Sorry that I have not been diligent on posting, just because I have been in a shitty mood after the past 2 adjustments. I went in for my 8th adjustment on Aug 1st. As you might remember, I had my molds done on the previous appointment.
The appointment already started on a very bad note, because I had to wait 30 minutes past my scheduled appointment time. Even after I had been called into the office, I had to wait another 15 minutes while the ortho pranced around the office, servicing multiple patients. Apparently, they were short-staffed, but why the hell did he even schedule the appointments so tight?! I grew impatient, but felt even more angry when my ortho told me that he is still studying my molds! Three whole weeks since I had my molds done. What the hell have he been doing for the past three weeks?! I had a very annoyed face and he sensed it right away. He then tried to cover his slack by saying that my teeth are not aligned at the very end and he needs to widen my upper teeth so they can fit better with my lower teeth. He then did some adjustments to the wire and put them back on. I told him that I was very disappointed that I am not ready to have surgery...at least to the point where I can call Kaiser for a surgery date. Why did he not freakin' realize that my upper jaw needs to be widen 3 weeks ago?! Or the previous 6 weeks ago? I begin to notice that my ortho is a money-grubber. He's super-nice to people when they come in for the initial visit. And once he wheeled new patients in, he spends like 2 seconds with them during the appointment. That's what's happening to me.
So, three weeks later, I went in for my 9th appointment on August 22. No wait this time, but no good news either. He looked at my teeth again for 2 seconds and did some manual adjustments to the wire before putting them back in. Not a single peep on my surgery or when the hell will I be ready! For the most part, I just want to freakin' plan a date. Kaiser needs about 6 months... what I don't want, is to have the ortho tell me one day that I am ready, but I have to wait for Kaiser for availability. That would suck so bad!! I know that's what's going to happen too! I will so pissed off!!
Next in store for me: Wait another 4 weeks, then get new molds done. Wait, wait, wait. I hate that word. I hate waiting. And great, another set of molds. Another potential barf session....
10th appointment: September 19, 2006.
