Finally! I have received an e-mail from the Orthodontist on Monday, 22 Jan 2018 (that's fast because I was informed that she will only be able to get back to me by earliest Wednesday!) about the discussion with my Surgeon.
Though the e-mail was sent on Monday but I only saw it this morning since I was quite busy with school and work for the past few days. The email started with a Good News! from the Orthodontist and it seems like there is a way to shorten my treatment which is definitely good news to me! :)
There is a file attached to the email which I have read but I don'quite understand how is the whole plan going to be executed so I can only find out on my next appointment with the Surgeon next week for more information. Can't wait for the next weekend to come already but first, let me enjoy this weekend while I do my assignments!
Adios!
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Saturday, January 20, 2018
A step closer.
Today, I am taking a step closer to change my smile (for life).
The Orthodontist had my x-rays taken from last week and since we had discussed about my issue before, I was only required to take a 3-Dimensional of my jaw and pictures of my teeth/jaw in various angles as well as how I smile + my side view etc. I had to retake the x-rays though, since the ones taken from last week was not clear enough for the Orthodontist.
The Orthodontist told me that she will have to discuss with my Surgeon and will only be able to let me know how do we proceed after their discussion but she told me that she would try to shorten my treatment process which I am really not hopeful since I had braces previously but we shall see again.
Can't really anticipate anything yet but maybe I will take this time to make myself 90 - 95% ready for this whole thing. The Orthodontist asked me if I am ready for this surgery and I told her that it's really impossible for me to be 100% ready for this thing since I kind of know what to expect but not really know what's going to happen to me. I don't think one will ever be 100% ready for anything and it's more of how much do you want to achieve something or if you are willing to step out of your comfort zone.
It will be another round of waiting again, but it's something I am willing to wait patiently for it :)
Saturday, January 13, 2018
The start of OMFS aka Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
It may be another Saturday to another person but today is the first step I am taking to change my life.
After much contemplation and research about jaw surgery, I have decided that I want to go ahead with the surgery after my 1st visit to the Surgeon (The one who will be operating) and Orthodontist (The one who will be helping me after the surgery is done) roughly about 4 years ago. I have actually wanted to give up on this idea because I can't bear to think about the pain that I have to go through and the amount of money it's going to cost me for this surgery.
I will describe my the 4 years I have lived in one sentence - "I am alive, but I am not living." Everyday I would go to work from home and back to home from work and I hardly go out on the weekends because mainly I don't like taking pictures (well, we all usually take a picture for keepsake after a meetup with our friends especially now that we all can't meet everyday since we are all working). There is an irony in my previous sentence because I do like taking pictures but I just don't like the way how I look in the pictures. Slowly, I lose my confidence day by day and I realize that I hardly look into people's eyes when they are trying to communicate with me and my head is always hanging down.
I have thought hard about it and decide that this surgery shall be my first step to my way of being confident. Obviously, people will think that I am just another vain person on Earth but if confidence is about coming from within yourself, all I will have to say is that the main source of my confidence is cut off.
There are also a few other reasons why I decided to go for this surgery as well:
1) I want to be able to speak, talk and sing properly.
2) I want to be able to put on bright, red lipstick.
3) I want to be able to smile and look nice in front of the camera and on the pictures.
4) I want to be able to use my front teeth to bite on an apple like that.
There are still many more reasons why I want to go ahead with this surgery but let's just stay with these 4 reasons first.
If you are/were not in the same situation as mine, then you will probably never understand why the list look like something I already have done before but I am just not doing it quite right.
Anyway, back to the topic. Since it was my second visit to the Surgeon's office, I really don't have much to ask but mainly about the surgery itself as well the financial matters (Obviously, duh). Also, x-rays were also taken and an appointment has been booked for next week with the Orthodontist to discuss things further.
The Surgeon told me that the process for my case will ideally be like this: Micro-implants | Braces | Surgery | Braces, and the whole thing will take about a year to complete if everything goes well as planned. Unfortunately, I will have to take a longer route because I already had braces before and this has sorta affected the surgery process since my teeth are already straight.
Shall wait for next week's visit to the Orthodontist before I can start to anticipate and share anything else.
Adios!
After much contemplation and research about jaw surgery, I have decided that I want to go ahead with the surgery after my 1st visit to the Surgeon (The one who will be operating) and Orthodontist (The one who will be helping me after the surgery is done) roughly about 4 years ago. I have actually wanted to give up on this idea because I can't bear to think about the pain that I have to go through and the amount of money it's going to cost me for this surgery.
I will describe my the 4 years I have lived in one sentence - "I am alive, but I am not living." Everyday I would go to work from home and back to home from work and I hardly go out on the weekends because mainly I don't like taking pictures (well, we all usually take a picture for keepsake after a meetup with our friends especially now that we all can't meet everyday since we are all working). There is an irony in my previous sentence because I do like taking pictures but I just don't like the way how I look in the pictures. Slowly, I lose my confidence day by day and I realize that I hardly look into people's eyes when they are trying to communicate with me and my head is always hanging down.
I have thought hard about it and decide that this surgery shall be my first step to my way of being confident. Obviously, people will think that I am just another vain person on Earth but if confidence is about coming from within yourself, all I will have to say is that the main source of my confidence is cut off.
There are also a few other reasons why I decided to go for this surgery as well:
1) I want to be able to speak, talk and sing properly.
2) I want to be able to put on bright, red lipstick.
3) I want to be able to smile and look nice in front of the camera and on the pictures.
4) I want to be able to use my front teeth to bite on an apple like that.
There are still many more reasons why I want to go ahead with this surgery but let's just stay with these 4 reasons first.
If you are/were not in the same situation as mine, then you will probably never understand why the list look like something I already have done before but I am just not doing it quite right.
Anyway, back to the topic. Since it was my second visit to the Surgeon's office, I really don't have much to ask but mainly about the surgery itself as well the financial matters (Obviously, duh). Also, x-rays were also taken and an appointment has been booked for next week with the Orthodontist to discuss things further.
The Surgeon told me that the process for my case will ideally be like this: Micro-implants | Braces | Surgery | Braces, and the whole thing will take about a year to complete if everything goes well as planned. Unfortunately, I will have to take a longer route because I already had braces before and this has sorta affected the surgery process since my teeth are already straight.
Shall wait for next week's visit to the Orthodontist before I can start to anticipate and share anything else.
Adios!
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