mikeg

im back home now and recovering well. Ill post more later.

Ok, my surgery is in about 2 weeks.

I recently had to give blood... not too bad.

I had the surgical hooks put in today... Not bad either, took about an hour to get everything in place.

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Now with 2 weeks left, I have a pre-op appointment with a general doctor to do basic health check and then next week I have a pre-op with the surgeon.

In the meantime I am going to try to pack on about 5 to 10 pounds. ...

Was out on the golf course yesterday and got an email from the Surgeons ofice that I have date set for the end of November. I'm sure I looked as if I saw a ghost at that point! I guess this is really going to happen

Quite a bit of prep to get ready by then.

I have to give blood, get the surgical hooks placed, and then see the suregon for a pre-surgery workup.

I'm going to make a video soon and post up some pictures...

Well my spaces finally closed on the bottom row. I didn't think they ever would, as when one would close anotehr would open... The ortho used a different wire this time to get the job done and it worked.

So I have an appointment next week with ortho and surgeon. I expect I'll get a date. Not sure if the ortho still has minor tweaks to make or not, but I'm ready to get this over with.

I'm actually getting quick sick of the braces and would like to get them off sometime ...

I have a stubborn space on the bottom that needs to close before I can get a date for the surgery... Been a long time for this space.. when they close it, a new space opens, so I'm hoping the next appointment will be the final adjustment...

Otherwise, nothing new to report...

Here's a random pic of me fishing

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Well, the spaces on my bottom teeth are finally closing and I'd say I'm about 6 weeks or so out to surgery for my bite....

I have to meet with the surgeon soon to do another set of molds , xrays, etc.

Kind of excited to get it over with, but still nervous, especially about the liquid diet... I dont want to lose too much weight, so I may eat eat eat the couple weeks before to put on 5 or 10, which is hard for me.. I'm about 5'10 173 as I write this and work out. ...

Had an adjustment yesterday in which the ortho changed out the powerchain on the bottom.

I'm still wearing the elastics 24/7. We just need a few spaces on the bottom to close before I can do the surgery for my underbite.

I'll be away for most of the month of May for my Sisters wedding, so when I get back I expect to have a date for surgery sometime in June.

Here's a pic I just snapped on my Mac. You can see the spaces on the bottom and my lower jaw ...

Well, my ortho did molds on the appointment earlier this week and reviewed them today to see that he wanted me back in the office and wearing rubber bands full time.

I expect my bite to get even worse, but spaces to close... this will have me ready for surgery hopefully end of may or beginning of June..

The rubber bands aren't so bad, and you can hardly see them when I talk...

I have a date tonight... hope I remember to take them out way before we ...

Had an adjustment this morning. My doc took 2 brackets off the bottom and repositioned them.

Still have some spaces on my lower teeth to close before I can be given the go ahead on surgery...

I'm def feeling the pain here a few hours later, which is a good thing... I really want to see the spaces close already as it seems I have seen any real movement in a couple months...

Closing in on my 8th month.... and I can say it has really gone by quick so ...

Had an appointment to see my surgeon today. Always a pleasure stopping by his office. Took my dad since he is pretty curious about this procedure I'm having done and he is retired (bored).

He took a quick look at my teeth and we still have to close up some spaces. He is going to talk to my ortho next week.

I have to either have the surgery in April or after May 22 (my sisters wedding). I'm not rushing it all, so we will see how these spaces play out...
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Had an adjustment today in which he added more torque to the wire to help tip the molars in.

We also added power bands to top and bottom to close spaces, in which I still have some good spaces on my bottom teeth.

My surgeon wants to see me in 2 weeks and start getting things in process and maybe set a date. Pretty excited that we are on track, as they told me surgery would be around 8 to 10 months from the start. I have my sisters wedding in May, so I may have ...

Had an adjustment this morning. We are trying to accomplish 2 things right now: Close Spaces and Bring The Teeth Into The Arch

I still have some decent spaces in my lowers. And my uppers are torqued outwards from previous treatment of the palatal expander.

So the ortho did some modifications to the archwire to torque the teeth back to where they were. Unfortunately this is the slow part of the treatment...

I'll update with some pictures on my next ...

Not too much to report. Still waiting for some of the gaps to close, but I noticed they are closing slowly. I've been doing a lot of fishing (for anyone who cares) and working. My next adjustment appointment isn't until Jan 2011.

Here are some pics:

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Taken Today:

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Here is an update with pictures... As you can see my teeth and bite have gotten worse as expected. In order to get all teeth straight and within the arch, the ortho does not focus so much on the bite, rather getting ready for surgery. My last ortho tried to hide the underbite I have by forcing teeth in directions they didn't want to go, so my current ortho is lining them up correctly as they should be... So i expect to develop even more of an underbite over the next couple months. I should ...

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Had my adjustment today.... My wire was upgraded and powerchain was put on the bottom front teeth in order to close some gaps. otherwise, not much to report. My bite has gotten a bit worse, but this was expected.

I'll post some pictures in about 2 weeks.

My next appointment isn't until Jan 2011. I'll be 6 months in then! its going by pretty fast