Guest guest Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Hi Cammie, thanks for your good wishes, - course you can stick your nose in! - I'm from Godalming in Surrey, having surgery at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. I have an overjet so was originally just having lower jaw advancement. Developments since seeing the surgeon have now put me on the road to upper jaw as well to ensure complete lip competence as I apparently show more gum and teeth than is the norm. What I have been told about the op is that it should take about an hour and a half, with an overnight stay. He has told me that breathing through the nose will be a problem for a while and that is born out by many of the posts on here. I am a bit worried about that but will just cross that hurdle when I get to it! Apparently I won't be wired but will have a splint on the upper teeth for about 2 weeks. I have to see my ortho soon to have surgical wires fitted. I'm not hundred percent sure what they are - must look on net to find a picture! I'm a full time mum with 15 and 10 yr old girls who fortunately are old enough to do most things for themselves so that should make after care a bit easier. However, I do have a pretty squeamish husband - I'm going to sit him down to have a look at some before and after pictures on the net so that he knows what to expect! My mum has volunteered to come down and help. But to tell you the truth I am not sure if I will be that incapacitated. I had ovarian surgery in September and definitely needed some help because impaired mobility is the biggest drawback there. I do see this as a bigger hurdle than any previous surgery I've had, firstly because it is elective and secondly because I've never broken bones or had anything skeletal done before. Through reading this forum over that past two years I know pretty well what to expect but the reality won't kick in until the time I wake from surgery! Re - age for surgery - Fiddlesticks is right in saying that growth needs to have stopped. Coincidentally my next door neighbour's son had lower jaw reduction but continued to grow a bit afterwards. - where are you from? Best wishes Sue (UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Thanks for the info. I am from Scotland, and go to the Edinburgh Dental Institute. I suppose I will be having surgery soon, as I do seem to have stopped growing. The only thing that will stop it happening soon, as in this year, is the fact that my fixed braces where taken off, and i have a retainer. Why they did this I dont know. I am going to be getting fixed braces on agian soon, I think. But my last appointment was int Dec. and they said that they would send me out a letter for an appointment in 3 months time, but it has been over 2 months and I havnt heard anything. I also dont want to get fixed braces on before my 6th year ball, I can cope with havign a retainer for it. Do you know where about Kat is from? Rach > Hi > > Cammie, thanks for your good wishes, - course you can stick your > nose in! > > - I'm from Godalming in Surrey, having surgery at the Royal > Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. > > I have an overjet so was originally just having lower jaw > advancement. Developments since seeing the surgeon have now put me > on the road to upper jaw as well to ensure complete lip competence > as I apparently show more gum and teeth than is the norm. > > What I have been told about the op is that it should take about an > hour and a half, with an overnight stay. He has told me that > breathing through the nose will be a problem for a while and that is > born out by many of the posts on here. I am a bit worried about > that but will just cross that hurdle when I get to it! > > Apparently I won't be wired but will have a splint on the upper > teeth for about 2 weeks. > > I have to see my ortho soon to have surgical wires fitted. I'm not > hundred percent sure what they are - must look on net to find a > picture! > > I'm a full time mum with 15 and 10 yr old girls who fortunately are > old enough to do most things for themselves so that should make > after care a bit easier. However, I do have a pretty squeamish > husband - I'm going to sit him down to have a look at some before > and after pictures on the net so that he knows what to expect! My > mum has volunteered to come down and help. But to tell you the truth > I am not sure if I will be that incapacitated. I had ovarian > surgery in September and definitely needed some help because > impaired mobility is the biggest drawback there. > > I do see this as a bigger hurdle than any previous surgery I've had, > firstly because it is elective and secondly because I've never > broken bones or had anything skeletal done before. Through reading > this forum over that past two years I know pretty well what to > expect but the reality won't kick in until the time I wake from > surgery! > > Re - age for surgery - Fiddlesticks is right in saying that > growth needs to have stopped. Coincidentally my next door > neighbour's son had lower jaw reduction but continued to grow a bit > afterwards. > > > - where are you from? > > Best wishes > Sue (UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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