moving away -will it affect treatment

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#1 Post by **ema27** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:26 am

hi i am 14 months in to treatment and due surgery within a couple of months all on the NHS.Any how me and my husband and 3 kids in tow are thinking of moving away from the area i live now.I am worried that if i move will my treatment will start from the beginning so to speak...As any of you NHS people may know waiting lists are a pain and im just worried that ill be put on the bottom of the pile if i move...
Any one else moved countys whilst in treatment

#2 Post by **BallPointPen** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:33 am

How far away are you moving? It might be possible to stay with your current ortho as appointments are quite far apart, and just have the surgery at a hospital near to where you are moving to.

I live in Nottingham for university but I still travel home to Manchester once a month or so to see my ortho.

#3 Post by **ema27** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:07 am

we are moving about 2 hours away-but my husband works long hours and i cant drive so i dont think commuting back would benefit me as train times arent that regular..Plus i would have to get back for the kids to geyt them from school

#4 Post by **BraceUrself** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:36 pm

Well I had the same question & now that I have moved, I can answer it-Yes you will more than likely have to start paying again-I had my braces, retainers etc all paid off for a few months & now that we have moved, I am kind of back at square 1 paying $2000 more!

#5 Post by **Neva** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:29 pm

I have no idea about NHS, but the big thing that happened to me, aside from the money issue, was that my new orthodontist (as well as another I just did a consult with) both came to the conclusion that there were serious problems with the way the old one was doing things, so I ended up with much longer than I expected. Since each orthodontist may do things slightly differently, I would expect that small differences in time estimates and changes in treatment plans are probably common.

#6 Post by **Pixel Witch** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:08 pm

Maybe your ortho could work your appointments around your kids and the train?

I've been driving 4 hours round trip since November (and I'll have to do it for another year and some change) because it would have been too huge of an expense to move Orthos, and I am quite comfortable with mine and didn't want to switch.

The office is VERY good about working around my work/school schedule and at a time that I will be driving in minimal traffic so the trip isn't even longer, and I'm very grateful

I go to school, then pop down to the ortho, come home and work and then have plenty of time to get dinner started

#7 Post by **ema27** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:29 am

thanks for the replys-meryaten i should just ask the ortho your right-but after 14 months he finally makes an effort with his conversation-if i mention this too early then his conversation skills will go back to stage 1!!LOL.
I Am hoping not to move before the surgery so im hoping that it wont make much difference to the overall treatment time.It all depends on how long it takes to sell and buy another house..