Nine Weeks Post-Op and a Rave About My Surgeons!

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Howdy All,

You read so many horror stories and " I'm miserable " posts here that

I thought I'd share a bit of my story.

I had upper and lower jaw surgery on February 3rd with Dr. Arnett

and Dr. Gunson in Santa Barbara. To say that I'm pleased with my

results would be the apex of understatment; I'm thrilled. But I also

wanted to do a quick shout-out regarding my surgeons, Dr. Arnett and

Dr. Gunson.

Getting your face sawed in half, as I've said to friends and family

before and after the surgery, is not for the faint of heart. It's

not just the night in the hospital, the swelling, the drinking out

of sippy cups and exercising so you can get your mouth open that

extra millimeter. There's that nagging feeling of what if I go

through all of this and the problem isn't solved, or what if I look

worse? Wondering if your surgeon is the right surgeon, and so on.

I had these thoughts before I met my surgeon, because it took six

months to get a consult. But since my consult in 2002, and pre and

post surgery in 2005, I'm happy to say that I didn't have a single

regret. I was nervous about the surgery, becase, well, you're

getting your jaw sawed off and put back together again. It's like a

bad sci-fi/horror flick.

My Duynamic Duo, as I refer to them to my friends, made this whole

process a whole lot easier. Both Doctors are absolute dolls:

friendly, professional, and have excellent bedside manner.

A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Arnett thought he saw a slight

complication arising and asked me to come up to Santa Barbara (I'm

in Los Angeles) as soon as I could. When I got there, he actually

drove me to an orthodontist's office in town and sat there while the

adjustments were made, to make sure that everything would be okay.

These gents down't need me to shill for them; Dr. Arnett has a

pretty solid reputation on his own. But when my whole braces thing

started, if you would have told me that the surgery part would be

the easy part, I would have laughed at you. But my docs and their

office staff have really made what could be a miserable experience

an absolutely tolerable one.

I'm gushing, I know. But how can you not have a crush on the men

that made you look like you always wanted to look?

It took me six months to even get a consult, and I remember

thinking " is this worth it? " It was, and then some. Drs. Arnett

and Gunson are at the Center for Corrective Jaw Surgery in Santa

Barbara. They rule!

Cheers,

Nina