Friday, April 22, 2011

Unexpected suprise....

Well I went in on April 13th for my latest ortho appt and my ortho informed me that if I was happy with my alignment then she does not think that I need my double jaw surgery. She said in the future if I decide that I want it we can do the surgery in the future.
I am so flippen excited. Braces should be off within the next 6 months. I know that proceding with the surgery would probably give me even better results then what I have right now, but honestly I am very pleased with the progress I have made and between work, school and taking care of my daughter I am not sure the surgery is worth it. I have straight teeth now and good alignment. I am happy with the decision to not do the last surgery.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Taking a stand against a pre-surgical splint

So I had another adjustment with my ortho last week and again brought up when we might be looking at surgery. Spring? Summer? anytime soon?
She says that lets push for summer since she wants me in a splint for a while before surgery., Ummm NO! I made it clear awhile ago I was not wearing a splint before surgery. I would not be able to do my job with a piece of plastic wedged between my teeth. She kinda brushed it off and said oh you will get use to it....
So I came home from my appt and sent my ortho an email stating that I was in fact not going to wear the splint before surgery. No one has ever given me any good reason why I needed this splint and I am not going to jeopardize my job for it, I am already taking off enough time for recovery after surgery.
So my ortho calls me back and says no problem we will discuss other options at your next adjustment. Thank God! So now I wait till April 13th to hear what her plan for surgery is. I should be about ready for surgery. I started this whole process about 2 1/2 years ago, when I first met with the ortho she had predicted that the whole process would take 2 to 3 years. I am at 2 1/2 and have not even had the 2nd surgery yet. I am getting inpatient for this to be over.....