I've been reading a lot of people's blogs about their experiences with orthognathic surgery, in the lead up to my own, so I decided I might as well document my experiences.
I was born with an incomplete cleft palate - a 'hole' in the roof of my mouth, needing to be repaired by surgery at 3 & 6 months old. This lead to the past 18 years of work on my mouth. I have been seeing my orthodontist since I was 4, having 2 widening Plates, a face mask (in an attempt to fix my jaw which I am now having surgery on), Braces, and now the grand finale Orthognathic surgery - Upper Jaw surgery to fix a Prognathic Jaw.
SO, today I had my work up appointment with my doctor, 18 days to go until surgery! They did all the measuring of my face, my surgeon is very picky and exact - which is fantastic. I also got told what to expect after surgery, and we decided to take my 4 wisdom teeth out at the same time. I'm also going to give blood in case I need it in surgery - though it's highly unlikely.
I keep feeling like I should be scared, or worried, but to be honest I'm really excited! We first decided to go ahead with surgery at the very beginning of 2008, so it being so close is a bit unreal.
Here we go!
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