Just had lower jaw surgery Oct.19

October 22, 2005

well I had my surgery on the 19th, I thought things were good until

my doctor came to visit me the next morning in the hospital.

I had surgery at 1200pm, everything went fine I thought, got there

about 1100am, put on my gown and then proceeded to get my IV, next

thing I know im waking up in the recovery room.

when I awoke my surgeon asked me if I would like to go home, I

declined becuase I felt like crap and decided to stay overnight in

the hospital. My surgeon said everything went great and he would

come and check on me in the morning to see how I was doing, I had a

very bad crossbite and only had lower jaw done, I also had real bad

problems with sleep apnea and chewing and thought this would help

alot as well as fix my crooked chin and bite.

the next morning the surgeon came in and wanted to have a look at

me....I dont think i was completely banded but I know I had some

bands on. I opened up and saw a look of concern on his face and he

said my left side was banged up a little and didnt look right and

said possibly a plate came loose. when I looked in the mirror my

right side looked completely aligned but my left side had a very

large gap in it...which i didnt think was right. My surgeon told me

to relax, he said every one of these he has done only like 2 times

out of over a hundred did the person have to go back in for more

work, He said to come see hime when i get out as soon as I can.

Well I went yesterday and got an ex-ray done and I remember asking

him what he thought and he seemed to beat around the bush and said

something like " it didnt look too bad " .

He said when he performed the surgery when he was done things looked

different and he was concerned whether a plate moved or not....he

said if I have to get it fixed to relax, the hard part is over with

and it wouldnt be too bad. He banded me up tight as hell and im

suppose to come back in 4 days and he is gonna take everything off

and look at my bite, he said mabye its just swelling and mabye

things will be OK.

I am worried to death about this, I dont mind going through this

surgery but I want things to be right.

What happens if I have to get this fixed? will they do it right away?

I dont want to heal up and then have to get this done again!!

when i look in the mirror with the bands on I can see a gap in my

left side and I think that is what he is refering too, he is

supposedly one of the best and my orthodontist highly recomended him.

I just dont know whats going on...If there is a problem I would like

to get it corrected as soon as possible, I am off work right now and

didnt plan on taking off over 2 weeks, and what about if I have to

go back in the hospital, will I have to get re certified with my

insurance company.

Im sorry about the long post, im all alone here and nervous and

would like to hear from some people.

October 22, 2005

Hello,

I read your concern and I had a similar problem then more added on..I had upper

jaw surgery over a year ago, next day (like you) the surgeon said he thought he

didnt get my bite right due to me having strong jaw muscles..we waited about a

week later, and things never got right so I had to go back into surgery 2 weeks

after #1 surgery..now my doctor didnt charge me on his part , but the hosp just

filed with with insurance and there was no problem..however since then I have

had 2 more surgerys due to broken plates..I am now a little over 2 weeks post op

on surgery #4 and a new surgeon...so far things are good, he wired me shut this

surgery so I would not apply pressure to upper jaw and risk plates breaking

again...if you have a good surgeon, rely on him to fix you, however dont make

the same mistake I did let the first surgeon do more than 2 surgeries on

me...after #3 I found the head oral surgeon (Harvard grad) and trains interns

from different hospital and colleges...he is the head

of oral surgery at Emory University in Atlanta...so far so good post op except

one of the plates have bent upward and you can see a know beside the right side

of my nose under my right eye...we will wait 3 months then he will make a small

incision in my upper gums under sedation in the OR suite he has in the office

and bend it back down..I really trust this doctor...If you start to have any

concern that this doctor may not be doing something right..PLEASE get other

opinions...

I hope everything turns out good for you...rest your nerves and take it one day

at a time or this will over come you, like it did me the first three

surgerys..this one #4 was better, I knew what to expect, and had new surgeon,

even though I have encoutered a small problem I know it can be easily

fixed...the last surgeries I had chronic infections, fistulas on my gums, and

cadiver bone coming from my gums along with broken plates, and face that just

didnt look normal anymore..I went from a pretty girl(about a 9 scale ) to 6 or

7)..thats my judgement ...so from pretty to worse..now things are looking

better....I dont thing I was ever the most prettiest babe out there but I never

had problems with men looking at me or women making nice comments toward me...I

have just put my faith in god and pray he will help make it right this

time....good luck and take care of your self...DONT WORRY TO MUCH!

Jill

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