I am my ortho's hero !
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:58 am
When I got braced over 3 months ago, my ortho was wondering if I would need surgery or not (SARPE and/or LeFort I osteotomy). I was very much in favor of surgery if it could speed up the process. While discussing the options, he happened to tell me that a few years back, he treated two sisters who had ortho problems similar to mine. One of them he treated with ortho and surgery, but the second one refused surgery and therefore had only ortho. He told me he was upset at her then, because he thought she was wrong to refuse the surgery. Anyway, he mentioned that he would love to seem both of them again, to see how their teeth had evolved, and it would also help him come up with a decision for my own case. Unfortunately, he treated several years ago. Since then, they have relocated and has not been able to retrace them.
I offered to try and find them myself. He agreed to give me their names. His secretary was very dubious, and I must say I was too when I got their names. It's a very, very common name here in Canada. So I just gave up before even starting. But after a few weeks, I thought I'd give it a shot, what had I got to lose ? So I went on the online phonebook and typed all people by this name, in my city only there are more than 250!
I started calling the numbers, and after about 120 calls, I found a person who said she had nieces with these names, but not their numbers, and they lived in the outside of the city, and there are many suburbs. To make a long story short, about 20 or so calls later, I found the one who did not have surgery ! Needless to say I was thrilled ! She was very nice, said she was very happy with her treatment and sent me pictures, and indeed she has a gorgeous smile. She gladly agreed for the ortho to contact her and see her again if needed. Thumbs up to her !
So at my next appointment, I brought the pictures to my ortho. He didn't click immediately, because, as I then found out, he has treated those two sisters 28 years ago ! And I thought it was only about ten years ! Had I known, I wouldn't have even bothered to look, as it would have been looking for a needle in a haystack !
Anyway, the ortho said I made his day. He said : "You are like me, you never give up, you are a winner!" The whole office staff couldn't believe it. Guess I earned some VIP status there by now
I offered to try and find them myself. He agreed to give me their names. His secretary was very dubious, and I must say I was too when I got their names. It's a very, very common name here in Canada. So I just gave up before even starting. But after a few weeks, I thought I'd give it a shot, what had I got to lose ? So I went on the online phonebook and typed all people by this name, in my city only there are more than 250!
I started calling the numbers, and after about 120 calls, I found a person who said she had nieces with these names, but not their numbers, and they lived in the outside of the city, and there are many suburbs. To make a long story short, about 20 or so calls later, I found the one who did not have surgery ! Needless to say I was thrilled ! She was very nice, said she was very happy with her treatment and sent me pictures, and indeed she has a gorgeous smile. She gladly agreed for the ortho to contact her and see her again if needed. Thumbs up to her !
So at my next appointment, I brought the pictures to my ortho. He didn't click immediately, because, as I then found out, he has treated those two sisters 28 years ago ! And I thought it was only about ten years ! Had I known, I wouldn't have even bothered to look, as it would have been looking for a needle in a haystack !
Anyway, the ortho said I made his day. He said : "You are like me, you never give up, you are a winner!" The whole office staff couldn't believe it. Guess I earned some VIP status there by now
