Re: Introducing Myself

[Guest guest]

Hi Jai, I'm a pre-op for another two weeks. You have found a great doctor in

DR. R. Have you read the guidelines to find out if you would qualify for the

surgery? That is were I would start if I were you. If you fit the mold then I

would fill out the patient info forms and e-mail them to DrR. You will want

to know if your insurance will pay I would think before worrying about a PCP.

Also DR.R is very back logged so you want them to know about you as soon as

possible. I would think even if you don't have a long relationship with a

doctor if you can find one to back you up it would fly. You may have already

thought this out but I wanted to try and help. I f you have to appeal your

insurance company it will give you time to establish a relationship with a

Doc. Good Luck, I hope this is helpful.

Kathie265

[Guest guest]

Hi Jai,

My primary care physician recently retired after treating me for 15

years. I switched to a new PCP this spring, and after a couple of visits and

a long talk about my health history, he read the MGB manual and agreed to

support me in every way possible. He has been wonderful, he thinks this is a

great surgery, and told me that he would do whatever I needed him to do so I

could have it. I had my MGB on July 31, and he is really pleased with my

weight loss and how I am feeling so far. He was amazed that my surgery only

took 38 minutes and that I have such small scars from it. He thinks Dr.

Rutledge is a great surgeon (and so do I!!). So... It can be done, as long

as you find the right doctor to support you. Good luck!

Deb in IL

[Guest guest]

I have left my doctor of 2

> years. I have found another doctor but am afraid he does not know

> enough about me to agree to the aftercare and follow-up. If anyone

> has any suggestions, please contact me. Any suggestions would be

> appreciated.

>

> Jai

Dear Jai,

I had a similar problem. I've only recently moved to this new area of

NC, and needed to establish a relationship with a PCP.

I found a good doctor in town, had a thorough physical and medical

history, and we talked for a long time - over several visits, in

fact - about the MGB. He reviewed the Patient Manual, all the

materials that I was submitting to Dr. Rutledge, and then he took

about three weeks to think about supporting me in this step.

By the time he was ready to send his letter, we had literally been in

contact for several - two - months! I believe that that is Dr. R.'s

requirement, unless he's changed it in the new Patient Manual.

Good for you for getting as much information about this procedure as

possible. That's the right way to approach it.

Good luck to you!

Blair

MGB 8/9/00

[Guest guest]

i had only seen my PCP 1 time before my appointment for the wls physical, he

was very supportive and took lots of time with me about my family history of

diabetes high blood pressure and heart disease, If you PCP wont support you

find another one they are out there, and would be more than willing to give

you support...

good luck...

tina

[Guest guest]

Hello, Anne, and welcome.

You're still a little bitty spring chicken, in regard to the

surgery. I had lower advancement at age 56.

As for having a baby, talk with your OB/GYN. Some folks postpone

surgery for the sake of having the baby. Others do the surgery

first, and then get cracking on the procreation... You're still

young in the process, but if it takes you, say, three years to get

ready (predictions are notoriously unreliable, although my sweet and

skilled docs were right on the money), you may want to stay in

braces or retainers longer and get on with the baby-making. It's not

the simplest thing in the world to do both at once, but Shiloh, as

you may know already, has managed.

You say: I wonder if I look slightly

> substandard at the moment. :-p

Honey, all of us look slightly substandard, I think. Okay. Not all,

but most. This is also about making your jaws work better, and

having them serve you more effectively. You are beautiful, whatever

your alignment, but if you have the opportunity to make things work

better (as I did), Why not do the Carpe Diem?!

>

> Hi all -

>

> My name is Anne, I'm 28 (at least for a few more weeks), and am

> slated to have jaw surgery this summer. I've been reading the

posts

> on this board for a while now, but thought I'd join in now that my

> surgery date is getting closer. I don't have a specific date yet,

> but they're guessing the end of summer. I had 4 extractions done

in

> December, right after we got word that the insurance would approve

> the surgery (lower advancement) so there's no going back now. I

> have a whole mess of things going on in my mouth that I never knew

> but am now ridiculously aware of! Most noticeably is probably the

> overbite, but also all of my teeth on the right side of my mouth

> don't line up, but they do on my left (or something like that). I

> do have a weak chin, but I never really noticed it before, so I

> don't think it's that significant. I'll be curious to see if

> there's any cosmetic improvement - my ortho keeps telling me that

> I'm going to look great, so I wonder if that means I look slightly

> substandard at the moment. :-p

>

> I've been in braces for a year and a half - two years in August.

> I'm tentatively supposed to get them taken out next February, but

> we'll see. I'm excited to get this show on the road but nervous

at

> the same time. I'm not the happiest person when I'm hungry so I

> have my husband and s'kids a little worried.

>

> I'm also tired of putting off trying to have a baby - once this

> surgery is over and I'm healed I won't have any more reasons to

> wait. I think that in and of itself is the main reason I just

can't

> wait to get it over with - I want to get on with my life!

>

> I've learned a lot from this site so I thought it was time to

> contribute and thank everyone for their candid and informative

> posts.

>

> Anne