worst nightmare come true, surgery redo

[Guest guest]

Oh my God! My surgeon said the words I have feared the most! She

admitted that my maxilla was brought forward to far and that I need

to have the surgery redone. I am still in shock. All the posts I

have read here of people having surgery redone and I thought surely

all the problems I have had could be fixed orthodontically. Well, it

ain't so. They advanced me too much and now the lower and upper are

not matching, despite all the elastics pulling on the teeth. My chin

needs to be done too. I am on Zanax and I'm still a nervous wreck.

I cannot believe this. , HELP!!!!!

[Guest guest]

OMG ! I'm so sorry to hear that; I don't know what I would do

if I was given that news.

How far along are you, and what does your ortho have to say about

this?

Debs

> Oh my God! My surgeon said the words I have feared the most! She

> admitted that my maxilla was brought forward to far and that I need

> to have the surgery redone. I am still in shock. All the posts I

> have read here of people having surgery redone and I thought surely

> all the problems I have had could be fixed orthodontically. Well,

it

> ain't so. They advanced me too much and now the lower and upper

are

> not matching, despite all the elastics pulling on the teeth. My

chin

> needs to be done too. I am on Zanax and I'm still a nervous

wreck.

> I cannot believe this. , HELP!!!!!

[Guest guest]

I'm (sorry for making look like susan wrote it, oops! My

nerves are little frayed!). had to have surgery twice, too.

So I was asking for her help! I am 11 weeks post op. They knew all

along they screwed up and just didn't want to tell me. I would MUCH

rather them have told me my first visit post op when they realized

the mistake because I would have had it redone right then and there.

As it is, I am just beginning to eat normally again and the puffiness

is just going away and BAM! They slam me with this crap? I CANNOT

believe it! And this is the University of Florida for Pete's sake.

The best in the state! I am so disappointed and heartbroken and sick

and I cannot stand it.

> > Oh my God! My surgeon said the words I have feared the most!

She

> > admitted that my maxilla was brought forward to far and that I

need

> > to have the surgery redone. I am still in shock. All the posts

I

> > have read here of people having surgery redone and I thought

surely

> > all the problems I have had could be fixed orthodontically.

Well,

> it

> > ain't so. They advanced me too much and now the lower and upper

> are

> > not matching, despite all the elastics pulling on the teeth. My

> chin

> > needs to be done too. I am on Zanax and I'm still a nervous

> wreck.

> > I cannot believe this. , HELP!!!!!

[Guest guest]

By the way, I see my ortho tomorrow, but he has suspected it all

along. He's been trying in vain to correct the problem by having

elastics pull the upper back and the lower forward, but of course

that is only teeth and not jaw. It's a band-aid, really. Thanks

Deb. I hope you never have to go through this.

> > Oh my God! My surgeon said the words I have feared the most!

She

> > admitted that my maxilla was brought forward to far and that I

need

> > to have the surgery redone. I am still in shock. All the posts

I

> > have read here of people having surgery redone and I thought

surely

> > all the problems I have had could be fixed orthodontically.

Well,

> it

> > ain't so. They advanced me too much and now the lower and upper

> are

> > not matching, despite all the elastics pulling on the teeth. My

> chin

> > needs to be done too. I am on Zanax and I'm still a nervous

> wreck.

> > I cannot believe this. , HELP!!!!!

[Guest guest]

,

I am devastated for you! I know it has happened to some people here, but that

must seem like no consolation to you right now. I wish I could say something to

make this easier for you. Please know that my thoughts are with you and that

you have people here who'll support you in whatever ways we can.

Sharon

Re: worst nightmare come true,

surgery redo

I'm (sorry for making look like susan wrote it, oops! My

nerves are little frayed!). had to have surgery twice, too.

So I was asking for her help! I am 11 weeks post op. They knew all

along they screwed up and just didn't want to tell me. I would MUCH

rather them have told me my first visit post op when they realized

the mistake because I would have had it redone right then and there.

As it is, I am just beginning to eat normally again and the puffiness

is just going away and BAM! They slam me with this crap? I CANNOT

believe it! And this is the University of Florida for Pete's sake.

The best in the state! I am so disappointed and heartbroken and sick

and I cannot stand it.

> > Oh my God! My surgeon said the words I have feared the most!

She

> > admitted that my maxilla was brought forward to far and that I

need

> > to have the surgery redone. I am still in shock. All the posts

I

> > have read here of people having surgery redone and I thought

surely

> > all the problems I have had could be fixed orthodontically.

Well,

> it

> > ain't so. They advanced me too much and now the lower and upper

> are

> > not matching, despite all the elastics pulling on the teeth. My

> chin

> > needs to be done too. I am on Zanax and I'm still a nervous

> wreck.

> > I cannot believe this. , HELP!!!!!

[Guest guest]

,

I am SOO sorry to hear that. How awful. I don;t know what to say

except that this is a great group of supportive people who are here

for you!

Eileen

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I don't know of a here who's had a second surgery. I said I

would do it over if I had to, but ....

I do have a friend who has to have her surgery redone due to relapse.

I know how upset and angry she was about it. She's gone to a new

ortho, but the same surgeon again (he was mine and I'd give him a

second chance too), and she is now resigned to getting it done and

over with. She was even out of braces when she got the news. Somehow

she knew something wasn't right - she was in a lot of pain.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I feel for you. This is a

difficult time, but as Irish says, the second time around can be

easier as you know the drill. It's just having to put up with the

numbness and crap for longer when you'd hoped to be putting it behind

you. You can never predict when you're gonna be done with this stuff!

Hang in there, whine anytime.

> Oh my God! My surgeon said the words I have feared the most! She

> admitted that my maxilla was brought forward to far and that I need

> to have the surgery redone. I am still in shock. All the posts I

> have read here of people having surgery redone and I thought surely

> all the problems I have had could be fixed orthodontically. Well,

it

> ain't so. They advanced me too much and now the lower and upper

are

> not matching, despite all the elastics pulling on the teeth. My

chin

> needs to be done too. I am on Zanax and I'm still a nervous

wreck.

> I cannot believe this. , HELP!!!!!

[Guest guest]

You're right, I was thinking of Irish that had it redone but I knew

you were very knowledgeable so I was thinking your name. Irish is

who I meant. I know she understands what I'm going through. I am

just at a loss. The problem is, my surgeon knew when she took my

splint out at day 5 post-op that they screwed up. If she had only

told me then, I would have said let's get right back up to the

hospital and redo this right now! Instead, they get me this far

through all the pain and torture not eating and all the swelling (I

still have a ton) and now I have to do this all over again? She

tells me the " maxillary register " (whatever that is) was " off " when

they measured before the surgery because I was not in a completely

relaxed position. Shouldn't they have known that could happen?

These are top-notch, University surgeons. I just can't mentally cope

with this again. I had to take Zanax to sleep last night. How do

these people who have redos deal with it? I don't know if I can!

Thanks for understanding . You're a good person to know.

> > Oh my God! My surgeon said the words I have feared the most!

She

> > admitted that my maxilla was brought forward to far and that I

need

> > to have the surgery redone. I am still in shock. All the posts

I

> > have read here of people having surgery redone and I thought

surely

> > all the problems I have had could be fixed orthodontically.

Well,

> it

> > ain't so. They advanced me too much and now the lower and upper

> are

> > not matching, despite all the elastics pulling on the teeth. My

> chin

> > needs to be done too. I am on Zanax and I'm still a nervous

> wreck.

> > I cannot believe this. , HELP!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Well, I wonder if they would have wheeled you back to the surgery at

5 days post-op. I don't recall hearing of a re-do being done that

quickly. Personally I'd want to get over that first week or two at

least before entertaining another surgery. Your body is weak, and it

needs to rest up to go at it again.

I can't say how you get through this as I haven't been in your

position. Let the anger flow through you. Don't keep replaying what-

ifs in your mind, or try to blame anyone. Sh*t happens to the nicest

people, unfortunately it picked you this time around. Start to

prepare again and try to focus on that end result if you can.