good suggestions on scheduling

[Guest guest]

All that Dammit says reflects my experience pretty well, too.

I would suggest that you try to plan in plenty of advance time,

especially since you don't know what you'll need, as well as for

surgeon availability. I'm an old broad, and had given evidence of a

very, very minor heart murmur, as well as some noise in the carotids.

My surgeon didn't care whether I had another echostudy of the heart

(although my internist thought it wise) and my surgeon absolutely

wanted to have another echostudy of the carotids, because he didn't

want to turn my head one way or another and cut off the flow. It was

all fine, and easily scheduled, but it did take some time to get done.

(In actuality, I had no problems, and the carotid clutter seems to

have vanished, post op! A side benefit!)

Cammie

> > Hello all.

> >

> > I think I'm getting close to my sugery date. MY Ortho said that

he

> > just needs to close up the bottom gaps in my teeth, and that

would

> be

> > 8-12 weeks. My next OS visit is in 8 weeks. I was told my

surgery

> > would be in 'June', but I was hopeing it would be earlier. So,

> what

> > I'm wondering is, in 8 weeks after I see my OS, and he thinks my

> > teeth are closed and I'm ready for surgery, how much longer will

it

> > be after that?

> >

> > I mean, I think I'll need models made again by my OS. But what

> other

> > steps will I have to take? Blood tests? Other visits to

places?

> > Will I be taking a lot of breaks from work to make Doctor

> > appointments up until my surgery (like all through May?)

> >

> > I just want to get an idea of what I'll be doing up until

surgery --

>

> > I've read enough about how I'll feel AFTER surgery, that's for

> > sure! :-)

> >

> > Thanks everyone!

> > -Blake