he immediately got defensive and told me that it wasn't necessary
because it was so asymmetrical
and do your own research
so I really wanted to confirm what the condition of that left joint was
I went behind his back
he told me that my right joint was severely degenerated
and that if I disagreed with him and tried to argue with him about it
but I would have been implanted with something that my body would be
I consulted with 5 different doctors
then I had an appointment with the other surgeon
and I'm so glad that I didn't do that
and on the left side
and I knew that I had an allergy to jewelry
if I hadn't argued with the professionals
because I knew the prosthetics had nickel in them
bilateral temporomandibular joints show severe degenerative changes
and if they do
looking at my bite
my whole chest was broken out in hives
that the left joint did start to deteriorate after the first surgery
and that I'll be fine with the ones that have nickel in them
because they're the professionals
and I saw that it said
that we could do a joint replacement on that side in 6 months
and he told me if for some reason
and don't let them make you feel like you can't
I wasn't too fond of the idea of potentially
and again down here
so that was my best option
which is a main component in the prosthetic
and I went to an allergist and had her order it for me
he said Lillian
and the other one knew how to do joint replacements
are severe for the patient's age
and I came back not only allergic to nickel but cobalt
so I ended up with 2 surgeons in Pittsburgh that were going to essentially
the guy who was gonna do the joint replacements
but my left one was completely fine
so he told me that I'd only need my right joint replaced
or have them forwarded one time
to another practitioner
you know your body better than anybody
degenerative changes in both temporomandibular joints
before I decided on Dr Sullivan
not only would I have had the complete wrong surgery
to move my lower jaw forward and make it even with the right side
I will no longer be your treating surgeon or provide any further evaluation
all of which gave me different plans
when I got my results
stop arguing with the doctors’ plans for my surgery
so I confronted him
I would have suffered
I couldn't find one single surgeon that was able to do both surgeries
and to just let them handle everything
please contact our office
to make sure that I don't need the all titanium prosthetics
and he asked me if I had anxiety
he would fire me
constantly having an allergic reaction to
The surgeon told me it wasn't necessary and refused to order it for me
given the course of events
because one knew how to do upper jaw surgery
and I think that we should do a metal allergy test
they would do a saggital split osteotomy
who was going to do the double jaw surgery portion
make sure you're part of the planning process
I was told by so many people to
and here's why
ask any questions
when I first started consulting with people
then the next issue I ran into was wanting to get metal allergy testing done
I feel like any normal person would probably just believe that
ordered me a CT scan to check the degeneration in my jaw joints
aka dismiss me as a patient
I wore a nickel necklace to my appointment with the double jaw surgeon
that surgeon kept his promise and fired me
having to go back for another jaw surgery 6 months later
I was trying to stay close to home
don't let doctors gaslight you
it was kind of obvious that one joint was definitely worse than the other one
and he told me that he disagreed with the radiologist
if you'd like to have a copy of your records
so guess what I did
because you might save yourself
since the other surgeon refused to order me metal allergy testing
find somebody else
collaborate on the surgery and operate on me together
luckily my test results were sent to my patient portal
so I said I disagree with you
I said no I have a nickel allergy