wasn't doing well after having an allergic

reaction to morphine)and he told me I was being lazy and didn't want

to get better. I had a really tough time breathing after surgery, my

nasal passages were totally blocked and my lips so swollen I could

barely open. Then he pulled a huge rubber tube thing from his pocket

and without any warning, shoved in up my nose and down my throat.

When I was crying and telling him it hurt, he coldly said " no it

didn't. " and left.

He came in the next morning. His tube idea totally backfired

because when I swallowed everything just went up the tube and out my

nose. He asked me what I had had to eat and I told him not much

because of the tube issue. He got really mad and agin, without

warning, ripped the tube out of my face and hauled me out of bed and

started dragging me and my IV pole down the hall. He was literally

shouting at me " You are going to walk around this block ten times

today! " Then my Mom came aroung the corner after going to get a

coffee and he pointed at her and yelled " And you! You have alot of

work to do! " It was pretty scary.

I am just so glad it's over. I saw Dr. A$$hole yesterday at my

first post op appointment and he was all friendly. I don't know...

he's pretty freaky, and his bedside manner sucks, but I think he did

a good job on my jaws.

Now that it's all done, and all the crap that happened I have no

regrets that I had it done. I am happy with my appearance. I see

potential past all the swelling, drool and boogers.

The only advice I have for people considering it is obvious: choose

your surgeon carefully!!!

[Guest guest]

geez..that sounded horrible, he didnt have a right to act like

that.. im shocked..

however its great that your pleased with the result!

[Guest guest]

geez..that sounded horrible, he didnt have a right to act like

that.. im shocked..

however its great that your pleased with the result!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That is one of the worst stories I have heard. I would definitely be

reporting your surgeon to the hospital administrator and the AMA or

whatever professional organization he belongs to. Unless you were

high on morphine and hallucinating all of this, there's no reason why

you should have been treated that way.

Doing that might just prevent it from happening again to another

person.

> Hi guys,

>

> Had my surgery Tuesday August 3rd (upper+lower) and I came

home

> from the hospital on Sunday. I was in ICU for two nights and then I

> spent another 3 nights on the surgical floor. It was tough. Much

> worse than I expected. Alot of people on here have had this sugery

> and said it was a breeze, but while I was in there, I honestly

> wanted to die.

>

> I really don't like my oral surgeon. I didn't like his

> personality from the first time i me him when I was ten. He was

just

> very cold, uncaring, but I went to him anyway because he has a

great

> reputation as a great surgeon. As scary as it sounds, I didn't see

> him again for 9 years, two weeks before my surgery date, which was

> my one and only consult/appointment with him. The next time I would

> see him was lying on the operating table.

>

> Anyways, he was really nasty. He came into my room the day

> after surgery, (I wasn't doing well after having an allergic

> reaction to morphine)and he told me I was being lazy and didn't

want

> to get better. I had a really tough time breathing after surgery,

my

> nasal passages were totally blocked and my lips so swollen I could

> barely open. Then he pulled a huge rubber tube thing from his

pocket

> and without any warning, shoved in up my nose and down my throat.

> When I was crying and telling him it hurt, he coldly said " no it

> didn't. " and left.

>

> He came in the next morning. His tube idea totally backfired

> because when I swallowed everything just went up the tube and out

my

> nose. He asked me what I had had to eat and I told him not much

> because of the tube issue. He got really mad and agin, without

> warning, ripped the tube out of my face and hauled me out of bed

and

> started dragging me and my IV pole down the hall. He was literally

> shouting at me " You are going to walk around this block ten times

> today! " Then my Mom came aroung the corner after going to get a

> coffee and he pointed at her and yelled " And you! You have alot of

> work to do! " It was pretty scary.

>

> I am just so glad it's over. I saw Dr. A$$hole yesterday at my

> first post op appointment and he was all friendly. I don't know...

> he's pretty freaky, and his bedside manner sucks, but I think he

did

> a good job on my jaws.

> Now that it's all done, and all the crap that happened I have no

> regrets that I had it done. I am happy with my appearance. I see

> potential past all the swelling, drool and boogers.

> The only advice I have for people considering it is obvious: choose

> your surgeon carefully!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That is one of the worst stories I have heard. I would definitely be

reporting your surgeon to the hospital administrator and the AMA or

whatever professional organization he belongs to. Unless you were

high on morphine and hallucinating all of this, there's no reason why

you should have been treated that way.

Doing that might just prevent it from happening again to another

person.

> Hi guys,

>

> Had my surgery Tuesday August 3rd (upper+lower) and I came

home

> from the hospital on Sunday. I was in ICU for two nights and then I

> spent another 3 nights on the surgical floor. It was tough. Much

> worse than I expected. Alot of people on here have had this sugery

> and said it was a breeze, but while I was in there, I honestly

> wanted to die.

>

> I really don't like my oral surgeon. I didn't like his

> personality from the first time i me him when I was ten. He was

just

> very cold, uncaring, but I went to him anyway because he has a

great

> reputation as a great surgeon. As scary as it sounds, I didn't see

> him again for 9 years, two weeks before my surgery date, which was

> my one and only consult/appointment with him. The next time I would

> see him was lying on the operating table.

>

> Anyways, he was really nasty. He came into my room the day

> after surgery, (I wasn't doing well after having an allergic

> reaction to morphine)and he told me I was being lazy and didn't

want

> to get better. I had a really tough time breathing after surgery,

my

> nasal passages were totally blocked and my lips so swollen I could

> barely open. Then he pulled a huge rubber tube thing from his

pocket

> and without any warning, shoved in up my nose and down my throat.

> When I was crying and telling him it hurt, he coldly said " no it

> didn't. " and left.

>

> He came in the next morning. His tube idea totally backfired

> because when I swallowed everything just went up the tube and out

my

> nose. He asked me what I had had to eat and I told him not much

> because of the tube issue. He got really mad and agin, without

> warning, ripped the tube out of my face and hauled me out of bed

and

> started dragging me and my IV pole down the hall. He was literally

> shouting at me " You are going to walk around this block ten times

> today! " Then my Mom came aroung the corner after going to get a

> coffee and he pointed at her and yelled " And you! You have alot of

> work to do! " It was pretty scary.

>

> I am just so glad it's over. I saw Dr. A$$hole yesterday at my

> first post op appointment and he was all friendly. I don't know...

> he's pretty freaky, and his bedside manner sucks, but I think he

did

> a good job on my jaws.

> Now that it's all done, and all the crap that happened I have no

> regrets that I had it done. I am happy with my appearance. I see

> potential past all the swelling, drool and boogers.

> The only advice I have for people considering it is obvious: choose

> your surgeon carefully!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Some surgeons are just loco, I think. I can't imagine a surgeon

saying that to a patient...

It does seem that you were in the hospital a long time, but I'd be

inclined to blame at least some of that on the reaction to morphine.

I don't think the surgeon was much help, though.

I'm glad he did a good job for you technically, but I think he did a

pretty lousy job of anything else, given your description of his

behavior. It may be that you had to have that tube, and intubation is

not pleasant, I think -- but there's no reason on earth he could not

have explained to you what he was going to do.... And docs who think

they know when I'm hurting better than I do, give me yet another

royal pain!

I'm sorry. I hope if you need any further procedures you'll find a

more civilized human being to help you.

I hope at some point (not now, because you'll need him for follow up)

you and or your mom will send him a nice note and thank him for his

surgical skills, but offer a few suggestions about how he could

improve the post-op experience for his patients. I do mean a nice

letter, too -- lambasting him won't get his attention at all, I'd

bet. But a nice one might.

Cammie

> Hi guys,

>

> Had my surgery Tuesday August 3rd (upper+lower) and I came

home

> from the hospital on Sunday. I was in ICU for two nights and then I

> spent another 3 nights on the surgical floor. It was tough. Much

> worse than I expected. Alot of people on here have had this sugery

> and said it was a breeze, but while I was in there, I honestly

> wanted to die.

>

> I really don't like my oral surgeon. I didn't like his

> personality from the first time i me him when I was ten. He was

just

> very cold, uncaring, but I went to him anyway because he has a

great

> reputation as a great surgeon. As scary as it sounds, I didn't see

> him again for 9 years, two weeks before my surgery date, which was

> my one and only consult/appointment with him. The next time I would

> see him was lying on the operating table.

>

> Anyways, he was really nasty. He came into my room the day

> after surgery, (I wasn't doing well after having an allergic

> reaction to morphine)and he told me I was being lazy and didn't

want

> to get better. I had a really tough time breathing after surgery,

my

> nasal passages were totally blocked and my lips so swollen I could

> barely open. Then he pulled a huge rubber tube thing from his

pocket

> and without any warning, shoved in up my nose and down my throat.

> When I was crying and telling him it hurt, he coldly said " no it

> didn't. " and left.

>

> He came in the next morning. His tube idea totally backfired

> because when I swallowed everything just went up the tube and out

my

> nose. He asked me what I had had to eat and I told him not much

> because of the tube issue. He got really mad and agin, without

> warning, ripped the tube out of my face and hauled me out of bed

and

> started dragging me and my IV pole down the hall. He was literally

> shouting at me " You are going to walk around this block ten times

> today! " Then my Mom came aroung the corner after going to get a

> coffee and he pointed at her and yelled " And you! You have alot of

> work to do! " It was pretty scary.

>

> I am just so glad it's over. I saw Dr. A$$hole yesterday at my

> first post op appointment and he was all friendly. I don't know...

> he's pretty freaky, and his bedside manner sucks, but I think he

did

> a good job on my jaws.

> Now that it's all done, and all the crap that happened I have no

> regrets that I had it done. I am happy with my appearance. I see

> potential past all the swelling, drool and boogers.

> The only advice I have for people considering it is obvious: choose

> your surgeon carefully!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Some surgeons are just loco, I think. I can't imagine a surgeon

saying that to a patient...

It does seem that you were in the hospital a long time, but I'd be

inclined to blame at least some of that on the reaction to morphine.

I don't think the surgeon was much help, though.

I'm glad he did a good job for you technically, but I think he did a

pretty lousy job of anything else, given your description of his

behavior. It may be that you had to have that tube, and intubation is

not pleasant, I think -- but there's no reason on earth he could not

have explained to you what he was going to do.... And docs who think

they know when I'm hurting better than I do, give me yet another

royal pain!

I'm sorry. I hope if you need any further procedures you'll find a

more civilized human being to help you.

I hope at some point (not now, because you'll need him for follow up)

you and or your mom will send him a nice note and thank him for his

surgical skills, but offer a few suggestions about how he could

improve the post-op experience for his patients. I do mean a nice

letter, too -- lambasting him won't get his attention at all, I'd

bet. But a nice one might.

Cammie

> Hi guys,

>

> Had my surgery Tuesday August 3rd (upper+lower) and I came

home

> from the hospital on Sunday. I was in ICU for two nights and then I

> spent another 3 nights on the surgical floor. It was tough. Much

> worse than I expected. Alot of people on here have had this sugery

> and said it was a breeze, but while I was in there, I honestly

> wanted to die.

>

> I really don't like my oral surgeon. I didn't like his

> personality from the first time i me him when I was ten. He was

just

> very cold, uncaring, but I went to him anyway because he has a

great

> reputation as a great surgeon. As scary as it sounds, I didn't see

> him again for 9 years, two weeks before my surgery date, which was

> my one and only consult/appointment with him. The next time I would

> see him was lying on the operating table.

>

> Anyways, he was really nasty. He came into my room the day

> after surgery, (I wasn't doing well after having an allergic

> reaction to morphine)and he told me I was being lazy and didn't

want

> to get better. I had a really tough time breathing after surgery,

my

> nasal passages were totally blocked and my lips so swollen I could

> barely open. Then he pulled a huge rubber tube thing from his

pocket

> and without any warning, shoved in up my nose and down my throat.

> When I was crying and telling him it hurt, he coldly said " no it

> didn't. " and left.

>

> He came in the next morning. His tube idea totally backfired

> because when I swallowed everything just went up the tube and out

my

> nose. He asked me what I had had to eat and I told him not much

> because of the tube issue. He got really mad and agin, without

> warning, ripped the tube out of my face and hauled me out of bed

and

> started dragging me and my IV pole down the hall. He was literally

> shouting at me " You are going to walk around this block ten times

> today! " Then my Mom came aroung the corner after going to get a

> coffee and he pointed at her and yelled " And you! You have alot of

> work to do! " It was pretty scary.

>

> I am just so glad it's over. I saw Dr. A$$hole yesterday at my

> first post op appointment and he was all friendly. I don't know...

> he's pretty freaky, and his bedside manner sucks, but I think he

did

> a good job on my jaws.

> Now that it's all done, and all the crap that happened I have no

> regrets that I had it done. I am happy with my appearance. I see

> potential past all the swelling, drool and boogers.

> The only advice I have for people considering it is obvious: choose

> your surgeon carefully!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

That is just awful. I agree with , report this surgeon.

[Guest guest]

That is just awful. I agree with , report this surgeon.