Re: sara and carol - to amy

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

I'm glad to hear you're doing so well. I'm sure your muscles and

feeling will come back soon.

I have had the same concerns about my 5 year old. also has the

same jaw as me. At her 3 year check up, her dentist measured her

overbite at 8 mm, the next year it was 10 mm. She didn't seem too

concerned, though. She told us that nowadays there is a lot more

they can do to make a child's jaw grow correctly. will first

get braces when her adult molars start to come in (around age 7) and

she will get appliances to make her lower jaw grow forward. She'll

have braces off and on until she stops growing. She may still need

some surgery but it shouldn't be as bad as mine was (17 mm lower

advancement, 5 mm upper impaction, joint reconstruction which

relapsed and now bilateral joint replacement followed by another

lefort). Hopefully she can avoid all the joint issues I had as well.

So yes, maybe your daughter can avoid surgery. I wish you continued

happy healing.

> hi guys,

> i have been so busy i barely have time to go on the computer

> anymore, my family is taking a family trip to israel and my 10 yr

> old son is going to sleep away camp for the summer for the first

> time - so i have not had a minute to breath - thank god i am

feeling

> better-

> i have been getting a lot of comments on how i look and i notice

> people staring at me a lot- i have heard it all - " did you get a

> nose job " - " you lost so much weight " - " love your chin " - " you

look

> so different i did not even recognize you " - " when you talk your

> upper lip doesn't move it looks funny! " needless to say i was not

> laughing at the last one! i still have no feeling from in my nose

> and upper lip/roof of my mouth- which is a little frustrating

being

> allergy season - but i guess i am not moving all my muscles yet

> either - be prepared for this cuz at times it gets frustrating.

>

> i am going back to dr sachs on thursday and i am actually bringing

> my 5 yr old who i think has the same jaw as me and i want to find

> out if there is any way to avoid her having this wonderful

surgery -

> wish me luck!

> sara - when is your next appt? did you find a ride back to the

city

> from the hospital? i wish i could take you but my 3 yr old is

home

> from school early and i would not make it home for my other kids.

so

> sorry. it really is getting closer and i hope you are more

excited

> than nervous cuz you are in the home stretch now . it would be

> great if we could all have our braces off for the new year i am

very

> much looking forward to that!!

> carol - how are you doing? how many more weeks till the wires are

> off? do you feel like time is crawling by? i hope the rest goes

by

> quickly and before you know it you will be eating mashed pot. and

> pasta like me!

> good luck - hope all is going well

> amy

[Guest guest]

thanks for the info

i understand each ortho feels different about this, some are wait

and see and others are more aggressive. i thought it was all

skeletal and orthodontics could not change it, but i heard that

while the bones are soft they can be moved? i don't want to miss my

chance so i will see what he says and i will let you know. thanks

for the info and good luck with your daughter.

> > hi guys,

> > i have been so busy i barely have time to go on the computer

> > anymore, my family is taking a family trip to israel and my 10

yr

> > old son is going to sleep away camp for the summer for the first

> > time - so i have not had a minute to breath - thank god i am

> feeling

> > better-

> > i have been getting a lot of comments on how i look and i notice

> > people staring at me a lot- i have heard it all - " did you get a

> > nose job " - " you lost so much weight " - " love your chin " - " you

> look

> > so different i did not even recognize you " - " when you talk your

> > upper lip doesn't move it looks funny! " needless to say i was

not

> > laughing at the last one! i still have no feeling from in my

nose

> > and upper lip/roof of my mouth- which is a little frustrating

> being

> > allergy season - but i guess i am not moving all my muscles yet

> > either - be prepared for this cuz at times it gets frustrating.

> >

> > i am going back to dr sachs on thursday and i am actually

bringing

> > my 5 yr old who i think has the same jaw as me and i want to

find

> > out if there is any way to avoid her having this wonderful

> surgery -

> > wish me luck!

> > sara - when is your next appt? did you find a ride back to the

> city

> > from the hospital? i wish i could take you but my 3 yr old is

> home

> > from school early and i would not make it home for my other

kids.

> so

> > sorry. it really is getting closer and i hope you are more

> excited

> > than nervous cuz you are in the home stretch now . it would be

> > great if we could all have our braces off for the new year i am

> very

> > much looking forward to that!!

> > carol - how are you doing? how many more weeks till the wires

are

> > off? do you feel like time is crawling by? i hope the rest

goes

> by

> > quickly and before you know it you will be eating mashed pot.

and

> > pasta like me!

> > good luck - hope all is going well

> > amy