Time off

I was called a couple of days ago and was told I would be off for three weeks total. My surgery is on April 6th and I can return to work on April 26th. That is a bit longer than I expected, but I guess its best that I heal completely before returning. I work at the front desk for Human Resources, I talk to people all day long, so maybe its best. All I know is that it's really gonna suck when I have to come back to work with that huge gap AND the expander! ugh! I hope I can speak clearly. That's all the updates I have for now.

SARPE SURGERY DATE

Hello!


Coming with an exciting update! Going to break down the entire schedule.


March 25th - Separators placed between my teeth and discussing financials.
March 28th - Molds for the expander
March 31st - Pre op with Dr. Bell
April 5th - Expander is placed in
April 6th - SURGERY!!


I was honestly so surprised that it was this soon. I had been thinking that because he does so many of these surgeries I would be on a waitlist of some sort, but honestly I'm really happy that its coming soon.The surgery coordinator told me that I only have a co pay of $15, and if I end up staying over night, I don't pay anything! I've also scheduled my post op appointments for April, 14, and April, 21 with Dr. Bell. Now I have to sit down with our leaves coordinator here at work to see how I will be taking time off.  Geeze I love my insurance. I am so blessed to be in the job I am in, and have such an amazing boss and co workers. Everyone is being so supportive. I'm excited/nervous. I will come with more updates as soon as I get more information.

Got a call

Good morning,


My orthodontist called and gave me the go ahead to schedule my appointment with my oral surgeon. She told me that I will need to get 3 things done before the surgery. The first week I will have to get my separators placed between my teeth to make room for the expander. The second week I will get molds taken so that they can send it to a place where they can make the appliance. The third week I will have to get the expander placed in my mouth. The week after that I should be getting my surgery. That's the timeline she gave me, and I'm super happy that I only have to wear that expander for about a week before surgery. I called Kaiser, and apparently his notes said that I had to get the expander and then I could schedule an appointment. Obviously I need to have the surgery date first so that I can then schedule my appointments for the expander to be put in. I am now waiting on Dr. Bell to get this message so that he can put in a request with the surgery appointment center. I should be receiving a call from the appointment center to schedule it. Hurry up Dr. Bell! I'm really impatient.

SARPE

Hello, coming with an update. I had my appointment with my oral surgeon on February 1, 2017. Before I headed to the office I had to stop by my Orthodontist office in corona to pick up my records. My boyfriend came with me and I was really happy he did, I was a bit nervous for some reason. Got in the office with Dr. Bell, he looked at all of the X-rays, pictures, and molds. After he did that, he explained to me that my pallet was too narrow and that he would have to do a preliminary surgery to widen it. This is what I was dreading to be honest. I was hoping that my pallet would be at a good width so that he could throw that in while he performed my double jaw surgery. I was a bit frustrated by this news, because this meant that obviously the process was going to be a heck of a lot longer. He explained that I would have to get an expander placed on by my orthodontist, and then after a couple weeks he would do the surgery. He also told me that I would have a HUGE GAP between my two front teeth following the surgery. When I say huge, I'm talkin 10 mm HUGE!. My boyfriend couldn't help but laugh, but honestly I was laughing too. I could already hear the jokes that David would be making about my san andreas fault. I would have that gap for at least 3-4 months, and then get my braces on. Geeze this is a lot to take in, but I'm in that mind set of just getting it done. The end result is what's keeping me going. I don't know why but I always blank on questions that I should be asking, so naturally I started thinking of all my questions after I left. I had no idea if I would be covered fully for this surgery, so I've been super stressed about it. That's one of the questions I should have asked!I called Kaiser, and they were able to transfer me to the Head/Neck surgery department. I spoke with one of the ladies and she told me that she was waiting for Dr. Bell to send the letter to my ortho about what will be taking place. I also asked her how it will work coverage wise and she told me that this surgery is completely covered under my plan. I was instantly relieved! She told me that once Dr. Bell and Dr. Kawata are in agreement she will then call me to set up my surgery date! EEEK!