Re: Anyone else having surgery in early March?

[Guest guest]

Hi

I've been reading the posts for months since, learning that I

required surgery...Great Site....just got the call , my surgery is

March 8 (lower jaw back 5 mm and genio ) I'm 48 years old and gettin

a little nervous...

Bob

>

> I'm having surgery March 9th, Mel is having surgery March 21st, is

> anyone else having theirs around that time? We figured we could be

> surgery buddies and commiserate as we go through this

together....

> That is NOT to say that we won't need all the veterans who have

gone

> before us for support and to answer crazy swelling/bruising/etc.

> questions later!! Everyone's support and feedback here is and

has

> been invaluable- it is helpful particularly when some of those

> individuals close to me and involved in my life can be skeptical,

not

> understanding or supportive, and just don't " see " what I'm talking

> about or why I'm " doing this to myself " . Before I started learning

> about orthognathic surgery and my jaw problems (that my first ortho

> and all my dentists NEVER bothered to mention!), I didn't know that

> not being able to bite into anything- sandwiches, cookies, pizza,

an

> apple- wasn't normal. I simply lived with it because it was all I

> knew and all I had ever experienced. Because I didn't know any

> better, I never questioned it. I think that is totally bizarre.

> Anyway! Katja