Date for surgery in October :´(

Finally, my orthodontist called me. I had been trying to get in touch with him for almost three weeks. I had left my phone number by the secretary 5 times. Wednesday, last week I got to talk to him, but he had forgotten my molds at his house, so he couldn´t give me a date before looking at them. I couldn't believe my ears. Then he said he would call sunday, which he did. But he had disappointing news. I am ready for surgery, but I can't get a surgery date before the 5 th of October. There are just no openings before that.

This means that I will have to wear these darn things for four extra months. I understand that surgeons go on holiday. I would understand if my teeth weren't ready. But I don't understand that this professor in Orthodontics can't schedule a surgery date at the hospital in time.

I wish that my regular orthodontist was in charge of my case instead of this lazy, absentminded professor. He is not the one, who has been preparing my teeth. He was supposed to call me three weeks ago. Morten, my regular orthodontist, had prepared everything and he said that I should get a surgery date in august, because I was ready. I hate this eternal waiting and not having control over anything. And all I can do is wait and live with the increasing pain in my jaw, which develops into headaches...

Waiting by the phone...

Time is too slow


for those who wait


too swift for those who fear


too long for those who grieve


too short for those who rejoyce


but for those who wear braces


time is eternity...


I am just waiting for my orthodontist to call and tell me, when I can have my surgery.

Upper jaw surgery too???

Well, there is only one thing I can count on, when it comes to braces and jaw surgery: "You can't count on anything".

Usually I feel in control of my life, but going through this, I just have to go with the flow. I had a check-up today, and the message was that I am almost ready for surgery but they are thinking about performing upper jaw surgery as well as the bilateral saggital split.

I don't know what to feel right now. I had gotten used to thinking about lower jaw surgery, and it didn't feel like a big thing, but adding an operation to the upper jaw is just making me nervous. What is it going to feel like? What about the pain and discomfort?

What is in a name?

I had a check-up with my orthodontist. They took some new molds, which almost made me vomit. I am just not good at opening my mouth high enough for them to get the molds out. My orthodontist said that things are going in the right direction. On my next appointment they will be taking pictures and preparing for the surgery. I asked him, what the technical term for my jaw surgery is, and he said that it's called a bilateral sagittal split. So that is what I am getting.

My next appointment is june 16. I know they won't book my surgery until after august 8. I asked them to wait because I am going to a wedding. It's one of my oldest and best friend and I could not bear to miss out on that. It is going to be a long braced summer...

One year in braces

Well, the one year mark for wearing braces approaches. It seems like time has just flown, and yet some how it also seems like it has taken forever.

I try not to think too much about wearing them, but I do. I feel them constantly. I don't want to bother my family and friends with my endless talk about the changes in my mouth or the discomfort of braces, but I find myself doing it all the time. They will make a sigh of relief when the surgery is over and I can start focusing on something else.

The comments about my brace-situation are some times hilarious. This little girl of four or five years old came up to me with her father. They had a question, which I began to answer. All of a sudden she spots my braces and says: "What is that in your mouth?" Her father kind of froze. I could feel him thinking about the worst case scenario she could say. I started explaining my situation and worried about her response. But all she said with the sweetest smile was: "That looks so cool. I want braces too". O what a cute little girl. For 10 seconds I felt good about myself. But then she returned and said: "Don't you think that I am nice for saying that?" Arrgh. All my illusions disappeared. Well, but she was sweet though. :-)

I am roadrunner - with braces

Found this on one of the other blogs and thought it was hilarius. I have just started running again to try and focus on something else than my braces and jawsurgery.

Operation in august

I went to the orthodontists yesterday. When I saw them in march I had gotten very disappointed. I was so confident that everything was proceeding according to schedule, which wasn't the case. The molds they had taken showed that my palate needed to be widend and they had to reposition my upper and lower teeth. The technician said that I might be ready for operation in september after the summer holidays. I litterally dropped my jaw and couldn't hide my disappointment. Initially they had said 1 year with braces, then operation followed by 6 months with braces. Mentally I wasn't prepared for 4 months extra. 4 months extra with this metal stuck in my mouth. It's getting increasingly worse to chew and eat, and I am starting to loose weight. Wonder what I will look like before the operation.

This time I didn't have my hopes up. It wasn't too hard. They just had to make minor adjustments to the braces. At the end of my visit they said that they would try to book a surgery date in august. So august it is.