Rene - Re: disappointed with my ortho consult

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Katja - Yes, patience is absolutely impossible when you're going thru

all this! Everytime I go to my OD and my OMS, I tell them I'm in a

hurry to get my surgery done. I'm sure they both think I'm a lunatic;

I've procrastinated about getting this surgery done for the last

twenty-five years and I want to get it done NOW! And, I'm guilty of

dropping in on my OMS too: after I got all my braces hardware on, I

stopped at my OMS's office on my way back to work. He was out of the

office on his lunch break, so I told his receptionist to let him know

I was in to show off my whole braces " ensemble " . Carolyn's one smart

cookie; she told me she would be happy to take a digital picture of

my mouth, as he would be disappointed to have missed me and that

would satisfy his curiosity. So she took me back to his consult room,

and with the help of the insurance manager, took a few pictures of my

braces-ful mouth. I'm sure he loved the surprise when he returned to

the office. I also dropped in on my OD once. I was playing phone-tag

with his receptionist about changing some of my appointments, so I

decided to drive over to the office and take care of it in person.

After the appointments were changed, his receptionist told me to go

back to the adjustments room and " bug " him. So, off I went. Boy, was

he surprised to see me! He was finishing up on a patient, so I

waited, and then he and I had a nice visit. He loved seeing how much

my teeth had moved - I only had the braces on for two weeks! He's

such a sweetie! (Young (in his 30's), tall, and handsome too. My OMS

is also young (in his mid-40's) and handsome, with a huge

mustache.)// Oh, and I'm so-o totally tired of explaining all this to

my family. One of my sisters thinks the surgery will be done in the

doctor's office and is something like a rootcanal; the other sister

is surprised I'm doing this at my age (I'm 47). My Mom doesn't quite

understand this; doesn't understand that I will be in the hospital,

won't be able to talk afterward, and will have to blend my food. She

thinks I will be able to eat a steak in no time. When I say no way,

she tells me my Surgeon is a quack and to get another Dr. I'm about

to give up on my family!!//// Rene, hang in there. Both of you, take

care. ~~~~~ Diane (Idaho)

> > > > > > I am so disappointed. I went for my consult today

thinking

> > > that

> > > > I

> > > > > > would be scheduling the braces, but I was wrong.

> Apparently,

> > > my

> > > > > > problems are too significant and I am being sent to UNC.

> > > Earlier

> > > > > there

> > > > > > were some questions about the program at UNC, so I'll be

> able

> > > to

> > > > > tell

> > > > > > you first hand. I hate this. I've been working on this

> for

> > > four

> > > > > > months and feel like I've gotten nowhere. I went by to

see

> > my

> > > > oral

> > > > > > surgeon and he says that he will have to conceed to the

> > ortho.

> > > I

> > > > > > didn't realize that my problems were that hard to fix. I

> > cried

> > > > all

> > > > > the

> > > > > > way home. Just needed to vent.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Rene`