OK so I apologize for being so late with the updates. Annual enrollment is finally complete and some resemblances to my life are starting to come back...so I can now fill you in on the fun known as my experience at the Elliot....
So i left off with the upcoming meeting with the surgeon. Now I was on the fence about the whole thing to begin with, however this dude, Babameto is his last name, has some good credentials. (I did my homework before i agreed to have ANYONE at the Elliot Hospital operate on my for an extended period of time. ) So to make a long story short, he said i was most certainly a surgery case however it wasn't a functional cross bite, but a natural one. Skip ahead few weeks and my orthodontist and my surgeon are playing phone tag. Trying to get a hold of this guy is harder than finding bin Laden.....Once he was finally found in his cave hideout, i found out i needed a CT scan before i could proceed with surgery in the spring. They cut this super close as in 3 weeks i was to get the dreaded braces put on. I called my favorite bitchy secretary , who i would later find out is named Pam, and they scheduled me in for the scan fairly quickly. Little did I know it would take 3 WEEKS to get results that are usually ready within 2 days. I ended up getting the bittersweet confirmation the morning of my orthodontic appointment that I was able to proceed with getting the braces put on...
*phew*
So that was about what 4 months worth of data? Anyways I have been in braces for a month now and i can already see teeth moving. I was unsure at the beginning what kind i would be able to have, keeping my fingers crossed i could get the clear ones....negative...nickel braces for me, just like the ones you had when you were 12...sweet right? The original overall plan was 2 months in, surgery, then moving the teeth after. However they want to try and avoid additional "orthodontic appliances" as they say so its 4months then surgery, and then whatever it is they do after. Orthodontic appliances?! REALLY?!?! Like why can't they say an even more painful way of manipulating bones in your head....when i hear appliances i think a blender or a toaster.... So is it like a toaster for my mouth? Is there a button somewhere to make a margarita out of my teeth or a milkshake? ugh...
As much as i hate it there isn't much i can do. My dating/social life has suffered which was expected. Ive gotten some mixed feedback...good and bad...At least its only a year, 18 months max....*sigh* I'll truck on through like i have everything else
anyways, I'll post some pictures on here tonight...once of me before braces and now with my sexy new nickel plated grille. I'll be back in a few weeks to let you all know how i am doing.
Until then,
~Jody
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