! Re: worst nightmare come true, surgery redo

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Thanks Cammie. My husband was making the trip down with me every

week for 6 weeks, but I've been going on my own the past month. I

called him and my orthodontist from the car. My orthodontist saw me

yesterday (during their lunch hour so I would have privacy from other

patients) and all of his technicians were in the " consult room " with

me too. They hugged me and prayed for me and they were just amazing

people. Dr. Carden said that he had been sick over the news, as he

knew it took me three months to make the decision to have surgery to

bein wtih, and even then I was relunctant. I wrote my surgeon an

email to which she responded that she thought in many ways my surgery

was a success. I guess it's a difference in gaging success. A

successful surgery in my opinion would have been one that had my

midlines straight and my bite corrected. I did not fully get that.

I have to live with that or have it redone. It will be a tough

decision to have any surgery done again, chin, upper or lower. I

don't know how Irish brought herself to do it again. She's brave.

Thanks for all your help Cammie. I appreciate your understanding.

> > 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,

> >

> >