7 Months Out

I found an old picture where I had a similar styled selfie, so I put my old mouth and current mouth side by side for a little comparison.

WOW sorry about that. It's like I fell into a coma or dropped off the side of the earth or something. You'd like to think that, but once again, I've been so very busy. By popular (or just a normal amount) of demand, I have returned to update you on my face.

Since we last talked (...4 months ago...) A lot has happened, but also nothing has happened. By that I mean my life has been so full and busy, but guess what...I still have braces. Long story short, I went in for the 4 month appointment, and I was told I should go in for another set of suresmile wires and start another plan. So I did, and I went through 3 more sets of wires to get everything all nice and perfect. Then I left for camp for two months, which I'll say more about later, and was told that I could get them off the week between coming back from camp, and heading back to school.

So that brings us to today. This morning I went in bright and early knowing I had done a great job and not broken a single bracket, KNOWING for sure that today was the day I'd bloom into a beautiful butterfly. But then I sat down in the chair, and the doc came over and I did not hear ooh's and ahh's from him. Rather I heard the oh's and the ehh's. He told me that there were a few things that he wants to fix because although they feel good, my teeth aren't aligned perfectly yet. This means a whole other suresmile plan again and who knows how many more months of braces.  I was so frustrated that I started to cry in front of him and honestly gave a little attitude like, "Well don't I get a say in this?" and I was about ready to just demand he take them off. But I remembered that as much as I wanted them off ASAP, I hadn't even had them for two years and some kids have them for like 5. I just really wanted to get them off before school started, but I guess that wasn't in the cards for me this time. I had it all planned out too, the first thing I was going to do was buy an apple and take a big bite into it. But that will just have to wait.

Okay so I worked at a Christian Kids Camp this summer and one of my favorite ice breakers was to tell the kids of my titanium jaw. They'd ask all sorts of questions and then I'd tell them I'm practically a cyborg. Also while at camp, I WAS SUCH AN OBEDIENT PATIENT. I avoided all apples, tough candies and anything that might possibly break off a bracket. I also took fabulous care of my teeth, ask my roommates, they had to listen to the waterpik engine late every night. And I also told like everyone and their mother at camp that I'd be getting my braces off today...and once again I feel like a doofus.

So now I start dealing with the mental let down of not turning into a butterfly- juuuuust yet.

The only traces of the surgery left at 7 months out, is that my face is still loosening up in places and I still can't open up as wide as I used to. I never realize it unless I try to whistle, make absurd faces that I used to be able to make, or eat a large sandwich.  Everything else feels 100% normal which I am so SO grateful for.

They're gonna give me a call in a month when my sure smile wires come in, and I'll see what the time estimate is from there. At this point I'm just hoping to have them off by my Birthday and no later than Thanksgiving. I'll let you know when I know lol.