! Re: worst nightmare come true, surgery redo

[Guest guest]

Thank you Irish. I am crying as I read that and it does make me feel

better knowing that I am not the only one who " fell apart " when I got

the news. I have always thought how awful for you that they would

put you through that again and I have been grateful all along that I

didn't have to go through that. Just when I let my guard down, I get

this slap in the face. The worst part is, my surgeons are in

Gainesville Florida at the University of Florida, two hours from my

home in ville. I have been making these constant trips for

over a year now because I was told they were the best. My insurance

would pay for me to see surgeons here at UNF, but I was told the UF

surgeons were top-notch. So here I am, in Gainesville all by myself

yesterday and they throw this at me so I had no choice but to go sit

in my car for an hour to calm down enough to make the drive home. I

called my orthodontist immediately on my cell and he said come in

today to have a " private consult " (yes, I'm getting the private

treatment like you did in the " special room " ), which tells me he is

in agreement with my surgeon. Funny you would mention them taking

you in a private room! Honestly, how did you handle this emotionally

and mentally? The hardest part of this whole surgery for me has been

the emotional aspect of it. It has done a number on me

psychologically. And how did you feel about having your same surgeon

redo the surgery??? Thanks Irish. I know this is a lot of blabber,

but I'm just so devastated. Not to mention the $5000 my husband and

I had to pay for our insurance co-pay for this surgery crap! Thanks,

> > 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!!!!!