Re: Just wanted to share...

[Guest guest]

ahh good news....nice surprise that you're going to be ready

quicker, wooohh. Steady with the M & M's as you don't want to delay

your treatment now its going to be shorter!! I have chocolate

buttons myself, emmmmm

> > >

> > > I just got back from an unscheduled visit to my OD. I had my

top

> > > brackets put on last week, and the wires were digging into my

cheeks

> > > something awful. I went through almost 2 things of wax in 2

weeks

> > > trying to subdue it. Then to top it off, I popped my bottom

wire

> > > loose eating an M & M. (Ooops!)

> > >

> > > So I went today to get these issues fixed (I'm not due for my

next

> > > visit until May 16.) He decided to go ahead and change out

both

> > wires

> > > while I was there. The beginner wire up top was apparently

ready to

> > > be changed already, and he hadn't changed the bottom one last

time,

> > so

> > > it had been in place for about 7 weeks.

> > >

> > > In the process, he asked where we stood on my surgery. I told

him

> > that

> > > the oral surgeon had gotten approval for my surgery, but it

was a

> > > pre-approval and only valid until the end of the year. His

response

> > to

> > > this was something along the lines of, " Well then, we'll have

you

> > > ready before the end of the year. Your teeth are moving well.

No

> > need

> > > to give the insurance company an excuse to change their minds. "

> > >

> > > Sooooo...yay!! The sooner I can get this done, the better. I'm

not

> > > sure how soon before the end of the year he's thinking...I'll

ask at

> > > my next appointment in four weeks.

> > >

> > > But that's awesome news, because I've been thinking it would

be at

> > > least January before he'd say I was ready. So I'm pretty

excited!

> > > Who'd have ever thought anyone would be this excited about

having

> > jaw

> > > surgery? I knew you guys would understand though, so I

just

> > wanted

> > > to share.

>

>

> hey, just wanting to share. I'm with you I am so excited about all

of

> this. Hate to think about the recovery but by Oct. I will look

fab! I

> have wanted my teeth fixed since got my adult front teeth. I was a

> very tiny little girl with big brown eyes and bigger teeth to

boot! I

> have been pushing my lower jaw forward for tooooooo many years. I

> decided last April that I was finally going to do something about

it

> and May 5th I had my braces put on and I love them. I am getting a

bit

> tired of picking my teeth all the time. I have had the surgery

> wires/hooks on for a month now. Bad deal now I have 20 more places

for

> my lunch to hang out in.

>

> One bit of advice don't let your OD move your teeth to fast as this

> will damage the roots.A few more months and another round with the

> insurance will be worth keeping teeth healthy. If your teeth arn't

> health what the point of all of this. Just a word of caution!

>

> " M "