Re: hey, im new here - To Kate

[Guest guest]

Kate,

My job really is supportive - I really lucked out! And you can

definately count on a lot of funny moments with having an expander!

It really takes some getting used to when you are trying to eat and

drink!

I was also a psychology major in college - but decided to go into

speech therapy after I graduated. I really liked to work with the

elderly people, ofcourse I could have gone the other route and worked

as a school speech pathologist. But for me, it is easier to work with

adults who you can explain things to and negotiate therapy. the

constant running dialog and behavior modification techniques used

with children had me exhausted during my internships! I LOVE

children, but I found my niche with the little old people!! I do

work with some stroke patients, but mostly I work with Alzhiemers and

Dementia patients.

I think it is great that you are going to work as a school

psychologist! Have you already made plans for graduate school yet?

I certainly remember my share of writing APA papers! I am so glad

that I'm done with all that

Hope all is well,

Tricia

> Tricia,

>

> Thats great that everyone at your job was so supportive. The only

> thing you can do in a situation like that one is to laugh at

yourself.

> I'm sure there will be a lot of funny moments when I get my

expander

> put on too. My family loves to tease, so I'm sure that I will soon

be

> the perfect target!

>

> As a speech pathologist, do you mainly work with elderly people who

> have had strokes?

>

> I'm currently an undergraduate right now majoring in psychology. I

> have one more year to go before I graduate and I cannot wait, since

I

> plan on becoming a school psychologist, which requires even more

> schooling. I want to get school done with as fast as I can. I know

> everybody says the opposite, but I'm so tired of endless tests and

> papers and having no money! Also, once I graduate, I know that I

will

> move closer towards the date of jaw surgery.

>

> Kate

>

>

>

> Kate

>

>

[Guest guest]

Tricia,

Actually it's probaly good that your moving a few weeks after surgery

because it will take your mind off of your recovery. Although this

can't really compare to your situation, but in March, I couldn't even

focus on any initial discomfort with my braces because I had too many

assignments to work on.

It's funny that you moved to PA from Northern VA. I moved from Philly

to DC! I go to GWU. Did you go to college in the Washington area? Do

you like Pittsburgh? I've never been there before.

I'm lucky that I only have a two hour train ride to Philly when I need

to go home and trains run every hour from Union Station. It's really

convenient.

I chose to get treatment in Philly because my whole family has gone to

the same orthodontist who has given them all fabulous results. Of

course I'm the only one in my family who requires jaw surgery!!

It's interesting how different orthodontists can be. I had braces put

on for the first time in sixth grade and the ortho was terrible. I

remember that all of his patients were mostly kids and when my name

would be called, I would walk into a room in the back and would have

to sit on a small bench with 5 or 6 other children. We would all be

squeezing together on this one bench! Half the time I thought I was

going to fall off of it. He was so cheap!

Thank God the ortho I go to now is much more professional. There is no

sitting on one bench with lots of children!

Take care.

Kate