Re: Today is the Day!!! 8/29

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Good lcuk with your surgery you will be fine!

I too was dreading the recovery more than the surgery itself as I would be awake

for the recovery LOL!!!!! Let us know how you get on.

I take it you can't sleep? Despite being given sleeping tablets the night before

my surgery I was still awake at 3.00 AM!

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[Guest guest]

Good Morning. I just wanted to say good luck to your Surgery. I am

not due to have mine untill the 15th of Sept. Seeya when you get back.

Dennis~

[Guest guest]

Hope it went well. I had an upper leforte I 5 days ago. I don't feel too bad.

I had my

upper jaw moved up 4mm in the front and 6mm in the back to correct my open bite.

My

oral surgeon said he was also going to move it forward 3mm. I just studied

myself in the

mirror. It looks like I have a little bit of an overbite now, but at least no

open bite.

Ugh, I'm a little depressed. I knew it wouldn't go perfect.

[Guest guest]

Hello, glad to hear you are doing well. Sorry about the " overbite "

though; I'm wondering if your surgeon did that because of the

orthodontic fine-tuning you will probably be needing once he releases

you to your OD. I'm sure your surgeon didn't make a measurement

mistake; he had a purpose for that extra maxillary length. That would

be a good question for him the next time you have an appointment; maybe

you could get him to explain this using your latest cephalometric xray.

Just a thought. ~~~~~ Diane-- In

orthognathicsurgerysupport , not_too_shabby_z89

<no_reply@y...> wrote:

> Hope it went well. I had an upper leforte I 5 days ago. I don't

feel too bad. I had my

> upper jaw moved up 4mm in the front and 6mm in the back to correct my

open bite. My

> oral surgeon said he was also going to move it forward 3mm. I just

studied myself in the

> mirror. It looks like I have a little bit of an overbite now, but at

least no open bite.

>

> Ugh, I'm a little depressed. I knew it wouldn't go perfect.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the encourage. I hope you are right! My next appt. won't be soon

enough.

> > Hope it went well. I had an upper leforte I 5 days ago. I don't

> feel too bad. I had my

> > upper jaw moved up 4mm in the front and 6mm in the back to correct my

> open bite. My

> > oral surgeon said he was also going to move it forward 3mm. I just

> studied myself in the

> > mirror. It looks like I have a little bit of an overbite now, but at

> least no open bite.

> >

> > Ugh, I'm a little depressed. I knew it wouldn't go perfect.

[Guest guest]

Hey not_too_shabby,

I had a leforte 1 on August 17th with similar movement: 4-5mm up in

the back and 3mm forward. I have a very slight overbite now but it

should take about a day to correct it through orthodontics. I'm sure

it was expected by your surgeon. How large is the gap? do you have

pics up?

> > > Hope it went well. I had an upper leforte I 5 days ago. I

don't

> > feel too bad. I had my

> > > upper jaw moved up 4mm in the front and 6mm in the back to

correct my

> > open bite. My

> > > oral surgeon said he was also going to move it forward 3mm. I

just

> > studied myself in the

> > > mirror. It looks like I have a little bit of an overbite now,

but at

> > least no open bite.

> > >

> > > Ugh, I'm a little depressed. I knew it wouldn't go perfect.

[Guest guest]

I am hoping all went well and that you are recovering comfortably at

this point. Take it easy and post when you feel up to it. Hope all

is well!

Hugs,

Fran

> Hi to all! This is my first time posting a message. I have been

> reading and browsing the photos here for quiet awhile now. I'm

really

> amazed how many people that have gone through and will go through

this

> kind of procedure. Well today is the big day. I need to be at the

> hospital at 6:30 AM and its actually 3AM now. I tried sleeping but

for

> some reason I'm not able to fall asleep. I'm not sure wether I'm

> nervous or excited. Maybe a little bit of both. Well, I'm having

an

> upper jaw surgery today at Kaiser in Oakland. My Oral Surgeon is

> moving my upper jaw at about 4cm. That's all I know. Honestly, I'm

> not really nervous about the procedure itself, but the recovery,

that's

> what's bothering me. Well, can't back-out now. Wish me luck!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hey thanks for the post . I have been taking pictures, but haven't updated

my site

yet. I haven't taken any over my overbite. I saw my surgeon today and he said

my " iteeth "

were in the right spot and most of my overbite is caused by the gaps my

orthodontist put

in place because they had originally planned to segment my jaw into three

pieces. He said

once those gaps are closed up, my front teeth will move back. I'm probably

just paranoid,

I worry a lot. Especially after spending so much money, I want the perfect

result

> > > > Hope it went well. I had an upper leforte I 5 days ago. I

> don't

> > > feel too bad. I had my

> > > > upper jaw moved up 4mm in the front and 6mm in the back to

> correct my

> > > open bite. My

> > > > oral surgeon said he was also going to move it forward 3mm. I

> just

> > > studied myself in the

> > > > mirror. It looks like I have a little bit of an overbite now,

> but at

> > > least no open bite.

> > > >

> > > > Ugh, I'm a little depressed. I knew it wouldn't go perfect.

[Guest guest]

One more question . Did you have lip incompetance because of your

maxillary

excess? Does that seem to be better. I can't really tell since I can't really

breathe out of

my nose yet and I still have some swelling. I hope it's fixed. It would be

nice to wake up

in the morning and not have a dry mouth.

[Guest guest]

Before surgery, my lip incompetence was minor. Although, I've always

had a tendency to breathe through my mouth while sleeping. I'm not

convinced that's going to change. I'm confident yoga or duct tape

will help.

> One more question . Did you have lip incompetance because of

your maxillary

> excess? Does that seem to be better. I can't really tell since I

can't really breathe out of

> my nose yet and I still have some swelling. I hope it's fixed. It

would be nice to wake up

> in the morning and not have a dry mouth.

[Guest guest]

No Too Shabby,

You said that originally your surgery was supposed to involve segmenting

your jaw into 3 pieces, but now it was not. What did they end up doing? I am

supposed to have a 3-piece surgery as well, but it has continuously gotten

canceled because there is not enough space between my teeth. My surgeon says

that there is no other way to do the surgery, but my orthodontist says there

is another way to do it. My surgeon is extremely difficult to work with, and

I am thinking about changing surgeons anyway. But please let me know what

they did instead of the 3-piece. Thanks!

Clare

On 8/30/05, not_too_shabby_z89 <no_reply > wrote:

>

> Hey thanks for the post . I have been taking pictures, but haven't

> updated my site

> yet. I haven't taken any over my overbite. I saw my surgeon today and he

> said my " iteeth "

> were in the right spot and most of my overbite is caused by the gaps my

> orthodontist put

> in place because they had originally planned to segment my jaw into three

> pieces. He said

> once those gaps are closed up, my front teeth will move back. I'm probably

> just paranoid,

> I worry a lot. Especially after spending so much money, I want the perfect

> result

>

>

>

>

> > > > > Hope it went well. I had an upper leforte I 5 days ago. I

> > don't

> > > > feel too bad. I had my

> > > > > upper jaw moved up 4mm in the front and 6mm in the back to

> > correct my

> > > > open bite. My

> > > > > oral surgeon said he was also going to move it forward 3mm. I

> > just

> > > > studied myself in the

> > > > > mirror. It looks like I have a little bit of an overbite now,

> > but at

> > > > least no open bite.

> > > > >

> > > > > Ugh, I'm a little depressed. I knew it wouldn't go perfect.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

He assumed her needed to do three pieces before he did the surgery on the

models. He

ended up removing 6mm from the back and 4mm from the front. Essentially a wedge

shape piece of bone. He said that my very back teeth won't touch until my

orthodontist

does some fine tuning. So they did it all with one piece, ie not section my

upper jaw.

The issue with doing it in 3 pieces was that one of my roots curved into the

area that they

wanted to cut through. He didn't think anymore orthodontic work would fix it.

Might not

be a bad idea to see another surgeon, if you aren't happy.

> > > > > > Hope it went well. I had an upper leforte I 5 days ago. I

> > > don't

> > > > > feel too bad. I had my

> > > > > > upper jaw moved up 4mm in the front and 6mm in the back to

> > > correct my

> > > > > open bite. My

> > > > > > oral surgeon said he was also going to move it forward 3mm. I

> > > just

> > > > > studied myself in the

> > > > > > mirror. It looks like I have a little bit of an overbite now,

> > > but at

> > > > > least no open bite.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Ugh, I'm a little depressed. I knew it wouldn't go perfect.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >