Re: Hi ....I'm back, ..........Hi katja......

[Guest guest]

It is really nice to hear from you ,.....I think you had your surgery

the day after I had my first surgery....does,nt sound like yours has

been a piece of cake either.....but it sounds like your on your

way , thats good!

apparantly the ortho can't even begin to fix this mess until my

bottom teeth are moved back 5 ml and out of path of my top teeth

which collide head on....they are all porcilin crowns ,so if you can

imagine banging together 2 china tea cups , is about the same as my

teeth smacking together......thank god for my splint, its been a life

saver

I am hoping to hear from the surgeon soon, as the orth probably got a

hold of him today?

Thanx for your thoughts and prayers

appreiciated

take care

Bob

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , katja750

<no_reply@y...> wrote:

> Hi Bob!

> I myself haven't posted here in ages.... I was just thinking about

> you the other day wondering how you've been doing and how

everything

> has progressed since your second surgery- so I was glad to see your

> name pop up in the messages, BUT I am so sorry about the ongoing

> problems with your mouth!!!! I don't think I'd know how to feel

> either.... My blood pressure was so elevated that my primary doctor

> was monitoring it after I learned I might need a second surgery for

a

> bone graft! Fortunately, my jaw healed on its own every so slowly

but

> surely, but my teeth are a tad screwy now due to starting elastics

> prematurely. My bite is a little canted now, but I am hoping that

> ortho can fix it. Anyway, I can't imagine what you must be feeling.

I

> wish your post was written under better circumstances. Is there no

> way that your ortho can move your teeth??? I can't imagine how your

> jaw must have relapsed a second time. I know personally, my teeth

> certainly weren't anywhere near where they needed to be once I was

on

> the other side of the surgery- mostly I think because there was so

> much assymetry all around. On one side the bite was decent, but on

> the other side, my teeth were meeting end to end. Slowly through

the

> work of rubber bands we've been shifting the teeth into position.

The

> surgeon assured that the bones were in the right position, but that

I

> just had a lot of ortho left ahead of me. I am jealous of those who

> emerge with perfect bites after their surgery, but I can't imagine

> your nightmare..... There isn't anything your ortho can do

> orthodontically i.e. NON-surgically? It is the bone that is mal-

> positioned? I will hope for the very best news from your surgeon-

> that your bones are perfect and that your teeth just need some

> alignment work. When will you hear from your surgeon? You and my

> family are in my prayers! Keep in touch and let me know how you are

> doing! I am still around lately, just not posting as much (I was

> overseas for a month and am completely out of touch with this group

> now!) Please take good care and hang in there, numb and all.....

> Katja

>

>

>

> > I've been reading and cheering you all on in silence for the

past

> > couple months since I last posted....I had my 2nd surgery may

> 23 /05 a

> > result of a total relapse of my 1st surgery march

> 8/05....mandibular

> > osteotomy setback 5mm and geino forward 5 to balance...this all

a

> > result of a dental disaster (long story /short) I have a class 3

> > malloclusion I did not even know what that meant,(I dont even

know

> how

> > to spell it) I was 45 at the time....My teeth caused me No

problems

> at

> > all , they were shifting around a bit.....did'nt look that great

> but

> > did'nt look that bad either......He said instead of me having my

> face

> > rearranged (Surgery) he would create an " end to end " bite , by

> > crowning all my teeth and having them meet " head on " to

compensate

> for

> > the class 3 malloclusion.....I did'nt know that that would bring

my

> > good life, to a grinding halt!...and obvious he was'nt aware

> > either......

> > Feb 7 , when they booked my surgery for March, My wife and I and

> > freinds of ours booked a 10 dayer for vegas sept25/05 to

celebrate

> the

> > end of a nightmare,...I KNEW Already before I saw the ortho

> yesterday,

> > my teeth had returned to colliding head on....and I am know

wearing

> an

> > acrylic splint 24/7 till I hear from the surgeon again..........

> > Has any one out there had 3 surgerys on the lower, and is that

even

> > possible...Why would it relapse twice???/ I'm full of plates

wires

> and

> > screws, 2times.. Right Now I don't even know if I should laugh or

> > cry....done both now, I'm just numb ,like my lip/gums and

chin......

> >

> > thanks for listening

> > bob