Hello,
I'm trying to go through the process of my surgery, if it will happen.
I have to put in an appeal to my insurance company, Blue shield of CA. I know that this may happen a lot. It's still a shock. Does anyone have any experience in this?
I have a retrognathic mandible a jaw deformaty, which means my jaws grew down ward. I only found this out last month. I first went to my regular dr. with belching problems, swallowing air when I sleep or eat. She gave me pills that did not help. I then went to a gastroenterologist. Where I had an endoscopy, nothing wrong. He suggested that I see an ENT that I may be swallowing air when I sleep because of my recessed jaw. I then saw the ENT. He sent me for a sleep study and told me to chew more slowly. I had the sleep study which showed I have sleep apnea, not a sever case. The ENT (ear nose throat) sent me to an orthognathic surgeon. He said the CPAP would be for life, breathing with a mask on my head at night with oxygen. So I went to the Orthognathic surgeon and he told me what I had. I then had an xray which showed that my air ways are really small which is why I have the problem with sleep apnea. ( I could go to sleep right now, ha ha) Anyway I've gotten the braces and I'm waiting to see if I can get the surgery. I hope so. I really don't want to sleep with a bloody mask on my face.
Brandon, I really enjoy your blog. Thank you so much, especially the introductory email. Hope all of this isn't too much at once. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
