Update- Latest Ortho Appt.

My ortho appt today was basically just a records update; photos of face front on and profile, then mouth; molds; x ray (cephalometric, which is one of your whole skull and neck, and sort tissue so the surgeon/ortho can see your profile as well as the jaw. oo-er)

To start with though, my ortho also filed/sanded down my back two molars. I found it tickled more than anything else, but I tried not to laugh in case her hand slipped and she drilled a hole in my face of something! I think it's the noise of dental drills, files, etc that 'the people' seem to hate, but it's not too bad really. I think if you had a fear of the dentist prior to having orthognathic work and surgery, you won't once you're finished that's for sure!

So,
Photos- bad. I looked a bit of a scruff today (or greb, as a Yorkshireman/woman like me would say. My old favourite saying used to be swamp donkey, but apparantly that means a fat ugly woman at a club trying it on....anyway what am I talking about...)

Molds- simple. I thought would be annoying with the braces but it wasn't at all. All she did was just put on a long strip of wax (pretty much) over the archwire, and bob's your uncle.

Then I went for the cephalomatric X ray. I have problems with my ears and wax build-ups (yuck, I know) though, so my ears are actually a bit sore now from the pressure of the things they put in your ears. And why do Radiologists take so long to actually take the X ray. He had me bite down and hold then, then went on adjusting everything; moving my hair, adjusting the neck brace thing- now my bite is practically non-existent, so trying to hold it for a period of time just doesn't work! My teeth start to grind a bit, and my mandible slips. So I open my mouth again. Then he tells me off. So I laugh. Then he tells me off for laughing. Honestly, if you get on with it then I'll be fine! It's like holding a smile for a photographer who is taking their time...

So, then I asked her would I be ready for surgery in December.

Answer: Yes, however my new surgeon is a specialist in oral cancer, so if I get a date it may have to be cancelled if he is needed elsewhere to do his specialist surgeries. They're trying to change how the waiting lists work so as to reduce cancellations, but that doesn't exactly help me.

So I may get the surgery in December. But equally I may not. Then I'm looking as Easter. Christmas would really be the best thing- one because I have a long break from uni to recover, and two, because well, the sooner the better! I think my ortho realises I'm really hoping for December, so she'll do what she can.

My next appt is in a month exactly, and according to the plan, I'm having a clinic with my surgeon either in Oct or Nov, but for now I don't know the exact date because at first the secratary said the first available opening to see him was January, so it better bloody not be! My ortho's working round it!

So perhaps good news? Perhaps not....will just have to hope I get lucky

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