Happy Thanksgiving

To all my Followers and Lurking Readers!
I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving and those who are able to partake in the edible revelry congratulations to you!

Those unfortunate souls who just had an adjustment and are sore, my deepest condolences...

Other than that, ENJOY!

WOOHOO!

Just realized I'm SET for the next few months: Adjustment early November, can eat by Thanksgiving. Adjustment early December, eat by Christmas. Adjustment early January, eat by birthday. Adjustment early February, FML can't have candy for Valentine's day. It's okay I have to buy myself candy anyway I'll get like milk chocolate or something. Something melty. :)

Minor Complaints

Sometimes I feel like my orthodontist has me secretly hooked up to a switchboard that she sits down at every now and again going, "Well now, which one of Marissa's teeth can I cause to hurt her NOW?! "

Which is a shame because she's a REALLY nice lady and I love her as my ortho.

But DAMN my teeth do hurt sometimes.

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November Weekly Progress

Well like I said before I went to my adjustment two days ago. Here is my progress as of today.

November 11, 2011
4 months and 3 weeks into treatment



And here is a close up of my coil spring located on the lower right area of my mouth:
I swear it's only been two days but it feels like it's already spread my teeth out a bit! OW!

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November Adjustment

Oh dear God I went into for my adjustment today. On one hand changing all the ligatures was not as bad as it used to be I was able to sit through it without any cries of pain or discomfort. Only displayed facial expressions of Ow.

But then I brought up a concern that my lower teeth were traveling along the archwire in the wrong direction, thereby making even LESS space for my right lateral incisor to come forward. My orthodontist checked my teeth and my bite and she agreed. So unfortunately I now have a metal spring between my lower right central incisor and my lower right canine. And it will continue to push those two teeth apart so that my lower right lateral incisor will have enough space to come forward and line up nicely with the other teeth.

BUT LET ME JUST SAY OW! Oh Jesus this is the worst I've ever felt. It is the first day and I'm sure the pain will diminish but for now it's just terrible.

Pics will come later.

A little apprehensive.

My next adjustment is on November 9th. I'm kinda not looking forward to it. I've made so much progress with eating normal food that I don't really want to go back on the Soft Food Diet.

I need to remember that I did sign up for this voluntarily.

No pain, no gain!

It's for the greater good!

Insert other inspirational future-oriented slogan here!

Time to gorge myself on normal food I suppose... I won't be seeing it for about two weeks. :(

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WOW

So I'm looking at the pictures of my teeth that I've been taking and posting and it AMAZES me the amount of change that I've gone through in a span of four months, even though day by day is an endless procession of nothing. Especially my lower teeth, I mean DAMN.

Very happy right now.

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