Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Nate, although i have issues post surgery, the benefits outweigh the concerns. you can see on my recent last few posts (albertiway, oldie, chin, symmetry) and look at pictures in the photo section as to what i am talking about. bottom line, you must discuss these concerns with your surgeon and this forum helped me to get a few more ideas than i had originally had on my own, to do that. katie > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives outweigh > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have done > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Nate, although i have issues post surgery, the benefits outweigh the concerns. you can see on my recent last few posts (albertiway, oldie, chin, symmetry) and look at pictures in the photo section as to what i am talking about. bottom line, you must discuss these concerns with your surgeon and this forum helped me to get a few more ideas than i had originally had on my own, to do that. katie > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives outweigh > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have done > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Nate, welcome-the most important part of this journey is to select the best OS you can find. That will help to minimize complications. Try if you can to find someone who performs at least one a week. There is as much art as science in this procedure and you can't teach the art part. While my OS was unable to get my upper right after two tries I would(and will) do it again just with a different doc. good luck/eric > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives outweigh > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have done > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Nate, welcome-the most important part of this journey is to select the best OS you can find. That will help to minimize complications. Try if you can to find someone who performs at least one a week. There is as much art as science in this procedure and you can't teach the art part. While my OS was unable to get my upper right after two tries I would(and will) do it again just with a different doc. good luck/eric > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives outweigh > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have done > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 NATE, I have no regrets except for having this done sooner. I finally feel confident about myself. Before surgery I couldn't close my lips and had a very gummy smile and overbite. There are some side effects from surgery, but the outcome far outweighs the negatives. The swelling sucks, but doesn't last that long. Then there is the numbness, which has been the most annoying for me. That on the the other hand is slowly diminshing. I am almost 5 weeks from upper jaw surgery and can feel my lip, nose and cheeks except it feels weird when I touch. I think I have about 90% feeling back in my face. The palate and teeth are still completly numb, but I know that will take longer. Good Luck. > > > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives outweigh > > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have done > > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 NATE, I have no regrets except for having this done sooner. I finally feel confident about myself. Before surgery I couldn't close my lips and had a very gummy smile and overbite. There are some side effects from surgery, but the outcome far outweighs the negatives. The swelling sucks, but doesn't last that long. Then there is the numbness, which has been the most annoying for me. That on the the other hand is slowly diminshing. I am almost 5 weeks from upper jaw surgery and can feel my lip, nose and cheeks except it feels weird when I touch. I think I have about 90% feeling back in my face. The palate and teeth are still completly numb, but I know that will take longer. Good Luck. > > > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives outweigh > > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have done > > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 Hello , in your last posted message, you mentioned that you do have some issues post-surgery. You said these problems, however, are outweighed by the benefits that you experienced from having the surgery. I'm just wondering if you can tell me what some of these post-surgical problems are(were)...numbness, pain, etc. Thanks. -nate > > > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives > outweigh > > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have > done > > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 Hello , in your last posted message, you mentioned that you do have some issues post-surgery. You said these problems, however, are outweighed by the benefits that you experienced from having the surgery. I'm just wondering if you can tell me what some of these post-surgical problems are(were)...numbness, pain, etc. Thanks. -nate > > > > Seeing how I'm just getting started on this process myself, I'm > > wondering if anyone here has (or knows anyone who has) had a > > negative outcome that was due to the surgery. Basically, does > > anyone regret having this surgery done? Did the negatives > outweigh > > the positives of the surgery? And if they did, what do you think > > the reasons were and what could you (or a friend you know) have > done > > to have avoided them. Thanks for your feedback. > > > > -nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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