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.
Friday, April 22, 2011
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.....
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.....
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Not much to report....
I am starting to realize what a long, slow process this is.... Months seems to drag buy with no change. September 28th I go in and they finally start to close the gap from when they removed the 4 bicuspids back in February..... UGH!!!
We had been talking about possibly being ready for surgery by December but I do not see that happening....
On the up side I got a new job working in a local Hospital and switched my major from Nursing to a Bach in Health Service Administration. Ive been trying to get into a hospital for a couple years now and am so happy that I found a good position in a hospital right in my own town. No travel to work and I am meeting so many People, which is nice since I moved here 3 years ago. This town is finally starting to feel like home.
On another good note. My Beautiful, smart daughter starts Kindergarten in less than 1 week. She is so excited. She got to see her classroom yesterday and she already knows her teacher from the summer reading program she took. She also has some friends in her class this year so she should adjust really easily :)
I will be back in a week to post pics from her first day!
We had been talking about possibly being ready for surgery by December but I do not see that happening....
On the up side I got a new job working in a local Hospital and switched my major from Nursing to a Bach in Health Service Administration. Ive been trying to get into a hospital for a couple years now and am so happy that I found a good position in a hospital right in my own town. No travel to work and I am meeting so many People, which is nice since I moved here 3 years ago. This town is finally starting to feel like home.
On another good note. My Beautiful, smart daughter starts Kindergarten in less than 1 week. She is so excited. She got to see her classroom yesterday and she already knows her teacher from the summer reading program she took. She also has some friends in her class this year so she should adjust really easily :)
I will be back in a week to post pics from her first day!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Progress...
Well not the best after pic. You can click on it to make it bigger. I need to get a close up. The pic on top is present, the one on bottem is before anything was started.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Sadistic orthodontists....
Orthos must be sadistic to ask someone to have 4 perfectly good teeth ripped out of your head. But that is what I did in hopes of someday having a nice smile. So it seems that once these 4 huge gaps that once were my bicuspids are closed we should be looking at My double jaw surgery. Ortho is guessing somewhere around Christmas. Right before the christmas before last is when I had my SARPE done, that made for a festive holiday :p Oh well, I'm getting closer to the end of this trip and I guess that is what matters....
Friday, December 4, 2009
feels like I am going nowhere....
Well I have not updated for awhile cause there is not much to tell. I did manage to miss my November adjustment and they could not get me in for another full month do to my lack of availability....ugh.
The ortho wants to talk to me about pulling the 4 bicuspids to make room for my teeth to move cause it seems the are having to tip them out to much. The only problem I have with this is I cannot possibly afford to have those teeth pulled. I just had a wisdom tooth pulled and they charged me $300 to do it and that was with no sedation.... I cannot afford to pay to have 4 taken out not to mention when they remove 4 they like to sedate. Not sure what to do about this. Oral surgeon says if they are not pulled I could relapse after surgery.....
Other then that not much is happening with my teeth other than the fact that it is becoming evident that my coffee drinking habit will be noticeable when the braces come off. Any coffee drinkers out there that had braces? Is there anything you did to help the staining while you had braces?
I guess that is it for now.... This is a long frusterating process....
The ortho wants to talk to me about pulling the 4 bicuspids to make room for my teeth to move cause it seems the are having to tip them out to much. The only problem I have with this is I cannot possibly afford to have those teeth pulled. I just had a wisdom tooth pulled and they charged me $300 to do it and that was with no sedation.... I cannot afford to pay to have 4 taken out not to mention when they remove 4 they like to sedate. Not sure what to do about this. Oral surgeon says if they are not pulled I could relapse after surgery.....
Other then that not much is happening with my teeth other than the fact that it is becoming evident that my coffee drinking habit will be noticeable when the braces come off. Any coffee drinkers out there that had braces? Is there anything you did to help the staining while you had braces?
I guess that is it for now.... This is a long frusterating process....
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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