Kay

[Guest guest]

Good Morning Kay,

Yes, our big day is surely drawing closer. I guess I am going

through the frustration phase being only 13 days out and unsure of

exactly what is going to be done. I am sure by the end of next week

my OS will let me know once he does the mock surgery.

Yes, I was orginally told only 18 months and I am almost at the 28

month mark in these braces also. I am scared to ask how long I will

be in braces post op.

Anyway, I have been stocking up my cabinets with all kinds of juices

etc. I bought some pineapple juice per Sara's advice and also some

smoothie drink that looked pretty good. I have a few cans of

Ensure, but didn't get to much after listening to everyone complain

how disgusting they taste..(haha)

I am down to only one more appt. this upcoming Monday which is my

blood donation and pre-op screening. And that is it until the big

day! HORAAAAYYYY!

Have a Great Day,

> > 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,

> >