How long were your surgeries?

[Guest guest]

After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin moved

4mm for eveness.

my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top, same

for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

b.

[Guest guest]

After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin moved

4mm for eveness.

my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top, same

for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

b.

[Guest guest]

I am having upper palate widen, upper moved forward, and lower moved back.. and

I was told 5 hours..

Sadie

9 hours WOW that's a whole day's work.. :#)

bgymbrat <no_reply > wrote:

After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin moved

4mm for eveness.

my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top, same

for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

b.

[Guest guest]

I am having upper palate widen, upper moved forward, and lower moved back.. and

I was told 5 hours..

Sadie

9 hours WOW that's a whole day's work.. :#)

bgymbrat <no_reply > wrote:

After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin moved

4mm for eveness.

my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top, same

for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

b.

[Guest guest]

I had upper only, segmented in 3 pieces. Surgery for me was right

around 4.25 hours I think. Surgery started at 10:15, I think I was

done right around 2:30 (according to my mom), but I don't remember

being awake and moving to my hospital room until 4.

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

I had upper only, segmented in 3 pieces. Surgery for me was right

around 4.25 hours I think. Surgery started at 10:15, I think I was

done right around 2:30 (according to my mom), but I don't remember

being awake and moving to my hospital room until 4.

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

Hour and a half.

I had my lower jaw set back a measly 3 mm and paranasal implants put in up near

my

nose.

Looking back it's almost surreal how quickly it all happened. I showed up at the

hospital at

11:30 am, checked in, changed into my gown, got an IV, met with the

anesthesiologist,

and walked into the operating room with her at 12:30. I remember looking at the

clock in

the recovery room and it said 4:00 pm, but then a nurse corrected his coworker

and said,

" Oh no, the clock's wrong, it's only 3:00. "

I was back home by 5:30.

Maddie

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top, same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

Hour and a half.

I had my lower jaw set back a measly 3 mm and paranasal implants put in up near

my

nose.

Looking back it's almost surreal how quickly it all happened. I showed up at the

hospital at

11:30 am, checked in, changed into my gown, got an IV, met with the

anesthesiologist,

and walked into the operating room with her at 12:30. I remember looking at the

clock in

the recovery room and it said 4:00 pm, but then a nurse corrected his coworker

and said,

" Oh no, the clock's wrong, it's only 3:00. "

I was back home by 5:30.

Maddie

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top, same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

My surgery was 6 hours, I had the lower moved back 3 mm and upper

advanced 5 mm. Thanks to my surgeons precision, I was only loosely

banded for 1 week and wore a splint for 2 weeks. I was able to eat

soft food by day three.

Marsha

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

My surgery was 6 hours, I had the lower moved back 3 mm and upper

advanced 5 mm. Thanks to my surgeons precision, I was only loosely

banded for 1 week and wore a splint for 2 weeks. I was able to eat

soft food by day three.

Marsha

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

My surgery was 9 hours too.

Please post and tell me what getting the wires off was like!

david

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

My surgery was 9 hours too.

Please post and tell me what getting the wires off was like!

david

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

I had upper and genio and my surgery was 4hrs.

> >

> > After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more

intense

> > then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

> moved

> > 4mm for eveness.

> >

> > my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> > before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

> same

> > for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> > surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just

curious.

> >

> > thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> > b.

[Guest guest]

I had upper and genio and my surgery was 4hrs.

> >

> > After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more

intense

> > then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

> moved

> > 4mm for eveness.

> >

> > my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> > before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

> same

> > for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> > surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just

curious.

> >

> > thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> > b.

[Guest guest]

As one very fine surgeon reminded me recently, this is no " one size

(or procedure) fits all " arrangments. In fact, it is highly

individualized.

You may have had special or unusual challenges. Your surgeon may have

chosen different procedures because he gets better results with them,

or because they were particularly suited to your needs.

Or it may just be that he's found he gets the best results by

applying more hours to his procedures.

If you got the result you wanted and needed (and, of course, if you

got your wires off today!) then you're way ahead in the game, and you

and your surgeon are to be congratulated. What happens with someone

else may be completely irrelevant to what he decided you needed.

Best,

Cammie

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.

[Guest guest]

As one very fine surgeon reminded me recently, this is no " one size

(or procedure) fits all " arrangments. In fact, it is highly

individualized.

You may have had special or unusual challenges. Your surgeon may have

chosen different procedures because he gets better results with them,

or because they were particularly suited to your needs.

Or it may just be that he's found he gets the best results by

applying more hours to his procedures.

If you got the result you wanted and needed (and, of course, if you

got your wires off today!) then you're way ahead in the game, and you

and your surgeon are to be congratulated. What happens with someone

else may be completely irrelevant to what he decided you needed.

Best,

Cammie

>

> After reading the posts, I think my surgery was much more intense

> then others. I had one cut in the upper and lower and my chin

moved

> 4mm for eveness.

>

> my surgery was close to 9 hours!!! When talking to the surgeon

> before the surgery, this seemed normal...2-3 hours for the top,

same

> for the bottom and 2 for the chin, plus time for wiring. If my

> surgeon was too " anal and precise " I am glad, but I am just curious.

>

> thanks, I am off to get the wires cut!!! (hopefully)

> b.