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I've never had any kind of surgery so I'm pretty terrified so I just want it over and done with but I know it's not gonna be anytime soon!

I think I'll probably get used to the idea as it gets nearer, sounds like I have a good couple of years to come to terms with it! Lol

Good luck! Enjoy the journey, 1 year will fly past

Hello I'm sure you will start seeing improvements really soon. Hope you have a speedy and painless journey

Hi, I am also in my twenties and will be braced up within the next year hopefully

Just read through this thread and wow, I can't believe I'm actually not alone in feeling like this. Like most of you, my jaw placements and teeth/lip incompetence have been the BANE of my life. There's not a single day I don't think about it/feel self conscious about them. Yet my parents whenever I'...

Thanks guys :) I'm in south east London/kent, although I have been referred to Darent Valley hospital rather than one of the London ones. I'm hoping this won't mean I have to wait longer, are the waiting lists the pretty much the same everywhere does anyone know? So glad I'm not the only one going t...

Hi everyone So I'm at the very, veryyyy(!) beginning of my journey. I have a referral to the ortho/jaw surgery section of the hospital where I will hopefully be treated at. I have had ortho previously as a teen (which failed due to severity of case & really needing the surgery) but turned down t...