Re: New to the Group -- this week's surgery buddies!

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

I just wanted to let you know that I will be having upper/lower

surgery on Wednesday, so wish me luck and I will do the same! I

know what you mean about being in denial. Being busy with work and

other things it was easy to put this in the back of my head. Now,

all of a sudden it's two days away and I'm starting to freak out. I

know there's no turning back, but it just seems so overwhelming all

of a sudden. Hopefully I won't get too scared and go running from

the hospital. I know that the end result will be worth it, but for

some reason that's not comforting me right now. Anyhow, just wanted

to let you know that you're not alone in this, and I will keep you

in my thoughts. I know that we will both get through this just

fine, and we'll be that much closer to healing and having this

behind us.

Your surgery buddy in MN,

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , miss_redagain2005

<no_reply@y...> wrote:

> Hello Everyone!

>

> My name is Carol. I was a member of this group a couple of years

ago

> when I had my first orthognathic surgical procedure: an upper

> pallatal expansion. On Thursday, I'm having part two of my

> treatment. After being in braces, for what seems like forever,

all

> of my teeth are " straight " . But I won't ever have a bite - or be

> able to enjoy a ham sandwich with lettuce, like " normal " people -

> until I have this second surgery. According to the approval from

my

> insurance company it's called a reconstruct of mandibular rami and

> midface, lefort 1. I'm not sure I know what all of that technical

> jargon means but I do know that my upper jaw will be tilted

into

> its " correct " position and my lower jaw will have pieces taken out

> and be moved back. Then, I'm going to be wired shut. <sigh> So,

I've

> basically been in denial for the last, oh, few months or so. But

> now, the time is almost here - and I'm beginning to be a nervous

> wreck! I have a support system, a 13 year old son that is very

> independent and a Mom who is taking off work to " take care of " me

and

> a boyfriend who will be with me all the way and do whatever he can

to

> help. But, I'm missing the support of people who can really

> *understand* what I'm going through - the physical & the

emotional.

> So, I plan to be here daily to read posts and ask questions. Any

> advice that anyone could throw my way would be *greatly*

appreciated!

>

> Anyway, thanks for listening!

> Carol

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol and ,

I'm going in this Saturday for upper/lower also. I'm half-dreading

it, half-excited; but I know it'll be worth it in the end.

Best of luck to you both - hope everything goes well! I'll

definitely be thinking of you.

Here's to being post-op!

Tarryn

> > Hello Everyone!

> >

> > My name is Carol. I was a member of this group a couple of

years

> ago

> > when I had my first orthognathic surgical procedure: an upper

> > pallatal expansion. On Thursday, I'm having part two of my

> > treatment. After being in braces, for what seems like forever,

> all

> > of my teeth are " straight " . But I won't ever have a bite - or

be

> > able to enjoy a ham sandwich with lettuce, like " normal " people -

> > until I have this second surgery. According to the approval

from

> my

> > insurance company it's called a reconstruct of mandibular rami

and

> > midface, lefort 1. I'm not sure I know what all of that

technical

> > jargon means but I do know that my upper jaw will be tilted

> into

> > its " correct " position and my lower jaw will have pieces taken

out

> > and be moved back. Then, I'm going to be wired shut. <sigh> So,

> I've

> > basically been in denial for the last, oh, few months or so.

But

> > now, the time is almost here - and I'm beginning to be a nervous

> > wreck! I have a support system, a 13 year old son that is very

> > independent and a Mom who is taking off work to " take care of "

me

> and

> > a boyfriend who will be with me all the way and do whatever he

can

> to

> > help. But, I'm missing the support of people who can really

> > *understand* what I'm going through - the physical & the

> emotional.

> > So, I plan to be here daily to read posts and ask questions.

Any

> > advice that anyone could throw my way would be *greatly*

> appreciated!

> >

> > Anyway, thanks for listening!

> > Carol

[Guest guest]

Tarryn & Carol,

Best of luck to you both; I'll be thinking of you. Even though I've

never met you, it's somehow comforting to know that there are other

people going through the same thing at the same time. Next time

this week we'll be talking about the best way to recover.

Carol, I'm going to take your advice and go get some of those cotton

makeup-remover pads; that sounds like a good idea. Now that I have

one day left, I feel like there are a million things I should be

doing . . . one of which is eating my weight in chips and burgers.

I just read the post about diluting apple juice and I think I'm

hungry already! Good luck gals!! We'll have to touch base when

we've all made it through.

> > > > Hello Everyone!

> > > >

> > > > My name is Carol. I was a member of this group a couple of

> > years

> > > ago

> > > > when I had my first orthognathic surgical procedure: an

upper

> > > > pallatal expansion. On Thursday, I'm having part two of my

> > > > treatment. After being in braces, for what seems like

forever,

> > > all

> > > > of my teeth are " straight " . But I won't ever have a bite -

or

> > be

> > > > able to enjoy a ham sandwich with lettuce, like " normal "

> people -

> >

> > > > until I have this second surgery. According to the approval

> > from

> > > my

> > > > insurance company it's called a reconstruct of mandibular

rami

> > and

> > > > midface, lefort 1. I'm not sure I know what all of that

> > technical

> > > > jargon means but I do know that my upper jaw will be

tilted

> > > into

> > > > its " correct " position and my lower jaw will have pieces

taken

> > out

> > > > and be moved back. Then, I'm going to be wired shut. <sigh>

> So,

> > > I've

> > > > basically been in denial for the last, oh, few months or

so.

> > But

> > > > now, the time is almost here - and I'm beginning to be a

> nervous

> > > > wreck! I have a support system, a 13 year old son that is

very

> > > > independent and a Mom who is taking off work to " take care

of "

> > me

> > > and

> > > > a boyfriend who will be with me all the way and do whatever

he

> > can

> > > to

> > > > help. But, I'm missing the support of people who can really

> > > > *understand* what I'm going through - the physical & the

> > > emotional.

> > > > So, I plan to be here daily to read posts and ask

questions.

> > Any

> > > > advice that anyone could throw my way would be *greatly*

> > > appreciated!

> > > >

> > > > Anyway, thanks for listening!

> > > > Carol