Re: Surgery POSTPONED

[Guest guest]

,

That's REALLY rotten. The waiting is terrible..... But if this will get you

the best result

you should do it. Come and whine to us whenever you are feeling too down about

it,

and you'll be sure to get some sympathy because we've all had to count the days

until

we were on the other side.

Luck,

shazzypupp

> My surgery that was scheduled for December 31st has been postponed

> for " March or 3-4 months or May or June. " My husband blurted

> out " May or June doesn't work for me because I can't take time off. "

> It all about him

>

> My OS postponed the surgery because of the " cant " (slightly slanted

> lower jaw) issue. My ortho, my husband, and I don't want my upper

> jaw seated with the lower jaw that is slanted. My ortho said that

> my OS is the best and can make the upper straight instead of seating

> with the slanted lower jaw and that he (ortho) would fine tune

> the " cant " after surgery. My OS wants my ortho to work on

> eliminating the " cant " by using rubber bands, buttons, etc. before

> surgery. My OS said that the " cant " wouldn't be that noticeable and

> it wouldn't hurt my joints, but since I'm hesitant he won't do the

> surgery at this time. He also said that if I have surgery before the

> ortho's fine tuning that no one will be happy with the results,

> especially him so the surgery is postponed until my " cant " is gone

> (or as gone as it can be since I'm " 33 and not 17 " - as per my OS).

>

> My secondary insurance approved through 2003. I hope my husband's

> employer doesn't revise the policy/plan for 2004 because I only want

> to pay $100, not $20K+.

>

> Now I am stuck with hooks and wires until Monday because my ortho is

> on Christmas vacation this week. Bummer! I can't wait to get these

> hooks off. I also have a zip-n-squeeze hospital kit (10-pk) that

> won't be used for several months. Oh well... that's life.

>

> ~