Yes, that's a real word, and this is happening in less than two days from now. It's more or less a chin job. Not a simple implant, and not the intense jaw surgery requiring braces before and a wired-shut mouth after. It's the middle ground--they cut just the chin bone and slide the bottom forward a bit to add length both vertically and horizontally.
How did this happen? I really don't know. I do know that my "receding chin" has bothered me immensely for a very long time and though I have a pretty enough face, I hate most photos of myself--blah blah blah. Once I realized it could be corrected, I wanted to get it done as soon as possible. I had a consultation with a couple of surgeons to determine the best option for me in November, a follow-up for photos and more in-depth discussion about potential results with my surgeon in December, and went in for an xray in January. Surgery is scheduled for Feb. 13th. Ahhh!
I haven't had much time to get nervous or let my brain run rampant with horrible potential outcomes. I find this quite fortunate; however, as the big day is now upon me, I am thinking about it more and more. And in my searches online for patients' stories who underwent the same or similar procedures, I came up with very close to nothing. Lots of info on doctors/surgeons/hospital pages, but I wanted more perspective from the side I will soon be joining. So here I am writing this.
I hope to post before and after photos eventually, but for now, here is how the cost broke down. Note that my surgery is taking place at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and that I am paying for this myself and the surgery is not covered by insurance.
Consultation Fee: $85
Surgery: $3500 (pre-op, surgery, post-op)
Prescribed pain killers: $0, thanks to insurance
All in all, it's about what I was expecting going into this whole thing. The biggest pain so far has been the fact that the Cleveland Clinic is a monstrous hospital system which inevitably comes with some major inefficiencies. I've had to shuffle around MANY desks/offices to get everything done that was required, but hooray, that part is over!
More posts coming with how I've been "feeling" about it all, who I've told and why, and pics/details after surgery!
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