Re: to kim!

September 15, 2004

-Hi KIM, firstly welcome to the group. I have to admit im not

around here much and came across your post catching up.

I think jo has answered alot of your questions there. Im only 19

myself so cant really say alot for experience, other than my own

surgery. I also had a class III case, but an underbite. I didnt

really have any tmj or anything like that, but i have to agree with

jo that i felt better for having my braces. Its something about the

assurance of starting that journey and getting it under way. The

only downside in my case my bite became worse, im not sure whether

that is the case for everyone. my ortho said he had to use the

braces to make my bite worse, to allow my surgeon to fix it. At the

age of 12/13 i never really understood this until i found out that i

had to have my wisdom teeth taken out prior to the inital jaw

surgery. Something about the bone surrounding where the wisdom

teeth would be being weak/frail, and taking them out at the same

time as doing the jaw surgery makes the prediction of the break less

erm predictable. So removing them before gives that area of the

bone less time to heal.

From my point of view i would say that 30's young. Most people on

this site as well as are surgoens/orthos say its best to have this

surgery done when you are younger as you bounce back as quick,

however there are several members on this site which i wont offend

by saying their old, but rather more wise.hahaha their journeys have

been pretty smooth too, although recovery maybe slower.

It was the unknown that led me to finding this site a week before my

jaw surgery. I have to admit i was scared but i think the

excitement and anixety had pretty much over ruled it by then. In

that week i learnt so much and was offered so much support it was

brilliant. I went into surgery knowing what to expect when to wake

up. Having an idea of how i would feel, what i should expect in the

first few days post op, the effects of medicene, everything you

could possibly imagine the people on here told me! they were so

great!!! and really helped wipe out that fear! BY simply commenting

on their own experiences.

I hope you find your answers to all your questions here.

Good luck with everything!!!! Ask lots of questions to settle that

worry!!!!!!!!

Kind Regards,

Kat_UK

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " jfloweroflifet "

<jfloweroflifet@y...> wrote:

> 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

September 15, 2004