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When I came back to Serbia 7 months later to get my plates taken out the surgeon's assistant didn't even recognize me (this was partly because I had dyed my hair blonde). I actually think having my plates taken out was worse than the actual surgery because I only had local anesthesia injected. I ha...

Hey, I haven't posted in forever. I had my surgery in late December of 2009. I had an open bite and an asymmetric jaw. I was initially supposed to have both jaws done but the surgeon decided 2 days before the op that he would only operate on my lower jaw. I also had a genioplasty done. Interestingly...

I spoke to soon about my genio, I'm really liking my chin now. Had my first ortho appointment today. All he did was look at my bite and take pictures. I got a lot of compliments from the staf. He is waiting until next appointment to remove my surgical hooks.

A word of advice: get your surgery done outside of the country. Costa Rica is only $15,000 for double jaw, hospital stay, post op appointments, and stay.

I got my surgery done is Serbia for less than $6000 and it turned out really well.

This is absolutely awful. Good luck with everything and please keep us posted on how it went.

I felt the same way. I remember panicking because I couldn't feel my back teeth the first 5 or 6 days. The discomfort is pretty bad the first week or so but then it gets a lot better. Everyone heals at different rates so just be patient. If you still feel this way after 2-3 weeks then tell your surg...

Also I forgot to talk about my swelling. Right now I'm 19 days post op and it's ALMOST all gone. As far as feeling goes, I don't think it has improved much since my surgery. do get weird sensations every now and then on my chin. I can't open my mouth as wide as before yet. I can open it 2 and a half...

So to continue my experience...the second day was definitely worse than the first. I was able to drink some water on my own though. My throat hurt a lot, I found out later that was due to the anesthesia. The swelling was much worse on the second day and probably peaked on the 3rd. I have some pics o...

So I'm going back home on Sunday. To summarize my exerience. The first few days are awful but it quickly gets better. The 3rd day is probably the worst. I got half an hour of sleep between the 2nd and 3rd days. The discomfort is pretty bad. The day of the surgery wasn't bad. I checked in 2 and a hal...

Well I'm done with surgery. I don't have a lot of time to share my experience right now but I'll get out what I can. I had my surgery on Monday the 28th. I flew in on Saturday and I saw my OS for the first time the day before my surgery. I actually ended up only having to have my lower jaw done and ...

Sorry for all the typos btw.

Double jaw surgery. Even the $15000 at Costa Rica was a lot for my family to bear so we investigated other options. My family is actually Serbian so my father looked into me getting it done there. Both my aunt and uncle independently asked around for an OS. My aunt works at a hospital and one of her...

Finally I am getting it done!!! Initially I had an open bite, underbite, assymetric jaw but now it's just the assymetric jaw and the open bite that's the problem. I got my braces on September 22 and the after pics were taken a month ago. Before: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/88/ninitial52708.jp...

You have a long road ahead of you.

OK, so I have been reading about surgery in CS and I know several of you have had good experiences. My family however thinks it's really dangerous. However, I'm totally desperate and my stupid insurance will definitely not cover anything. My family can't afford to pay $40,000. I contacted the surgeo...