Hope you heard something about second interviews (or will soon), April! I've been thinking about 'ya :)

I saw my oral surgeon on Tues...I didn't really get to have a full consultation, though, because my ortho's office forgot to send my x-rays & molds...grrrrr! Oh well, they OS didn't charge me anything, at least. I have to go back on July 5th for the 'real' consult. Until then, he just gave me a general idea of what he thinks, based on looking at my mouth, talking to me, & looking at the one x-ray he did have. Definitely the wisdom teeth & baby tooth are coming out, & at the same time they'll 'expose' that adult tooth that is up there. They'll probably wait until after that to do the surgery to put in the expander for my upper jaw (he thought that adult tooth might be in the way up in there when they do the surgery). For that, it'll be outpatient surgery at St. Luke's (off work a week...yay!). Then, (although he didn't say exactly when...but probably not until I've had braces for a while) I'll need lower jaw surgery most likely. My jaw is asymmetrical & sort of rotated toward the right side (midline is off like 6mm). He showed me pictures of a guy that had pretty much the exact same thing & they fixed it. That guy had bad wearing on his teeth...I don't have that so much the OS said because my tongue is too big (!) & it doesn't fit in my narrow upper jaw....so, it sits in my lower jaw & kinda causes my teeth to flare out. That surgery would be an overnight stay at St Luke's, with possible (although not always done) jaw wired shut! (liquid diet for 4 weeks!)...and off work about 2 weeks.

Bye (since you're all probably tired of hearing about my mouth, esp. April, since I told her this story yesterday...although who knows if any of the rest of you are even reading this. April & I seem to be the only posters, & we see each other all the time! ahemmm...hint hint!)

Liz