You know I wanted these things off for my college roommate's wedding. I really did. But you know...sometimes we just can't have everything. However I do adore my new fancy bone structure in my face and I cannot wait to show it off post-"orthomess". I have a feeling the day I get those babies off, oh man...watch out. There will be some serious intoxication and partying to a degree we have never seen.
I just came back from Mexico. I had a wonderful time and met some fabulous people from all over the world. However I think the best thing about the trip, aside from the crystal blue ocean and the fabulous tan I am now sporting, is that no one...not one...person mentioned my braces. Not one. I actually brought it up once. They didn't even seem to care. How do I get people like that here?!?! Seriously. Some of these people were drinking too!! Can I clone them? Can I ship them here, or move out there? Pretty please with a cherry on top? Damn NH...
Anyways it was a superb time....I honestly did not miss NH. The more I go to Mexico or other misc. Caribbean countries, the less I want to come home. I missed my kitten, who missed me terribly. There are a few people I would miss if I ran away to some far away land, but overall, I wouldn't miss this place one bit....Oh and I may or may not have H1N1/swine flu/whatever-the-hell-it's-called-this-week virus. I am a fairly healthy person so if I do, I can shake it. It's just a waiting game to see what happens. Oh well.
I have been quarantined from work for a week. hahaha no joke. Thankfully my job allows me to work from home with a laptop so I'll be parked on my couch or outside in the sun for the week. I also have a wedding to be in this weekend...Weeeee. I think after this, I am officially Katherine Heigl's character from 27 Dresses. Seriously. My formal dress collection is taking over my damn closet.
Anyway I am rambling...as par for me. I don't have another ortho appointment til the end of the month. I will continue to revel in this end game talk we speak of. If any other crazy details come up in my insane life, I will be sure to share them with you. That is if anyone is actually reading this anymore...hahaha
Peace out kids.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Soon these eyes will see the sun...
End of the summer! Seriously! End of the mother-effin summer!!
Weeeeee!
Weeeeee!
Monday, April 20, 2009
keep your fingers crossed....and toes
I am going to the ortho tomorrow. The last time i had high hopes of getting out of this soon, I was met with a huge blow to the ego....So I am trying to not get toooooo excited...but I am too.
Maybe my super sweet birthday present?? Maybe?? Pretty Pretty please??
Maybe my super sweet birthday present?? Maybe?? Pretty Pretty please??
Nearing the end? Hopefully?
I just want to go out, to a public place, once, and not have someone ask me about braces. Just once. I understand people are inquisitive by nature, and hell they are right in front of you. But isn't there a split second thought process that says, hey maybe she's heard this 8263489236 times and doesn't really want to talk about it? I will wait and see if she brings it up. (I would too)
I just want all of this to be over. I just want to get on with my life. I don't want people to pity my life, I don't need hollow compliments. And I certainly do not want to be the girl with braces anymore. Man. I didn't think finding something genuine would be so difficult. Some people just suck at life.
Anyways, updates...I went up to Dartmouth last week. Found out from the chief maxillofacial surgeon up there that I am in no way shape or form a candidate for a second surgery. Good right? Now it's just convincing my ortho to get these godforesaken things off. I never thought 18 months would be so damn long.
Ortho appointment tomorrow. I will update tomorrow with the latest
I just want all of this to be over. I just want to get on with my life. I don't want people to pity my life, I don't need hollow compliments. And I certainly do not want to be the girl with braces anymore. Man. I didn't think finding something genuine would be so difficult. Some people just suck at life.
Anyways, updates...I went up to Dartmouth last week. Found out from the chief maxillofacial surgeon up there that I am in no way shape or form a candidate for a second surgery. Good right? Now it's just convincing my ortho to get these godforesaken things off. I never thought 18 months would be so damn long.
Ortho appointment tomorrow. I will update tomorrow with the latest
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Withdrawls...
Wow it's been a while!
Sadly I really don't have anything to report as of yet. I just missed this thing and wanted to say hi. I make my trek to Lebanon, NH on April 14th for my 876347826th opinion. Ugh...I am so over this process. I really am...
Like i said no news here. I just missed it :-)
Sadly I really don't have anything to report as of yet. I just missed this thing and wanted to say hi. I make my trek to Lebanon, NH on April 14th for my 876347826th opinion. Ugh...I am so over this process. I really am...
Like i said no news here. I just missed it :-)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Quarter to Never
That's about when I will get my braces off. I am not joking.
So the outcome of today's meeting was....hmm...a better understanding...So you know me. I had my mind set on something so I ran in there, guns blazing. Yeah I had no idea what I was talking about and that was pretty evident. So to dumb it down a bit...
We all know I have 2 bites. The "bad" bite lets say is a -4 (to mean 4mm back). Ok? They do not want to do surgery now because my joint area is still molding, to where it needs to be. And if they did go in now, and make my bite a 0 (which would be the perfect bite)....after everything is healed, I could conceivably end up at a +4 (4mm forward). Make sense? Basically it's like operating on a growing child. Things are still shifting and molding to where they need to be and need to settle. This is a process that can take up to a year from now to complete.
Ok that makes sense. Their other argument was this...which I also did not know. The surgery would not be the same exact surgery. It would be a different cut to move the jaw forward. Now if you remember correctly, the original surgery was to, in essence, rotate my bite since it was basically shifted to one side. Simple enough. Well a down set of that was possibly not lined up front to back. It's line up side to side alright, but not necessarily front to back. Get it? Different cut means more pieces. For obvious reasons, one would want the old pieces to be fused together before you go in and start cutting new pieces. In the words of my fellow frenchies....I cut it three times, still to short! (if you haven't heard me do my frenchie speak, ask me...)
*sigh*
My concerns are the following...my employment situation, and hand in hand with that, my health care situation....which sadly has nothing to do truly do with my oral situation. I am ok with waiting, it makes sense. I'd rather wait til I am healed, and assess. I have come this far, I refuse to settle for mediocre. However, given the cucky economy and the gradual moving of my department to a southwestern state, I am not sure if I will be employed in a year, have health coverage (any or the same) in a year, I don't even know if I can guarantee I will be living in New England in a year!!! I suppose the last one will have to occur. Last thing I want to do is start all over with someone else half way through this. That would be foolish. However I have no control over employment and my health coverage. I know I can find other work if the inevitable happens. No worries on that front. However who is to say I will have Harvard Pilgrim? And if I don't, will the new insurance cover this!? My guess would be no...it's a pre-existing condition. Although I think I can appeal that really broad brush stroke. Given I have been getting treatment, and I haven't been without coverage since...oh I don't know....the day I was born?? God knows I have a manila folder at the Elliot about an inch and a half thick if they need proof...hahaha
ugh....more time...So that puts me in a holding pattern at the orthodontist until I am all together and such. She won't be happy. I am also driving up to EBF Lebanon, NH to get another opinion at the recommendation of all 3 doctors that looked at me today. Heeeey! Why not right?!? Let's put some more hands in the cookie jar...
I really am going to have the million dollar face when this is all said and done with. No one is ever allowed to touch it again. Gentle....it's been busted way too many times
I can say I am a little less angry and upset now....I am still discouraged, but what can I do right?
Maybe I'll be done with this by my 30th birthday? Maybe?
*sigh*
So the outcome of today's meeting was....hmm...a better understanding...So you know me. I had my mind set on something so I ran in there, guns blazing. Yeah I had no idea what I was talking about and that was pretty evident. So to dumb it down a bit...
We all know I have 2 bites. The "bad" bite lets say is a -4 (to mean 4mm back). Ok? They do not want to do surgery now because my joint area is still molding, to where it needs to be. And if they did go in now, and make my bite a 0 (which would be the perfect bite)....after everything is healed, I could conceivably end up at a +4 (4mm forward). Make sense? Basically it's like operating on a growing child. Things are still shifting and molding to where they need to be and need to settle. This is a process that can take up to a year from now to complete.
Ok that makes sense. Their other argument was this...which I also did not know. The surgery would not be the same exact surgery. It would be a different cut to move the jaw forward. Now if you remember correctly, the original surgery was to, in essence, rotate my bite since it was basically shifted to one side. Simple enough. Well a down set of that was possibly not lined up front to back. It's line up side to side alright, but not necessarily front to back. Get it? Different cut means more pieces. For obvious reasons, one would want the old pieces to be fused together before you go in and start cutting new pieces. In the words of my fellow frenchies....I cut it three times, still to short! (if you haven't heard me do my frenchie speak, ask me...)
*sigh*
My concerns are the following...my employment situation, and hand in hand with that, my health care situation....which sadly has nothing to do truly do with my oral situation. I am ok with waiting, it makes sense. I'd rather wait til I am healed, and assess. I have come this far, I refuse to settle for mediocre. However, given the cucky economy and the gradual moving of my department to a southwestern state, I am not sure if I will be employed in a year, have health coverage (any or the same) in a year, I don't even know if I can guarantee I will be living in New England in a year!!! I suppose the last one will have to occur. Last thing I want to do is start all over with someone else half way through this. That would be foolish. However I have no control over employment and my health coverage. I know I can find other work if the inevitable happens. No worries on that front. However who is to say I will have Harvard Pilgrim? And if I don't, will the new insurance cover this!? My guess would be no...it's a pre-existing condition. Although I think I can appeal that really broad brush stroke. Given I have been getting treatment, and I haven't been without coverage since...oh I don't know....the day I was born?? God knows I have a manila folder at the Elliot about an inch and a half thick if they need proof...hahaha
ugh....more time...So that puts me in a holding pattern at the orthodontist until I am all together and such. She won't be happy. I am also driving up to EBF Lebanon, NH to get another opinion at the recommendation of all 3 doctors that looked at me today. Heeeey! Why not right?!? Let's put some more hands in the cookie jar...
I really am going to have the million dollar face when this is all said and done with. No one is ever allowed to touch it again. Gentle....it's been busted way too many times
I can say I am a little less angry and upset now....I am still discouraged, but what can I do right?
Maybe I'll be done with this by my 30th birthday? Maybe?
*sigh*
A prostho-wha?!
Prosthodontics
It's the word of the day. Google it...I dare you. This person deals with dentures, implants and various other "prosthetics" that go along with oral care. Why do I bring this up you ask? Well my dear friends....I will be seeing one of these specialists today. And yeah...I won't be nice.
So in typical Elliot fashion, they are trying to pawn me off on someone else, make me their problem. And from the googling....I THINK my surgeon is going to try and convince me that a night guard will help....really? ( Just typing that has infuriated me) I AM NOT GROWING ANYMORE. A NIGHT GUARD WILL NOT HELP! IT IS JUST A DAMN BAND AID FOR AN ISSUE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT. SO GET IN THERE AND FIX THE DAMN THING.
Wow....
That felt good.
Yeah....I feel bad for Dr. Byron. He will be getting the Mean Jody today. Nobody pawns me off on someone else because they don't want to take responsibility. Fix it, don't band aid it. End of conversation.
I will let you know how that meeting goes this evening.
It shall be interesting. Wish me luck.
It's the word of the day. Google it...I dare you. This person deals with dentures, implants and various other "prosthetics" that go along with oral care. Why do I bring this up you ask? Well my dear friends....I will be seeing one of these specialists today. And yeah...I won't be nice.
So in typical Elliot fashion, they are trying to pawn me off on someone else, make me their problem. And from the googling....I THINK my surgeon is going to try and convince me that a night guard will help....really? ( Just typing that has infuriated me) I AM NOT GROWING ANYMORE. A NIGHT GUARD WILL NOT HELP! IT IS JUST A DAMN BAND AID FOR AN ISSUE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT. SO GET IN THERE AND FIX THE DAMN THING.
Wow....
That felt good.
Yeah....I feel bad for Dr. Byron. He will be getting the Mean Jody today. Nobody pawns me off on someone else because they don't want to take responsibility. Fix it, don't band aid it. End of conversation.
I will let you know how that meeting goes this evening.
It shall be interesting. Wish me luck.
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