! Re: 6 Week PostOp Status -- Here's the Deal ... to IRISH!!

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Hi !

Thanks for the kind words. It's nice to imagine that this is almost

over! No word on how much longer for braces. I'm only 6 weeks

postop so I know that'll be awhile. When I kidded the ortho and

said, " Sooooo ... how about an estimate how much longer for braces? "

he just smiled and just said, " Yes " (as in " Yes, you will have braces

for now " ). Funny guy.

I'm hoping you are continuing to do well.

Irish!

> > Hi All!

> >

> > I'm sorry to say that I've been extremely busy and have had a

> > difficult time keeping up with everyone. To all approaching

> surgery,

> > best of luck if I haven't already posted to you, and to the new

> > postoppers, hang in there! It will get easier!

> >

> > Ok, this Friday I will be 6 weeks postop from upper/lower Surgery

> #2

> > to fix a bad midline. I had an appointment with my surgeon

> yesterday

> > and he removed my four rubberbands and replaced them with two,

> > located closer to the back, so that was nice. The day got better

> > when he told me that he was officially releasing me to my ortho.

> The

> > surgeon is very happy with my results, but for the record, he was

> the

> > first go around as well, so I've been quite anxious waiting to

get

> > the official AOK from the ortho, who was the one who ultimately

> told

> > me he couldn't fix my midline after Surgery #1. So I shook my

> > surgeon's hand, high-tailed it out of there and drove to the

> ortho's

> > office with the lame excuse of " being in the area and needed to

> make

> > my next appointment " . I was SO hoping he'd see me talking to the

> > receptionist and offer to take a quick look.

> >

> > I had to wait one hour, but he did in fact see me. I walked into

> his

> > examining room, with my hand covering my mouth, and saying, " I'm

> very

> > afraid to show you. " He started to chuckle, and I dropped my

hand

> > from my mouth. I smiled big, he looked in and said ...

> >

> > ... are you ready ...

> >

> > ... he said, ...

> >

> > " It is perfect. The midline is dead-on. I am thrilled! He did

a

> > great job. Fantastic! "

> >

> > Yippee!!!!!!! I was so relieved it felt like a weight off my

> > shoulders. Then he said the magic words ... " You are now

> officially

> > on the OTHER Other Side! " (he uses our lingo, wonder if he's

been

> > here!). I have an appointment in two weeks to begin the postop

> > ortho work. He wouldn't say how long for braces, but I don't

> care.

> > I'm just thrilled to walk away from this having not regretted it.

> >

> > Icing on the cake, and forgive my droning on, I returned to work

> this

> > Monday. Today I ran into a co-worker who told me that he didn't

> want

> > to say anything but he noticed after my first surgery that my

face

> > seemed crooked somehow but he couldn't say exactly why. He only

> > ventured to tell me that now because he said my face is

noticeably

> > straighter and symmetric now. Did that ever make my day. I

always

> > knew I was crooked postop surgery 1, but no one else dared to

> > acknowledge it, I guess for fear of hurting my feelings. I

noticed

> > right away that my face was straighter after this surgery.

> >

> > Pix are coming! I have the screwed up midline pix on Site 2 now,

> but

> > I still have to scan in the surgery 2 postop pix. I'll post a

note

> > when they're there.

> >

> > Thanks all for tolerating the blah blah blah of Irish's tale. It

> is

> > looking like there may be a happy ending here ...

> >

> > Irish!