Clare/Re: Surgery keeps getting delayed!

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Hi Clare,

I can say I understand your frustration. I was in your shoes a few

months back. I was preparing for the same procedure as you, Lefort 3-

piece, and my OD finally felt I was ready and the OS stated he needed

more space between the upper bicuspids where the upper jaw was going

to be segmented. I kept having to change my leave requests at work.

Listen to your OS because he is the one who knows best since he is

the expert performing your surgery. I had my Lefort 3-piece on June

28th and my OS did an outstanding job. I can't even tell where the

jaw has been segmented. There is no scar showing anywhere in my

mouth. I am truly amazed.

If you have to put off the surgery for a few months until your OS

says you are ready, then please know he is only doing this because he

is wanting the best possible outcome for you! Just think that the

more precise the teeth are after surgery, means less possible time in

braces!

Hang in there, you have made it this far in this long journey and you

are almost ready to cross the finish line!!

--Caboose

> Hi all,

> I was actually supposed to have my surgery august 8th, and it

keeps getting

> pushed back. My surgeon looked at me 10 days before surgery and

said that my

> roots were still too close together (3 piece lefort ... or

something...).

> Anyway, so he said that I should be ready for surgery on the 15th,

a week

> later. Sure enough, he still thinks the roots are too close

together, and

> doesnt think that they'll be ready for the 22nd either, 2 weeks

after my

> original date. I am a student in my last year of school, and I set

aside a

> full 3 weeks to have this surgery, and now the entire 3 weeks are

blown. The

> surgeon had given me no warning about the possibility that this

surgery

> would not happen on the date I wanted it back in January, on Aug.

8th.

> Anyway, I am so completely frustrated, and now I will have to take

a week

> off of school in addition to my October break to have this surgery,

if even

> then he decides I am ready. My orthodontist is also a little

annoyed, and

> has said that my surgeon has done this to other people in the past,

as he

> tends to be a perfectionist. I am on an extremely tight time budget

for

> this, and the thought of having braces through my last 2 years in

college

> really makes me upset, as I still feel unnecessairly self-conscious

about

> them. The roots of my teeth appear " too close " only to the surgeon,

not the

> orthodontist. The surgery is not completely necessary, and I'm

almost

> inclined to just call it all off and have my braces off by

December. And

> besides making 2 incisions for a 3-piece cut, does anyone know

another way

> this could be done? Like, what if my roots NEVER get far apart

enough for

> the surgeon? We have been trying to get them apart since May.

Anyone ever

> have a similar situation??

> Sorry about the long email... Clearly very frustrated by the

entire

> experience!!

> Thanks, and hopefully my original early-August surgery buddies are

on their

> way to a speedy recovery w/o me!

> Clare

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