Carol and Amy

[Guest guest]

Wow, Amy you're eating pasta already?! That's great! And, yes, I like

to think we picked the best practice in NY:-) I certainly like the

name of where it's located. Lake Success - how can it not sound

promising. By the way, Carol or Amy, do you know of a car service

that picks up in the Lake Success area? I will need one to drive me

back to Manhattan once I get out of the hospital as my mother and

boyfriend do not have a car here in the US and I really don't feel

like braving the train right after surgery. 25 more days to go! But

hey, whose counting?

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

> > >

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> > >