Re: Re: Anyone Been Through This On Their Own?

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Hi

wow! yet another uk member, excellent news for me! I'm down for upper and lower

surgery with some genio (not sure exactly what that entails) and as far as I

know that does mean a bit of a stay in hospital. I'm in Surrey by the way, very

new to this whole thing, made a private appointment with a consulatnt after

considering cosmetic surgery to try and fix my over projecting jaw as the

dentisit likes to call it! Couldn't afford the private route so luckily am

considered to be enough of a case to go the NHS surgery route but will more than

likely be having private orthodontics at the cost of about £3000-3500.

Will get more in depth info at my first NHS consultation on May 3rd so not many

details at the moment but happy to stay in touch and share fears, hopes and

information!

I'm a bit like you in that I'm loathe to depend on my mum for help as she's in

her mid 60's and lives miles away but I've only told a couple of friends about

this so far and I'm a bit dubious as to whether any of them will be up to

helping me when it gets to the stage of post op care. I've been on my own

forever and as I say I intend to be living alone by the time I get my op. I

know that if it comes to it I will cope on my own somehow but I am finding this

incredibly difficult, could really do with someone to lean on a little.

Would love to hear more about your planned op so keep in touch!

squiggles_bug wrote:

Hi,

I am also wondering the same thing as you, and also live in the UK.

Althoug my parents dont live that far away, I am not that close to

them, and dont particuarly want there help, I do however have friends

who'll help me if i really need it, but I am mostly planning to cope

on my own.

One thing I do have to ask though, is if people in the UK getting this

type of surgery stay in hospital for 4/5 days? I was hoping to stay

only over night! What type of surgery are you getting? i am only

having surgery on my upper jaw, and chin, so maybe i might be in for

less time.

>

> I'm single, thinking of trying to buy a flat later this year, my family

> live 250 miles away. What I'm wondering is has anyone managed to get

> through this whole process without the support of a

> boyfriend/husband/partner and minimal help from family? I have friends

> close by but no-one that I could really rely on for 24hr care. As I'm

> the UK when I get to the op I'll be in hospital for 4 or 5 days

> probably but how much help am I likely to need after that? Can I

> manage on my own?