Sara...

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Hey. So maybe I am actually getting my surgical wires next

week...kinda scary lol. I cant wait for the surgery though.

Everyone i know is counting down till graduation or birthdays or

stuff like that and I am counting down for my surgery lol.

I am glad you are switching surgeons. I did at the very beginning of

the process, I actually had a surgeon before my ortho. My surgeon is

wonderful, he puts me at ease over the whole thing. I am getting

banded instead of wired. He said he only wires if the bone is too

thin and crumbles or something uncommon like that. He hasnt told me

any timeline for dancing again. I take almost every type of dance

and teach so I am taking the summer off. Might come back and do a

class or two just to get my energy and strength back up.

Keep in touch!!!

> >

> > 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!