Re: Greetings from Italy and an update

[Guest guest]

Sara, Italy sounds dreamy, I want to go visit so bad. Glad your trip

home went fine. Thanks for the update. L

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

I am glad your flight went well and that you arrived safely. Sorry

about the banding though. Were you comfortable with where to place

the bands and all? I guess having had them for so long kind of

makes you an expert, but it would have freaked me out to have to

apply them on my own. (I don't have my braces yet, so that may

explain that! lol).

The weather sounds wonderful and it is great you feel so close to

your home there. Take care, and hey, you are never more than a PC

away from anyone here! lol Have a great time!

Hugs,

Fran

> Hello All!

>

> See I told you I'd be posting from Italy as soon as I could. I

think

> my mom thinks I am officially addicted to the site since I haven't

> been home even 2 hours and I logged online right away to see how

you

> were all doing.

>

> Becky and Diane - you girls are such sweeties! Made me really

smile

> to see your messages about missing me and the Caboose. I miss the

> Caboose too! I hope her surgery went well!!!

>

> Well let me update on my last 48 hours. So yesterday I set out to

go

> to my OS before heading to the airport. I thought I had given

myself

> ample time to get to him but the fact that it was the July 4th

> weekend paired with the fact that my OS's office is near La

Guardia

> airport and that the Mets were playing at O'Shea Stadium really

> messed up my plans. An hour and half later I was still stuck in

> traffic and in no way closer to my OS. So I pick up the phone to

call

> him and tell him I'll be late. He said to me that there was no way

I

> would be able to make it to JFK in time for my flight if I went to

> see him so we agreed that I could skip the in-office visit and

> instead opted for a telephone consultation. The wonders of

> technology, I'm telling you! Anyway, I updated him on how my visit

> when at the OD's and then I told him my OD took me off the

elastics.

> Well he was not happy AT ALL about that. Kind of freaked me out

> because I had a sneaking suspicion that taking me off the bands

was

> not the plan he had in mind for me. He said that he thinks I'll be

> fine any way but the issue is that I had such a major open bite

> before that he doesn't want me risking a relapse (and neither do I

> for that matter!!). He described it has taking a cast off a person

> who broke their foot and then sending them off to walk around

without

> providing them with a support bandage. He also told me that I was

the

> 3rd patient of his this week whose OD had divergent views with him

on

> the bands. Go figure. I guess ODs and OS's don't necessarily see

eye

> to eye all the time. Anyway this time around I think I agree with

my

> OS. It just felt weird having no support whatsoever so soon after

> surgery.

>

> So I agreed with him that I needed to go back on the elastics.

Just

> one problem. I have no hooks to attach the elastics too. Bummer!

So I

> suggested that I could try to wrap the elastics around my brackets

> and see how that works. Well it works, feels a little tight around

> the teeth and the bands tend to come off more easily. Also I am

only

> able to attach the bands to 2 teeth instead of 3 teeth as he

wanted

> me to, to make a triangle shape. The problem is that the OD put on

> powerchains on my side teeth to close up the gaps from where they

> took out my bicuspids so I have no bracket to hook on to.

Regardless,

> I was able to keep on the elastics for my whole flight to Italy

and

> hopefully even though they are on just 2 teeth it will be fine. I

am

> going to take a picture of myself with the elastics on and send it

to

> my OS to see if he is Ok with them being like that.

>

> Did I mention that my OS is an ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART?! He gave me

his

> cell phone and email and I can contact him when ever I have any

> concerns or questions. Must be those 2 bottles of red wine I gave

him

> as a thank you gift. Hee hee. Just kidding, i think he is a

genuinely

> nice guy. Anyway, so now I have to wear my bands for 16 hours a

day

> which is not that bad. Leaves me 8 hours bandless. We'll see how i

> managed.

>

> The good news is that I am definitely splintless. Yipppeeeeee!!!

And

> secondly, today I was checking out my teeth and noticed that one

of

> the holes in my mouth from where the teeth were taken out has

> practically closed ALREADY! I can't believe how fast my teeth

move.

> That also explains the soreness but it's bearable.

>

> Well that's enough from me about me for now. I am going to read

> through the rest of the posts now and try to catch up!!

>

> I have to say, it sure is good to be home. Something about how the

> air smells here, it's just so relaxing and peaceful. And very HOT!

>

> Sara

[Guest guest]

Hello Sara - How wonderful to hear from you! Happy that you arrived

safe and sound at home, and yes, you are probably addicted to this

group. I can think of much worse addictions though! Sorry to hear

about your missed appointment with your honey of an OS. I'm sure you

two will see each other again sometime. I received some good news on

Thursday from my OMS's (Dr. ) office: they had a cancellation

and moved my Orthognathic Surgery consult appointment up, from July

18th to July 5th (this coming Tuesday). Needless to say, I'm ecstatic

to say the least! (I, like you, have an absolute sweetie for a

Surgeon) Also, my OD (Dr. Slattery) and Dr. finally got

together last Thursday to discuss me, so Dr. has ALL my

records and molds, even the stuff from 1997 (last time I was worked

up for all this). I called my OD to make sure that my OMS had all the

records and molds, and we had a nice talk. He told me that they both

agree on the BSSO, and doubt I will need a LeFort but I will need a

clinical exam to make sure. He told Dr. how anxious I am to

get all this done, and my Surgeon said he already knew that, as HE is

also looking forward to getting the process started. Dr. Slattery

assured me that I'm in good hands, and he will take excellent care of

me. He told me that he will be very gentle when he puts the braces on

and NOT to worry about it. At work on Thursday, I was so excited that

I hardly got any work done, so Friday I had lots of work to do. This

past week I've had bad headaches and jaw pain, so it's a good thing

that I'm finally getting this done.// Well, rest up from the jet lag.

Take care and we'll talk again soon. ~~~~ Diane

> Hello All!

>

> See I told you I'd be posting from Italy as soon as I could. I

think

> my mom thinks I am officially addicted to the site since I haven't

> been home even 2 hours and I logged online right away to see how

you

> were all doing.

>

> Becky and Diane - you girls are such sweeties! Made me really smile

> to see your messages about missing me and the Caboose. I miss the

> Caboose too! I hope her surgery went well!!!

>

> Well let me update on my last 48 hours. So yesterday I set out to

go

> to my OS before heading to the airport. I thought I had given

myself

> ample time to get to him but the fact that it was the July 4th

> weekend paired with the fact that my OS's office is near La Guardia

> airport and that the Mets were playing at O'Shea Stadium really

> messed up my plans. An hour and half later I was still stuck in

> traffic and in no way closer to my OS. So I pick up the phone to

call

> him and tell him I'll be late. He said to me that there was no way

I

> would be able to make it to JFK in time for my flight if I went to

> see him so we agreed that I could skip the in-office visit and

> instead opted for a telephone consultation. The wonders of

> technology, I'm telling you! Anyway, I updated him on how my visit

> when at the OD's and then I told him my OD took me off the

elastics.

> Well he was not happy AT ALL about that. Kind of freaked me out

> because I had a sneaking suspicion that taking me off the bands was

> not the plan he had in mind for me. He said that he thinks I'll be

> fine any way but the issue is that I had such a major open bite

> before that he doesn't want me risking a relapse (and neither do I

> for that matter!!). He described it has taking a cast off a person

> who broke their foot and then sending them off to walk around

without

> providing them with a support bandage. He also told me that I was

the

> 3rd patient of his this week whose OD had divergent views with him

on

> the bands. Go figure. I guess ODs and OS's don't necessarily see

eye

> to eye all the time. Anyway this time around I think I agree with

my

> OS. It just felt weird having no support whatsoever so soon after

> surgery.

>

> So I agreed with him that I needed to go back on the elastics. Just

> one problem. I have no hooks to attach the elastics too. Bummer! So

I

> suggested that I could try to wrap the elastics around my brackets

> and see how that works. Well it works, feels a little tight around

> the teeth and the bands tend to come off more easily. Also I am

only

> able to attach the bands to 2 teeth instead of 3 teeth as he wanted

> me to, to make a triangle shape. The problem is that the OD put on

> powerchains on my side teeth to close up the gaps from where they

> took out my bicuspids so I have no bracket to hook on to.

Regardless,

> I was able to keep on the elastics for my whole flight to Italy and

> hopefully even though they are on just 2 teeth it will be fine. I

am

> going to take a picture of myself with the elastics on and send it

to

> my OS to see if he is Ok with them being like that.

>

> Did I mention that my OS is an ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART?! He gave me his

> cell phone and email and I can contact him when ever I have any

> concerns or questions. Must be those 2 bottles of red wine I gave

him

> as a thank you gift. Hee hee. Just kidding, i think he is a

genuinely

> nice guy. Anyway, so now I have to wear my bands for 16 hours a day

> which is not that bad. Leaves me 8 hours bandless. We'll see how i

> managed.

>

> The good news is that I am definitely splintless. Yipppeeeeee!!!

And

> secondly, today I was checking out my teeth and noticed that one of

> the holes in my mouth from where the teeth were taken out has

> practically closed ALREADY! I can't believe how fast my teeth move.

> That also explains the soreness but it's bearable.

>

> Well that's enough from me about me for now. I am going to read

> through the rest of the posts now and try to catch up!!

>

> I have to say, it sure is good to be home. Something about how the

> air smells here, it's just so relaxing and peaceful. And very HOT!

>

> Sara

[Guest guest]

Diane,

That's excellent news about your app. being moved up to July 5th!!

Whoopppeee! I'm so excited for you. I know how anious you've been to

get the process started and with all your jaw pain I don't blame you. I

felt the same way too when I finally decided to do the surgery. Make

sure you post an update of how the appointment goes. And your OS does

sound like a sweetie. We are 2 lucky cats! I'll keep my fingers crossed

that you won't need the Le Forte. Have a great 4th of July weekend!!

Sara