Re: surgery date!! 18 March

[Guest guest]

> I just heard my surgery date today! It's March 18th 2004 (any

> surgery buddies??

Congratulations on getting your date, Nathalie, I'm sure everything

will go smoothly for you.

Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Congrats on getting a surgery date. I'm not a surgery buddy, but

I'll be just past my one year post-op anniversary when you have your

surgery. I found that once I had my surgery date, waiting was really

tough. I hope the time passes quickly for you!

> I just heard my surgery date today! It's March 18th 2004 (any

> surgery buddies??).

> I'm going to have a SARPE and lower advancement done in one time

(!)

> which I never expected.

>

> I think I'm one of the few that are going to be in braces for less

> than one month, then have both surgeries and after that my ortho's

> going to adjust my teeth and expand my palate (normally the ortho

> adjusts the teeth first and you have the SARPE and then after about

> a year, you have the jaw surgery). We decided on going this way

> because my surgeon suggested it today (I didn't even know that that

> was possible!) . It will save me the trip of going to Venezuela

> twice. I am excited and a little nervous but I trust my surgeon Dr.

> Guerrero, who is 'one of the foremost authorities of distraction

> osteogenesis (like SARPE)'.

> http://www.atlantaoralsurgery.com/atlanta/Procedure/distraction/

> I'm so glad I will get it all 'over with' so quickly and I don't

> have time to get completely freaked out about it (well...I'll still

> freak out probably).

>

>

> Going at it this way will mean that my surgeon needs to make very

> accurate estimations on when my teeth will be when they are correct

> and it requires more work for my ortho because it requires more

fine

> tuning with bands.

>

> Nathalie

[Guest guest]

Congrats on getting a surgery date. I'm not a surgery buddy, but

I'll be just past my one year post-op anniversary when you have your

surgery. I found that once I had my surgery date, waiting was really

tough. I hope the time passes quickly for you!

> I just heard my surgery date today! It's March 18th 2004 (any

> surgery buddies??).

> I'm going to have a SARPE and lower advancement done in one time

(!)

> which I never expected.

>

> I think I'm one of the few that are going to be in braces for less

> than one month, then have both surgeries and after that my ortho's

> going to adjust my teeth and expand my palate (normally the ortho

> adjusts the teeth first and you have the SARPE and then after about

> a year, you have the jaw surgery). We decided on going this way

> because my surgeon suggested it today (I didn't even know that that

> was possible!) . It will save me the trip of going to Venezuela

> twice. I am excited and a little nervous but I trust my surgeon Dr.

> Guerrero, who is 'one of the foremost authorities of distraction

> osteogenesis (like SARPE)'.

> http://www.atlantaoralsurgery.com/atlanta/Procedure/distraction/

> I'm so glad I will get it all 'over with' so quickly and I don't

> have time to get completely freaked out about it (well...I'll still

> freak out probably).

>

>

> Going at it this way will mean that my surgeon needs to make very

> accurate estimations on when my teeth will be when they are correct

> and it requires more work for my ortho because it requires more

fine

> tuning with bands.

>

> Nathalie

[Guest guest]

Congrats on getting a surgery date. I'm not a surgery buddy, but

I'll be just past my one year post-op anniversary when you have your

surgery. I found that once I had my surgery date, waiting was really

tough. I hope the time passes quickly for you!

> I just heard my surgery date today! It's March 18th 2004 (any

> surgery buddies??).

> I'm going to have a SARPE and lower advancement done in one time

(!)

> which I never expected.

>

> I think I'm one of the few that are going to be in braces for less

> than one month, then have both surgeries and after that my ortho's

> going to adjust my teeth and expand my palate (normally the ortho

> adjusts the teeth first and you have the SARPE and then after about

> a year, you have the jaw surgery). We decided on going this way

> because my surgeon suggested it today (I didn't even know that that

> was possible!) . It will save me the trip of going to Venezuela

> twice. I am excited and a little nervous but I trust my surgeon Dr.

> Guerrero, who is 'one of the foremost authorities of distraction

> osteogenesis (like SARPE)'.

> http://www.atlantaoralsurgery.com/atlanta/Procedure/distraction/

> I'm so glad I will get it all 'over with' so quickly and I don't

> have time to get completely freaked out about it (well...I'll still

> freak out probably).

>

>

> Going at it this way will mean that my surgeon needs to make very

> accurate estimations on when my teeth will be when they are correct

> and it requires more work for my ortho because it requires more

fine

> tuning with bands.

>

> Nathalie