Re: Sara's pre-op work-up debrief:-)

[Guest guest]

hi sara,

was that dr. new that scared you? i am sorry you had to go through that, i

remember before my surgery i got a phone call from the hospital and i was so

scared they were calling to cancel! (they just wanted to confirm!)

any way it sound like you then met w/ dr sachs i assume, he is very sweet, i

will be seeing him today- i understand why he would not want you to leave 3 1/2

weeks after suregery, he really does need to stay on top of your progress and

recovery, i know it makes me feel better that he is looking out for me. my

family is actually scheduled for a trip to israel and i was scared i was not

going to be able to go, but it is 9 weeks after surgery and we will only be gone

for 10 days. why doesn't your boyfriend come to ny? did you ask hem about

trraveling in august?

as far as the surgery. dr sachs said that he was hoping not to do my lower jaw

cuz it should swing back into place on its own, luckily mine did, i hope yours

does too, but it sound like you are still not going to be wired so that is the

good news.

any way i am glad you are still scheduled for june 6th and you can let me know

if you have any other qustions

amy

Sara wrote:

Hey All

As promised to all my June surgery buddies and any one else that is

interested, here's a recap of my doctor visit today. It lasted all in

all only 1 hour. First I was seen by one doctor who almost scared the

living daylights out of me by suggesting that my surgery might have

to be delayed a bit more. NO WAY! Basically he asked me when the last

time I had seen me ortho had been to which I told him about 10 days

ago to get some wire wrapped in front of my 2 front teeth because i

felt one was moving too forward. And he said to me, " oh, if ur teeth

are still moving then we're going to have to hold off on surgery. " I

wish you could have seen me because I looked at him with this look

that basically said, " mister, i'm booked for june 6th and unless i'm

seriously sick your are doing surgery june 6th. " Any way, the whole

confusion came out of the fact that this doctor was not one of those

following my case so I guess he got a little carried away because

shortly after my doctor came in and told me that June 6th it was. As

a side note, I love my doctor! He's a real sweetie which really

helps.

Anyway, back to the work-up details. First they made me bite into a

piece of wax that was U-shaped. I'm pretty sure we'll all done this

already at the orthos. They made me do it twice while sitting and

then once while standing. I guess the way your bite is sitting and

standing tends to differ. Then using one of the molds of my bite they

slipped it back into my mouth and attached me to this metallic device

that has 2 pieces that go into each of ur ears and one that touches

the bridge of your nose. I don't know how to explain it really. I'd

already seen this once at my orthos when he prepared my models to see

what he thought should be done during my surgery. It's not painful at

all, you just look a bit like an alien for a couple of minutes. I

think the point of this device was to measure the length of my face

and where my jaw should meet. They also measured the distance from

the base of my nose to my lips - this part of me is apparently very

long as a result probably of my open bite. Next came a whole bunch of

x-rays. Nothing special, the usual run. And last but not least came

the whole mouth and jaw molds. I had to do four in total, two for top

and two for bottom. And that was it really.

I also got to sit down with my surgeon and we discussed the surgery a

bit. Unfortunately he thinks that I might have to do lower jaw

surgery as well - previously it was thought I could just do upper but

he's concerned that my lower jaw won't swing exactly into the right

place and will need to be moved forward. I was bummed about this

because I know that it makes recovery a little longer but what can I

do. There are people on this board who have had so much worse so I'll

stop complaining. He also confirmed that I will definitely need a

genioplasty and that I will be banded and plated. SO that's that.

The one thing that really bummed me out was when I asked him if it

would be ok for me to fly home to Milan after 3 and half weeks of

surgery. He said no way. I have to wait at least 4 weeks and I can

only stay away for 2 weeks. So there goes my summer plans I guess,

not that I had any major ones but i rather fancied the idea of

recovering out in the Tuscan countryside - my boyfriend lives there.

I also asked him about the possibility that I may be moving back to

London or Milan in September for work and whether that would be a

problem. Well girls and boys, it looks like I will be staying put in

NYC until at least Xmas. He wasn't comfortable with me leaving so

soon. I know it's for the best but it broke my heart when I told my

boyfriend that we would be apart for even longer now (it's already

been 2 years). But as my mother says, one's health is the most

important thing and without good health u can't do much.

Right, this has turned out into a novel. Sorry about that! SO many

ideas racing through my head.

Sara

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[Guest guest]

Hi Amy

Yes, it was him. Thankfully I've since recovered from the scare. I've

sent you an individual email so check your email when you get a

chance.

How is life post-splint removal? Have you returned to speaking

normally?

Sara

> Hey All

>

> As promised to all my June surgery buddies and any one else that is

> interested, here's a recap of my doctor visit today. It lasted all

in

> all only 1 hour. First I was seen by one doctor who almost scared

the

> living daylights out of me by suggesting that my surgery might have

> to be delayed a bit more. NO WAY! Basically he asked me when the

last

> time I had seen me ortho had been to which I told him about 10 days

> ago to get some wire wrapped in front of my 2 front teeth because i

> felt one was moving too forward. And he said to me, " oh, if ur

teeth

> are still moving then we're going to have to hold off on surgery. "

I

> wish you could have seen me because I looked at him with this look

> that basically said, " mister, i'm booked for june 6th and unless

i'm

> seriously sick your are doing surgery june 6th. " Any way, the whole

> confusion came out of the fact that this doctor was not one of

those

> following my case so I guess he got a little carried away because

> shortly after my doctor came in and told me that June 6th it was.

As

> a side note, I love my doctor! He's a real sweetie which really

> helps.

>

> Anyway, back to the work-up details. First they made me bite into a

> piece of wax that was U-shaped. I'm pretty sure we'll all done this

> already at the orthos. They made me do it twice while sitting and

> then once while standing. I guess the way your bite is sitting and

> standing tends to differ. Then using one of the molds of my bite

they

> slipped it back into my mouth and attached me to this metallic

device

> that has 2 pieces that go into each of ur ears and one that touches

> the bridge of your nose. I don't know how to explain it really. I'd

> already seen this once at my orthos when he prepared my models to

see

> what he thought should be done during my surgery. It's not painful

at

> all, you just look a bit like an alien for a couple of minutes. I

> think the point of this device was to measure the length of my face

> and where my jaw should meet. They also measured the distance from

> the base of my nose to my lips - this part of me is apparently very

> long as a result probably of my open bite. Next came a whole bunch

of

> x-rays. Nothing special, the usual run. And last but not least came

> the whole mouth and jaw molds. I had to do four in total, two for

top

> and two for bottom. And that was it really.

>

> I also got to sit down with my surgeon and we discussed the surgery

a

> bit. Unfortunately he thinks that I might have to do lower jaw

> surgery as well - previously it was thought I could just do upper

but

> he's concerned that my lower jaw won't swing exactly into the right

> place and will need to be moved forward. I was bummed about this

> because I know that it makes recovery a little longer but what can

I

> do. There are people on this board who have had so much worse so

I'll

> stop complaining. He also confirmed that I will definitely need a

> genioplasty and that I will be banded and plated. SO that's that.

>

> The one thing that really bummed me out was when I asked him if it

> would be ok for me to fly home to Milan after 3 and half weeks of

> surgery. He said no way. I have to wait at least 4 weeks and I can

> only stay away for 2 weeks. So there goes my summer plans I guess,

> not that I had any major ones but i rather fancied the idea of

> recovering out in the Tuscan countryside - my boyfriend lives

there.

> I also asked him about the possibility that I may be moving back to

> London or Milan in September for work and whether that would be a

> problem. Well girls and boys, it looks like I will be staying put

in

> NYC until at least Xmas. He wasn't comfortable with me leaving so

> soon. I know it's for the best but it broke my heart when I told my

> boyfriend that we would be apart for even longer now (it's already

> been 2 years). But as my mother says, one's health is the most

> important thing and without good health u can't do much.

>

> Right, this has turned out into a novel. Sorry about that! SO many

> ideas racing through my head.

>

> Sara

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I just wanted to jump in to confirm that you're working with Dr.

Sachs, too. I just had my second surgery with Dr. Schwartz and I'm

really pleased with my choice to have him as my Surgeon. I hope all

is going well for you. It's so nice to touch base with people that

are involved in the same practice!

Take care,

Carol

> Hey All

>

> As promised to all my June surgery buddies and any one else that is

> interested, here's a recap of my doctor visit today. It lasted all

in

> all only 1 hour. First I was seen by one doctor who almost scared

the

> living daylights out of me by suggesting that my surgery might have

> to be delayed a bit more. NO WAY! Basically he asked me when the

last

> time I had seen me ortho had been to which I told him about 10 days

> ago to get some wire wrapped in front of my 2 front teeth because i

> felt one was moving too forward. And he said to me, " oh, if ur

teeth

> are still moving then we're going to have to hold off on surgery. "

I

> wish you could have seen me because I looked at him with this look

> that basically said, " mister, i'm booked for june 6th and unless

i'm

> seriously sick your are doing surgery june 6th. " Any way, the whole

> confusion came out of the fact that this doctor was not one of

those

> following my case so I guess he got a little carried away because

> shortly after my doctor came in and told me that June 6th it was.

As

> a side note, I love my doctor! He's a real sweetie which really

> helps.

>

> Anyway, back to the work-up details. First they made me bite into a

> piece of wax that was U-shaped. I'm pretty sure we'll all done this

> already at the orthos. They made me do it twice while sitting and

> then once while standing. I guess the way your bite is sitting and

> standing tends to differ. Then using one of the molds of my bite

they

> slipped it back into my mouth and attached me to this metallic

device

> that has 2 pieces that go into each of ur ears and one that touches

> the bridge of your nose. I don't know how to explain it really. I'd

> already seen this once at my orthos when he prepared my models to

see

> what he thought should be done during my surgery. It's not painful

at

> all, you just look a bit like an alien for a couple of minutes. I

> think the point of this device was to measure the length of my face

> and where my jaw should meet. They also measured the distance from

> the base of my nose to my lips - this part of me is apparently very

> long as a result probably of my open bite. Next came a whole bunch

of

> x-rays. Nothing special, the usual run. And last but not least came

> the whole mouth and jaw molds. I had to do four in total, two for

top

> and two for bottom. And that was it really.

>

> I also got to sit down with my surgeon and we discussed the surgery

a

> bit. Unfortunately he thinks that I might have to do lower jaw

> surgery as well - previously it was thought I could just do upper

but

> he's concerned that my lower jaw won't swing exactly into the right

> place and will need to be moved forward. I was bummed about this

> because I know that it makes recovery a little longer but what can

I

> do. There are people on this board who have had so much worse so

I'll

> stop complaining. He also confirmed that I will definitely need a

> genioplasty and that I will be banded and plated. SO that's that.

>

> The one thing that really bummed me out was when I asked him if it

> would be ok for me to fly home to Milan after 3 and half weeks of

> surgery. He said no way. I have to wait at least 4 weeks and I can

> only stay away for 2 weeks. So there goes my summer plans I guess,

> not that I had any major ones but i rather fancied the idea of

> recovering out in the Tuscan countryside - my boyfriend lives

there.

> I also asked him about the possibility that I may be moving back to

> London or Milan in September for work and whether that would be a

> problem. Well girls and boys, it looks like I will be staying put

in

> NYC until at least Xmas. He wasn't comfortable with me leaving so

> soon. I know it's for the best but it broke my heart when I told my

> boyfriend that we would be apart for even longer now (it's already

> been 2 years). But as my mother says, one's health is the most

> important thing and without good health u can't do much.

>

> Right, this has turned out into a novel. Sorry about that! SO many

> ideas racing through my head.

>

> Sara

>

> ---------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

> > Hey All

> >

> > As promised to all my June surgery buddies and any one else that

is

> > interested, here's a recap of my doctor visit today. It lasted

all

> in

> > all only 1 hour. First I was seen by one doctor who almost

scared

> the

> > living daylights out of me by suggesting that my surgery might

have

> > to be delayed a bit more. NO WAY! Basically he asked me when the

> last

> > time I had seen me ortho had been to which I told him about 10

days

> > ago to get some wire wrapped in front of my 2 front teeth

because i

> > felt one was moving too forward. And he said to me, " oh, if ur

> teeth

> > are still moving then we're going to have to hold off on

surgery. "

> I

> > wish you could have seen me because I looked at him with this

look

> > that basically said, " mister, i'm booked for june 6th and unless

> i'm

> > seriously sick your are doing surgery june 6th. " Any way, the

whole

> > confusion came out of the fact that this doctor was not one of

> those

> > following my case so I guess he got a little carried away

because

> > shortly after my doctor came in and told me that June 6th it

was.

> As

> > a side note, I love my doctor! He's a real sweetie which really

> > helps.

> >

> > Anyway, back to the work-up details. First they made me bite

into a

> > piece of wax that was U-shaped. I'm pretty sure we'll all done

this

> > already at the orthos. They made me do it twice while sitting

and

> > then once while standing. I guess the way your bite is sitting

and

> > standing tends to differ. Then using one of the molds of my bite

> they

> > slipped it back into my mouth and attached me to this metallic

> device

> > that has 2 pieces that go into each of ur ears and one that

touches

> > the bridge of your nose. I don't know how to explain it really.

I'd

> > already seen this once at my orthos when he prepared my models

to

> see

> > what he thought should be done during my surgery. It's not

painful

> at

> > all, you just look a bit like an alien for a couple of minutes.

I

> > think the point of this device was to measure the length of my

face

> > and where my jaw should meet. They also measured the distance

from

> > the base of my nose to my lips - this part of me is apparently

very

> > long as a result probably of my open bite. Next came a whole

bunch

> of

> > x-rays. Nothing special, the usual run. And last but not least

came

> > the whole mouth and jaw molds. I had to do four in total, two

for

> top

> > and two for bottom. And that was it really.

> >

> > I also got to sit down with my surgeon and we discussed the

surgery

> a

> > bit. Unfortunately he thinks that I might have to do lower jaw

> > surgery as well - previously it was thought I could just do

upper

> but

> > he's concerned that my lower jaw won't swing exactly into the

right

> > place and will need to be moved forward. I was bummed about this

> > because I know that it makes recovery a little longer but what

can

> I

> > do. There are people on this board who have had so much worse so

> I'll

> > stop complaining. He also confirmed that I will definitely need

a

> > genioplasty and that I will be banded and plated. SO that's

that.

> >

> > The one thing that really bummed me out was when I asked him if

it

> > would be ok for me to fly home to Milan after 3 and half weeks

of

> > surgery. He said no way. I have to wait at least 4 weeks and I

can

> > only stay away for 2 weeks. So there goes my summer plans I

guess,

> > not that I had any major ones but i rather fancied the idea of

> > recovering out in the Tuscan countryside - my boyfriend lives

> there.

> > I also asked him about the possibility that I may be moving back

to

> > London or Milan in September for work and whether that would be

a

> > problem. Well girls and boys, it looks like I will be staying

put

> in

> > NYC until at least Xmas. He wasn't comfortable with me leaving

so

> > soon. I know it's for the best but it broke my heart when I told

my

> > boyfriend that we would be apart for even longer now (it's

already

> > been 2 years). But as my mother says, one's health is the most

> > important thing and without good health u can't do much.

> >

> > Right, this has turned out into a novel. Sorry about that! SO

many

> > ideas racing through my head.

> >

> > Sara

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> >

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I had to have upper surgery a couple of years ago to widen my palate

and then just 6 days ago had my upper/lower surgery to tilt the top

jaw and move the bottom jaw back.

Yes, I'm going out on a limb and saying that we picked the best

practice around!

Bands for 8 hours a day???!!! Pasta???!!! It sounds like all is

well in your neck of the woods!

Take care,

Carol

> > > Hey All

> > >

> > > As promised to all my June surgery buddies and any one else

that

> is

> > > interested, here's a recap of my doctor visit today. It lasted

> all

> > in

> > > all only 1 hour. First I was seen by one doctor who almost

> scared

> > the

> > > living daylights out of me by suggesting that my surgery might

> have

> > > to be delayed a bit more. NO WAY! Basically he asked me when

the

> > last

> > > time I had seen me ortho had been to which I told him about 10

> days

> > > ago to get some wire wrapped in front of my 2 front teeth

> because i

> > > felt one was moving too forward. And he said to me, " oh, if ur

> > teeth

> > > are still moving then we're going to have to hold off on

> surgery. "

> > I

> > > wish you could have seen me because I looked at him with this

> look

> > > that basically said, " mister, i'm booked for june 6th and

unless

> > i'm

> > > seriously sick your are doing surgery june 6th. " Any way, the

> whole

> > > confusion came out of the fact that this doctor was not one of

> > those

> > > following my case so I guess he got a little carried away

> because

> > > shortly after my doctor came in and told me that June 6th it

> was.

> > As

> > > a side note, I love my doctor! He's a real sweetie which really

> > > helps.

> > >

> > > Anyway, back to the work-up details. First they made me bite

> into a

> > > piece of wax that was U-shaped. I'm pretty sure we'll all done

> this

> > > already at the orthos. They made me do it twice while sitting

> and

> > > then once while standing. I guess the way your bite is sitting

> and

> > > standing tends to differ. Then using one of the molds of my

bite

> > they

> > > slipped it back into my mouth and attached me to this metallic

> > device

> > > that has 2 pieces that go into each of ur ears and one that

> touches

> > > the bridge of your nose. I don't know how to explain it really.

> I'd

> > > already seen this once at my orthos when he prepared my models

> to

> > see

> > > what he thought should be done during my surgery. It's not

> painful

> > at

> > > all, you just look a bit like an alien for a couple of minutes.

> I

> > > think the point of this device was to measure the length of my

> face

> > > and where my jaw should meet. They also measured the distance

> from

> > > the base of my nose to my lips - this part of me is apparently

> very

> > > long as a result probably of my open bite. Next came a whole

> bunch

> > of

> > > x-rays. Nothing special, the usual run. And last but not least

> came

> > > the whole mouth and jaw molds. I had to do four in total, two

> for

> > top

> > > and two for bottom. And that was it really.

> > >

> > > I also got to sit down with my surgeon and we discussed the

> surgery

> > a

> > > bit. Unfortunately he thinks that I might have to do lower jaw

> > > surgery as well - previously it was thought I could just do

> upper

> > but

> > > he's concerned that my lower jaw won't swing exactly into the

> right

> > > place and will need to be moved forward. I was bummed about

this

> > > because I know that it makes recovery a little longer but what

> can

> > I

> > > do. There are people on this board who have had so much worse

so

> > I'll

> > > stop complaining. He also confirmed that I will definitely need

> a

> > > genioplasty and that I will be banded and plated. SO that's

> that.

> > >

> > > The one thing that really bummed me out was when I asked him if

> it

> > > would be ok for me to fly home to Milan after 3 and half weeks

> of

> > > surgery. He said no way. I have to wait at least 4 weeks and I

> can

> > > only stay away for 2 weeks. So there goes my summer plans I

> guess,

> > > not that I had any major ones but i rather fancied the idea of

> > > recovering out in the Tuscan countryside - my boyfriend lives

> > there.

> > > I also asked him about the possibility that I may be moving

back

> to

> > > London or Milan in September for work and whether that would be

> a

> > > problem. Well girls and boys, it looks like I will be staying

> put

> > in

> > > NYC until at least Xmas. He wasn't comfortable with me leaving

> so

> > > soon. I know it's for the best but it broke my heart when I

told

> my

> > > boyfriend that we would be apart for even longer now (it's

> already

> > > been 2 years). But as my mother says, one's health is the most

> > > important thing and without good health u can't do much.

> > >

> > > Right, this has turned out into a novel. Sorry about that! SO

> many

> > > ideas racing through my head.

> > >

> > > Sara

> > >

> > > ---------------------------------

> > >