! Re: worst nightmare come true, surgery redo

[Guest guest]

I laughed so hard I cried! Your post was TOO funny! Ohhhh, how I

wish to get nasty with someone who is responsible for this mess

instead of getting nasty with my poor husband and kids! I do really

really like my surgeon. She is sweet and compassionate and she e-

mails me right back if I ask her a question (and BOY have I sent her

a lot of emails!) so I probably trust her and her alone to redo

surgery if I decide to do so. I believe she waived the original

surgeons fees because I have not received a bill for anything but

hospital stay, labs and anesthesia. I believe the surgery problems

came in the fact that UF is a teaching hospital and I was often

bounced between surgeons for pre-op work (measurements and molds).

She did not perform the measurements herself. The chief resident did

that. She also did not perform the surgery soley, but assisted the

chief resident (who conveniently opened up his own practice one week

after my surgery and I haven't seen him since!). Also, if it makes

you feel any better, my midlines were dead-on after surgery and are

now 1-2 mm off, depending on how my teeth are moving at the moment.

Right now, they are about 2mm off, last week about 1. It's

noticeable, but nothing like yours! Geez! I guess we all just have

such high hopes of having everything turn out perfect, and when it

doesn't, it's an unbelievable letdown. I mean, this is our facial

appearance for Pete's sake! Anyway, my ortho said to give the braces

and elastics another month or so and see how far they can pull the

teeth back before making a final decision. It really does help

knowing that someone else has been in my shoes and that you have come

out on the other side a much happier person. Thanks, Irish. You're

the best! M.

> > > > 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!!!!!