Missed appointment

I had an appointment with the ortho on Wednesday of this week and we had a big snowstorm and school was canceled for my kids. I knew there was no way my kids could sit still by themselves in the waiting room for an hour so I had to cancel my appointment. The snow went on for a few days and school was out for 3 days. Yuck, and it's only October. My appointment was rescheduled for Nov 9.

This is a picture right after I got my braces on.

No Sleep Apnea - No pay

Now that my braces are on and things are moving along I thought it was time to try to get my insurance to pay for the surgery. From what the insurance told me the only way they would pay for it is if I have obstructive sleep apnea. So, I went to my Family Practice doc to see about getting a sleep study done. He told me the first thing to do is to get a nocturnal pulse ox. I got one and it didn't show anything abnormal so he wasn't going to order a full sleep study. Darn. Not as easy as I thought it would be. I guess I'll call my OS's office to see if they could just order a sleep study. It would make me feel more confident in my decision if I could find a genuine physical need for the surgery and not just a cosmetic reason. Of course having the insurance pay for it isn't bad either. ;-)

I've spent a lot of time lately reading blogs and watching youtube videos about surgery. It's pretty encouraging to see so many people happy with their new bite. So, thank you all who have gone before me for posting your experiences.