Re: Re: NY/CT metro area surgeons-Tova

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I was originally told that my wisdom teeth would be pulled during

surgery and I was also told that he could use rigid fixation and I

would only be wired shut for a week. About a week before surgery, i was

told that because I still had my wisdom teeth, I would not be able to

have rigid fixation because my teeth would either be in the way of the

screws if they did not pull them, or there would be too much loose

tissue around the site if they pulled the teeth for properly attach the

screws. In the end I woke of from surgery with both my wisdom teeth and

with the wire- not the screws. If I had known that the wisdom teeth

might make it impossible to do rigid fixation, I would have had them

pulled a year ago. Yeah, the details of that whole situation were a bit

sketchy and did not seem very well thought out.

oh, one more thing... I have a separate health issue with regards to my

pituitary gland. I told the surgeon about this from day one. and

mentioned it every time I was asked about any possible medical issue.

A week before surgery, when I had my final consult, I mentioned it

again and at that point was told I needed clearance from my

endocrinologist in order for the anesthesiologist to put me under.

No-one had ever, ever mentioned this to me. I had not even been to the

endocrinologist in almost a year, but co-incidentally, had an

appointment scheduled for that week. She would not give me clearance

for the surgery without a bunch of blood tests & an MRI so the thursday

night before the monday morning surgery, I had to get an emergency MRI,

have all the paperwork and ferried all over the city and when I checked

into the hospital monday morning, some of the blood work was not even

back and I still did not have clearance... it came through at about

10AM. That was really irritating and I was annoyed that despite my

thinking I was on the ball with everything, this came up at such a

nerve wracking time. especially true because my absolute #1 fear with

the surgery was the anesthesia and that was also the thing that could

have gone wrong without all this last minute stuff. In all fairness to

the doctor, I sorta " disappeared " on him for about 9 months while I

fought for coverage with the insurance company- I'm sure II wasn't the

first thing on his mind for all that time, but still.

-Tova

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> Hi Tova,

> How did you end up wired because of your wisdom teeth??? Katja

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> > Hiya,

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> > I would still recommend Dr. Super, but I would also look around.

> He's

> > been doing this forever and I trust he knows what he's doing and

> the

> > people there are all very nice and helpful... I am still annoyed

> that I

> > ended up wired because of my wisdom teeth.... If you can avoid the

> > wire... I'd go that route.

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> > Tova

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> > >  After years of deliberation, I've decided to get upper/lower

> surgery

> > >  to correct an underbite.  I'm just starting to look for an OS and

> > >  from reading this board I came across a couple of surgeons

> people had

> > >  recommended in the past. 

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> > >  Tova, you recommended Stuart Super but then I read your posts

> with

> > >  the issues you were/are having.  Would you still recommend him?

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> > >  Behrman was also recommended but I can't find any more

> info on

> > >  him.  Does anyone have a website for him?

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> > >  Finally, I came across Weber on google. I liked what I

> read

> > >  on his site, particularly that he avoids wiring, has 10+ years

> > >  experience, and the fact that he pioneered a way to minimize

> nerve

> > >  damage.  Has anyone gone to him?

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> > >  I'm open to other suggesions.  Basically, I'm looking for an OS

> with

> > >  10+ yrs experience, is a member of AAOMS and is in the NY/CT

> metro

> > >  area that is accessible by LIRR/Metro North.

> > >

> > >  Thanks for any suggesions.

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