Re: & Sara

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Hi & Sara:

Well it looks like we are all in this together because my surgery is

going to be around the end of May beginning of June also. I am also

having a Lefort 3 piece segmentation. I am hopeful that my surgical

wires will be put on at the end of this month. My OD is creating a

space between the upper eye teeth for the segmentation which is what

the surgeon requested. Once that is completed he will put on the

surgical wires and send me to the surgeon. I have had braces on for

26 months now and more than ready to get this over with!!

> >

> > Hi. My name is and I am 18, will be 19 right around (maybe

the

> > day after fun fun) surgery. I have posted a few times but mainly

> > just lurked and browsed over the past year. I am having my top

jaw

> > split in three sections to move it up and back, and my lower jaw

> > moved foward a bit, and my chin moved foward a bit. I have an

> > open/over bite right now and an extremely gummy smile and rounded

> > out profile. I cannot wait for this surgery to finally bite

normal

> > and not be self conscious about my bite or eating in front of

> people

> > or how i look anymore. I got my braces on Dec. 7th, 2004 (4

months

> > ago). I went to the ortho today and he took new molds. He said

> > everything is in alignment except for one molar that is too low

and

> > is making my molds rock around a little. I have to come back in

one

> > week and he said he would change my wires to fix the tooth. He

also

> > mentioned putting surgical wires on...isnt that too early for a

> > hopefully beginning of june surgery though???? Maybe i misheard

> > him... In the meantime my ortho will sit down with my surgeon

to

> > discuss the molds and surgery. Should i call my surgeon for

> anything

> > right now or wait and see what my ortho says next week. I am

> afraid

> > that i might not get my surgery when i want it because my surgeon

> > only does them 2 tuesdays a month (hospital regulations i guess).

> > And so I am highly hoping for June 7th or 14th(but my bday is the

> > 15th so hopefully the 7th) THis is concerning me because it is

only

> > 8 weeks away and i am afraid the hospital will get booked soon.

> > Anyways..not really much to ask..just wanted to update/introduce

> > myself again. I will try to get pics up eventually.

> >

> > ohhh....also... I am a dancer and have in my mind that my face is

> > holding me back from being a good dancer because of expression.

Is

> > it a bad thing to be having such high expectations that after my

> > surgery i wont be a quiet shy dancer anymore and have good

> > expressions when i dance?? Did you guys become more expressive

in

> > general(smiling, etc) or much less quiet and reserved after

> > surgery??? Thanks!