Re: & Sara

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and then there were three...excellent karen, well maybe not excellent

because it's not as if we're in for the times of our lives but it's

always good to know that we'll be in good company during post-op

recovery. i'm sure we'll have plenty of war stories and scars to

share, commiserate and laugh about.

by upper eye teeth do you mean between ur upper bicuspids? i'm

actually having both of these removed during surgery. my OS told me

that this is where they will segment my jaw, i'm not sure where the

3rd spot is...actually i'm in the process of switching OS's as I

wasn't feeling 100% confident in my current OS. Luckily I was able to

find a really good and sweet OS who is willing to take me on

immediately but boy has it been stressing in the mean time.

did any one lose sleep over this operation before the actual surgery?

i have nightmares already now, lord knows what dreams i will have

post-op! Think positive!

Sara

> > >

> > > 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!