Re: treatment interfering with studies

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I have that same problem also. I'm in a teacher certification

program in southern Maine and I'm trying to minimalize the impact my

surgery will have on my student teaching. I will arrange to meet

with my surgeon later on this month to get a rough estimate of when

my surgery will be...it is tough to schedule this date, however,

because it all depends upon how quickly the teeth move. What are you

studying?

-nathan

[Guest guest]

Hi

I'm in my 4th year of university, so I know where you're coming from!

I really wanted to have the surgery over the summer because I was

worried about that too, but I didn't end up having a choice, and had

upper/lower/genio/wisdom teeth on Jan. 14. It was a friday, so i

missed that day, and then the next week: 6 days of class. By about 6

or 7 days post op I was doing a little bit of homework. Most of my

profs were really nice, and have changed tests and allowed me to skip

assignments or hand them in late. My department loaned me a laptop

so that I could work on my thesis at home. Also my friends were nice

and took really good notes for me.

I don't feel like I'm too far behind, I think it will be fine in the

end...the only bad thing would be if I had to give any oral

presentations, I wouldn't be able to because I have a splint in. The

one thing that I was able to do, which is really making things a lot

easier for me, is that I took a course over the summer, and so am

only taking 4 courses right now instead of the usual 5. I don't know

what your course load is like, but I only have about 2 or 3 hours of

class a day (I wouldn't have been able to handle much more for the

first few days I was back).

Anyhow, if you have any other questions feel free to ask me. Good

luck with your decisions and with your treatment!

-

>

> Hi,

> I am meeting my surgoen in a couple of weeks, and i am guessing that

> he will decide what needs done before surgery, and so the nunmber of

> appointments to the orthodontist will increase, as i will be getting

> braces back on etc.

> Was jsut wondering, if anyone has had this surgery whilst at

> university, and if they did, how much it interfered with their

> studies, and also how much time they had to take off for the actual

> surgery.

> Thank you.