Re: New and scared-no worries, everything will be ok

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

something impt to look deeper into, if you are considering starting a

family, you should discuss that with your OS and Gyn...reason I

mention is I was told several things along my long journey...(which I

won't bore you with) but I had poor gums prior to starting perio and

braces...back then, my GYN told me that if I was thinking of having

kids, that I needed my gums to be more healty! At the time it shocked

and confused me, as I thought, wait, where am I? But then I learned

more-simply put pregnancy takes a lot of nutrients from you and can

effect your gums a lot-which trickles down to so many other areas of

your health. Also if you plan on surg, you certainly don't want to be

preg during or preg just post-op and dealing with something like

morning sickness when your mouth is wired shut...

I think it's terrific you want to heal your teeth/mouth and have a

family too...just talk it out w/your health care providers too, so if

you want to bring someone new into this world you can both be happy

and healthy the whole way through.

(ps-once you start braces you should start to notice an overall

improvement to your health...since I got mine on, I haven't been

sick...and I always got bronchitis and/or sinusitus each yr once or

twice before them! So it really improves so much more than just TMJ

or an imperfect smile)

JO

> Hi all!

> I have been quietly lurking reading everyone's experiences for

close

> to 2 years now. It took that long to be able to see an oral

surgeon.

> Gotta love insurance. They bounced me to a different dentist for

him

> to say, yep, your bite is messed up. He actually said that! Now, I

> don't have a big VISIBLE issue. I have a crossbite that is Class

III

> in one area and Class II. It has gotten progressively worse. It

> aggravates my TMJ severely.

>

> The Oral Surgeon confirmed the need for a SARPE and I have a

consult

> to go back to my ortho who I haven't seen in over a year now on

> October 5th. This has been so long in the making and I am glad it

is

> progressing, but in the meantime my partner and I have started

trying

> to start a family, which makes the logistics of this kind of

> difficult. BUT, I don't want to give up because it has taken so

long

> to get here. So we are going to see what the ortho says and

hopefully

> get braces on pretty soon. We still have to wait for the final ok

> from my insurance company on the surgery before we can put the

braces

> on, and that should come mid October.

>

> I am scared, but I was told by my ortho that this will only get

worse

> and since I am relatively young (!! 30 !!) then I should do it

> because I don't want to be 20 years older and trying to do it then.

>

> It's nice to see how many people have had such success with this. I

> am a pretty good patient, tend not to swell too much and have a

high

> pain tolerance so I'm not worried about that. I guess the unknown

is

> what scares me the most.

>

> I guess I just want to say thanks for your stories so far and keep

em

> coming. I hope all of you are doing well.

>

> Kim

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

something impt to look deeper into, if you are considering starting a

family, you should discuss that with your OS and Gyn...reason I

mention is I was told several things along my long journey...(which I

won't bore you with) but I had poor gums prior to starting perio and

braces...back then, my GYN told me that if I was thinking of having

kids, that I needed my gums to be more healty! At the time it shocked

and confused me, as I thought, wait, where am I? But then I learned

more-simply put pregnancy takes a lot of nutrients from you and can

effect your gums a lot-which trickles down to so many other areas of

your health. Also if you plan on surg, you certainly don't want to be

preg during or preg just post-op and dealing with something like

morning sickness when your mouth is wired shut...

I think it's terrific you want to heal your teeth/mouth and have a

family too...just talk it out w/your health care providers too, so if

you want to bring someone new into this world you can both be happy

and healthy the whole way through.

(ps-once you start braces you should start to notice an overall

improvement to your health...since I got mine on, I haven't been

sick...and I always got bronchitis and/or sinusitus each yr once or

twice before them! So it really improves so much more than just TMJ

or an imperfect smile)

JO

> Hi all!

> I have been quietly lurking reading everyone's experiences for

close

> to 2 years now. It took that long to be able to see an oral

surgeon.

> Gotta love insurance. They bounced me to a different dentist for

him

> to say, yep, your bite is messed up. He actually said that! Now, I

> don't have a big VISIBLE issue. I have a crossbite that is Class

III

> in one area and Class II. It has gotten progressively worse. It

> aggravates my TMJ severely.

>

> The Oral Surgeon confirmed the need for a SARPE and I have a

consult

> to go back to my ortho who I haven't seen in over a year now on

> October 5th. This has been so long in the making and I am glad it

is

> progressing, but in the meantime my partner and I have started

trying

> to start a family, which makes the logistics of this kind of

> difficult. BUT, I don't want to give up because it has taken so

long

> to get here. So we are going to see what the ortho says and

hopefully

> get braces on pretty soon. We still have to wait for the final ok

> from my insurance company on the surgery before we can put the

braces

> on, and that should come mid October.

>

> I am scared, but I was told by my ortho that this will only get

worse

> and since I am relatively young (!! 30 !!) then I should do it

> because I don't want to be 20 years older and trying to do it then.

>

> It's nice to see how many people have had such success with this. I

> am a pretty good patient, tend not to swell too much and have a

high

> pain tolerance so I'm not worried about that. I guess the unknown

is

> what scares me the most.

>

> I guess I just want to say thanks for your stories so far and keep

em

> coming. I hope all of you are doing well.

>

> Kim