Re: 5 month surgeon's visit

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Georgia old buddy. I've been thinking of you a lot lately and

meaning to write. So glad to hear that all seems to be going well.

Congratulations on your progress!!

I am sure that when you come out of braces that everything will fit

fine. I have a total of 5 rubber bands in my mouth now and although i

am REALLY getting sick of them, it is nice to look at my teeth and

see how perfect they fit together. It's like night and day from

before surgery.

I'll email you one of these days directly..I haven't forgotten you.

Keep on healing. Don't worry, May will be here before you know it.

My ortho had estimated me possibly getting my braces off this month,

but last time I saw him, he said 2-3 months. WHENEVER!

It can't come soon enough for me.

Donna

- In orthognathicsurgerysupport@y..., ga_1962 <no_reply@y...> wrote:

> Saw the surgeon last Monday & just hadn't had a chance to post

> before now. All went well. He was very glad to see that all of my

> numbness is now gone. I still have zings on the left side of my

chin

> but at least I can feel if something is touching it now. Beats the

> heck out of total numbness. He says the zings should go away

> eventually too. He says I will see him only once again when the

> braces come off. He asked when that would be. When I told him it

> might be May he looked puzzled & then laughed. He said " Oh that's

> right, you have my old resident, Lisenby. He's quite the

> perfecitonist. " Glad he found amusement in that.

> When I take my rubberbands off, my midline now stays still but my

> teeth on the other side, which he is trying to pull in snuggly,

keep

> going back to their regular spot. It's so neat when I have the

bands

> on & everything is fitting perfectly. I never knew teeth were

> supposed to touch in so many places. I definitely hope he trains

> these teeth to stay still. I really like the fit.

> Oh yea, the resident measured me at 38 with gentle pushing. The

> surgeon measured me at 35 without pushing. (Thanks for the

> encouragement Sandy!) I remembered to ask him what my presurgery

> measurements were & he said 45. So I'm not far off. At least I

can

> eat burgers now without squooshing the heck out of them.

> All in all, I'm very happy with everything.

> Georgia