Re: OS visit...

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Hi ,

I agree with you about the OS and the OD not commicating at all.

The only time I heard my OD call my OS was at my appt the other day

when I got my wires and hooks on. My OD wanted to make sure the

wires were in the way the OS wanted them. This is the reason why I

had to wait so long and it wouldn't have happened any sooner if I

hadn't called the OS and made a consult appt to start the process.

Insurance pre-approval took over 3 months and when it finally was

approved,my OS got out of the network so they referred me to a new

OS. I have been in braces for 29 months and that's way longer thatn

what the OD had told me when I first started this...

I know it's frustrating but we are almost there....I'm so glad we

have the support group to listen and to give advise. At least we

know what to expect and what to prepare ourselves for post surgery.

It will be all worth it at the end.. 13 more days for us We're in

this together.

Kay

> Hi all,

>

> Just got back from my OS appt. We did all those fun x-rays,

molds,

> measurements with those things in the ears etc...All in all not

bad.

> He went over the procedure and stated at this point he is not sure

if

> I will have the splint after surgery or not. He also doesn't know

if

> I will be banded or not. He stated the surgery will be about a 4

> hour surgery. He will wait until during surgery to decide if the

jaw

> will have to segmented. Not sure why the heck he is not sure

being

> only 13 days out from surgery, but I trust him 100% to make the

> correct decision. My guess is that he was going to perform

another

> mock surgery on the molds he took today to make his final

decisions.

> He did state I would be able to talk right away after surgery with

or

> without the splint. Of course I know the truth on that one from

all

> you post opers. Anyway, he informed me that he would call me if

any

> more measurements needed to be taken. Other than that he informed

me

> that I would see him on the 28th.

>

> Sara, I can see what you mean by the OS and OD not talking to each

> other. When I talked to my OD yesterday he sounded positive that

the

> OS was going to tilt the jaw back and segment the upper jaw in 3

> pieces and bring the front four teeth over the bottom teeth along

> with widening the back 2 segments of the upper jaw. He also

stated I

> would surely have a splint and be banded after surgery. So heck

if I

> know what is really going on.

>

> Anyway, I think I am going to take a nap and get all of this off

my

> mind for an hour or so!

>

> Talk to you later,

>