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Oh, no doubt they have the skills in emergency wards in Sydney. I was thinking of a TV report that pointed out to the fact that even patients with severe chest pain (potential heart-attack patients), have to wait long hours before they are admitted. It's just that coming from Europe, these things ar...

I didn't know that withdrawing from my super is an option, but that's good to know - I might have to look into it, although hopefully I won't have to. Thanks for pointing it out! Singapore is a country I haven't considered, although it makes sense. Their GDP per capita is among the highest in the wo...

@twitBerry: thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into this one if I can find any further information. @Huggypillow: I'm not offended by any means, and thanks for your post. When I said "lack of medical professionals" I was referring to a reality in our country - attracting doctors and skil...

I found this ad for Arnett's courses where they say they (both of them) evaluated a total of over 10,000 patients for orthognathic surgery, and performed it on over 4,000. Can this be true? If they spend an hour on average with each patient on first visit, that's a hell lot of working hours only on ...

Thanks. Now that you've made some progress yourself as I can see from your blog, I may contact you from time to time with questions, if I do decide to see Gunson/Arnett. Just to know what to expect from 1st visit etc...I hope that's OK. Australia is a very small market as you know (about half of the...

Thanks for the link - I've come across their youtube videos. It's very hard to find any feedback at all from that doctor's patients (his name is Coceancig) - even a single review would be helpful. He operates in a smaller city in NSW (Newcastle), and for all I know those 4 patients or so he's showin...

Just a quick update - I made an appointment with an orthodontist from Sydney, who I've heard has some experience in surgical orthodontics. The first appointment, I was told, will be $460, none of this I can claim back through Medicare. The fee will include a 3D imaging, I was told. It will not be de...

Mommaerts appears to be surprisingly cheap if you take into account his impressive qualifications posted on the web site. Looks very promising to me. Thanks so much for giving me the link.

What a coincidence! The surgeon I've been talking about in Europe is precisely Hernandez Alfaro in Barcelona. His quote was a bit higher than I expected though, to be honest (over $20,000 for a single jaw + genioplasty if I go for it). Altogether, with travel costs and accommodation it would cost me...

I was hoping someone can help me, as I'm completely lost who to go to. For those of us that can only dream in this lifetime to see Gunson, do you know of anyone in Australia who does orthognathic surgery on adults on a regular basis (as opposed to 2 or 3 per year, mostly on children) and who underst...