Re: do you get over it? jmacninc

[Guest guest]

-HI im not sure of your name.

Just wanted to say that i totally agree with the others who have

replied to your post. i too was unhappy with my appearance and

lacked self confidence. I had upper and lower to correct a class

III underbite when i was just 17. 2 years on i still have a little

numbness on the right hand side of my chin, but this was actually

from having my wisdom teeth removed 3 months before the jaw surgery

itself. It doesnt bother my at all and i generally dont notice its

there, when i run my finger over it the area just feels slightly

smoother to touch, due to the numbeness. If you really are unhappy,

and you have problems with your bite i would seriously consider the

surgery. It has helped me and i guess everybody else who has been

through it. My confidence has improved dramatically since surgery,

im even at university now, which i wouldnt have even considered

before hand due to my lack in confidence and self esteme. Try

writing down the pros and the cons of this surgery and really take

some time to think it through.

Hope this helps, feel free to ask all the questions you need here.

Kind regards,

Kat_UK

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " jmacninc "

<jmacninc@y...> wrote:

> I met with the surgeon yesterday and he said that I needed the

have

> my lower and upper jaw done (lower moved back, and upper moved

> forward) and possibly my chin. I have a large movement on the

> bottom. I am thinking about having this done at the county

hospital

> done by a chief resident but I am a little scared. He said he has

> done many surgeries and has had no complications. The question I

> have for everyone who has had this surgery and has had

complications

> such as numbness, relapse. Do you some how move on with your

> everyday life? Do you think about it every morning? After I got

home

> from the hospital I sat down and looked at myself and realized

that

> I have been unhappy with appearance all these years but I don't

know

> if I could live with the fact that if I go through the whole

process

> only to exchange one set of problems for another. I tend to dwell

> over things that I regret from the past but I was so sure this was

> what I wanted but now I don't know. Has anyone else also felt this

> way? Did you go through with it? I took some toothache pain relief

> goop and rubbed it all over my lip and gums. It went numb and it

> didn't really annoy me but I knew it was there. Do you forget

about

> it? I then took a drink of water while it was numb and I couldn't

> really taste the water. (That sucked). I didn't try food I don't

> feel by not having this surgery it is going to hold me back but I

> do feel that if I have it I will have more confidence. I DON'T

KNOW

> WHAT TO DO??????

[Guest guest]

-HI im not sure of your name.

Just wanted to say that i totally agree with the others who have

replied to your post. i too was unhappy with my appearance and

lacked self confidence. I had upper and lower to correct a class

III underbite when i was just 17. 2 years on i still have a little

numbness on the right hand side of my chin, but this was actually

from having my wisdom teeth removed 3 months before the jaw surgery

itself. It doesnt bother my at all and i generally dont notice its

there, when i run my finger over it the area just feels slightly

smoother to touch, due to the numbeness. If you really are unhappy,

and you have problems with your bite i would seriously consider the

surgery. It has helped me and i guess everybody else who has been

through it. My confidence has improved dramatically since surgery,

im even at university now, which i wouldnt have even considered

before hand due to my lack in confidence and self esteme. Try

writing down the pros and the cons of this surgery and really take

some time to think it through.

Hope this helps, feel free to ask all the questions you need here.

Kind regards,

Kat_UK

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " jmacninc "

<jmacninc@y...> wrote:

> I met with the surgeon yesterday and he said that I needed the

have

> my lower and upper jaw done (lower moved back, and upper moved

> forward) and possibly my chin. I have a large movement on the

> bottom. I am thinking about having this done at the county

hospital

> done by a chief resident but I am a little scared. He said he has

> done many surgeries and has had no complications. The question I

> have for everyone who has had this surgery and has had

complications

> such as numbness, relapse. Do you some how move on with your

> everyday life? Do you think about it every morning? After I got

home

> from the hospital I sat down and looked at myself and realized

that

> I have been unhappy with appearance all these years but I don't

know

> if I could live with the fact that if I go through the whole

process

> only to exchange one set of problems for another. I tend to dwell

> over things that I regret from the past but I was so sure this was

> what I wanted but now I don't know. Has anyone else also felt this

> way? Did you go through with it? I took some toothache pain relief

> goop and rubbed it all over my lip and gums. It went numb and it

> didn't really annoy me but I knew it was there. Do you forget

about

> it? I then took a drink of water while it was numb and I couldn't

> really taste the water. (That sucked). I didn't try food I don't

> feel by not having this surgery it is going to hold me back but I

> do feel that if I have it I will have more confidence. I DON'T

KNOW

> WHAT TO DO??????