Awwwwwww ouch
The assistant just haaad to say something, huh? But I guess she just meant that you should be out of braces soon, and unless they want to keep trying to close that gap, I bet she's right.
Your surgeon just now noticed you have a small jaw after he cut you open and visually inspected it?
That's awesome that you had your 1-year appointment! I haven't called in to schedule one. As far as I know, my surgeon didn't recommend it, nor did she recommend coming back in at 3 years post-op. I think I'll take it upon myself tho, if only to discuss the bony ridge thing, the kinda lopsided swelling, and maybe what the deal with my chin would be if I decided to get it straightened. She mentioned that my chin, while much straighter than it was before, is still a little crooked. She said it looks fine because my nose is also crooked (Yay! There's something to be said for consistency!
). BUT if I had my nose done, maybe I'd want my chin straightened. I'd be concerned about significant additional risk of permanent numbness tho. It seems to me like people who had the chin moved twice almost always have worse permanent numbness the second time around. That's a good argument for just leaving things be
Talk about adding insult to injury!
but my SIL said she was surprised there was such a big emotional side of the surgery. It is sort of all-consuming and I don't think any of us are out of the woods yet.
