Questions. Questions. Questions.

So I am coming up on the home stretch here. 2 more weeks left of this nonsense. It seems like just yesterday I was at week 2, griping. No not really. I think this is the first time in my life where time did not fly by and it really did seem like the eternity that it was. And those damn IHOP coffee cake pancake commercials have been taunting me every single day. Damn you IHOP and your tasty breakfast!!

So I meet with the surgeon today and I have a few questions for him. But I think I need some sort of strategy in the way and order I ask them.

1 - What can I eat when you cut me out of this mess?
2 - Where exactly are there going to be rubber bands in my mouth?
3 - Can I pretty pretty please get cut out on November 13th?

I kinda sorta know the answer to the first one. It's going to be a trial and error on my part. I would assume small pieces of juicy meats (chicken, turkey), macaroni, breads...stuff like that. Basically anything I can cram in there. ha ha ha. I will have my wheat thin I have been dreaming about!!!

The second question is kind of a two parter. The reason I ask this question is so I can make an appointment with my orthodontist, and really determine what I can eat. Obviously if there are 823764 rubber bands all around my mouth, I'm still rocking the liquids, or I am going to cheat and take them out on occasion to eat something. However, if they are put on the sides, that allows for some play with foods. Also, if they are on the sides, I can get these horrid hooks taken out of my brackets on the front teeth. Just for an idea of how AWFUL these hooks are, the inside of my lower lip is SCARRED from the destruction they caused. SCARRED!! My orthodontist's office is like the mall at Christmas too, so the sooner I can call for an appointment the better. All erroneous metal will be taken out as soon as possible.

So that comes to question 3. I think I may lie, and say I am going away for the weekend and won't be back until Monday night. So if it is at all possible to remove these wires Thursday morning 11/13, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, I can then call my ortho and get an appointment for the same day to get the erroneous hooks out. I also, refuse to be wired shut any longer than necessary. If I am done on 11/18, you will cut me out by 11/18. If that is not possible, you will do it the day before, or whatever. I will not go beyond 11/18. There is no room for debate or discussion on that. I am sticking to my ground. I have a sinking feeling he will say no...but as my mom said, it doesn't hurt to ask right?

I am sick of soup. So sick of soup that I don't even want to look at it anymore. The cans of soup in my cupboard make me angry. Although I have overcome my overwhelming sense of hunger for the most part. Unless I am at a party, like I was this weekend, and they order 5 large pizza's and everyone is scarfing food in front of me. That's a bit of a taunt. I know they don't do it intentionally, and I don't want any special treatment, but man, that pizza looked goooooood.

Funny story, cause it has happened to me three times now. My poor cousin was asking me 826 questions about my mouth, face, how I felt, asked what I was doing, etc. I told her I was fine, just bored at home. I don't do too much since everyone is at work. She said "Oh I have some meetings in Merrimack on Wednesday, maybe I can pick you up and we can do lunch or something!" I kinda chuckled and said, "well if they can blend it I can eat it". She felt so bad. I told her no worries, she wasn't the only one who had done it. Its' funny how people take for granted just the basic functions, like eating food daily. Appreciate it. Please. I am hungry.

I would never say this experience has been fun, cause it most certainly has not. I've had my good days and bad days. More bad than good, but that's beside point. If anyone ever approached me about how I felt about this, and that they were unsure about doing it, I would tell them to do it. For the sole reason that the end result is fabulous. Granted I am not done yet, I still have at LEAST 6 months left in orthodontics, but right now, I have never loved my bite, and the symmetry of my face this much. I have never been able to take a head-on picture that I liked, now I can't stop looking. Its wonderful. Its everything I had hoped it would be....and it is only going to get better. If you're considering it, do it, take the jump...you won't regret it.

Have a wonderful day!