5 month surgeon's visit

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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

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Georgia,

Glad to hear you're doing so well. I'm assuming that that old joint

pain is completely gone?

Our orthos must be kindred spirits. When I saw my ortho's partner

the other day he told me that if I was his patient I would have

already had them off . I guess a few more months won't matter in

the long run. I'm still partially banded, too. I know what you mean

about the 'fit'. I can now actually bite into sandwiches without

leaving the lettuce, tomato and onion still in the bread.

Cheryl