😁 Braces time!

So my appointment went very well! My consultant explained the process and my next couple of appointments (in March.) Today I got put on my brackets and wires (6's... whatever that means!) and, for once, I got to choose a colour! The 9 year old in me is finally happy! I chose a kind of light blue/purple :-) My next appointment on the 7th of March I'm getting metal rings on my back teeth to create gaps and get the process going! And the week after I think we're sorting elastics. No one understands how happy I am that this had started! I've been pretty sore for most of today and taking paracetamol where possible from the pressure. I had pasta for lunch which was okay but a little tricky. I'm going to attempt to eat noodles in a while so fingers crossed haha! I've also started adjusting to filling meals so no need to have snacks and mainly a water based drinking diet. And I've bought some magazines to accomodate the time where I just feel a little too sore/tired to do anything. It sounds really dramatic but I just feel very drained... I haven't made a video today as it's been a fairly non-stop one and I'll try make one tomorrow!

Brace day!

My appointment has been brought forward from 11:15 to 10:30 so I will be going in earlier in a bit! I've taken two paracetamol in case I have a bit of an ache later on. I'm not entirely sure if the brackets they put on will allow me to have colours but I hope they do as I've never been able to have coloured appliances! It's silly haha but it'd make the whole process a bit nicer :-) I will update about how it goes and what gets done later!

So it begins!

So this is my first post in hopefully what will be a long string of them. Over the last few months I have made the difficult decision to go through with jaw surgery to correct my underbite. It is an issue that I find a daily struggle, but goes unnoticed by most people around me. I point it out and they're usually taken aback as they don't notice it at all. It has been picked out by immature children in past years but I've always been self-conscious of it on my own. I wanted to make a blog/vlog so I could record the progress of my treatment and look back on it all with something as a comparison. My video pretty much outlines my whole past treatments in orthodontics up until about a four/five months ago when we stopped with my clear retainer as it would be unnecessary if I decided to get braces. Which I have! Tomorrow's the big day and it's strange that I'm nervous because I've had them before! But this will be the first time I've had metal on both jaws. I'm fairly excited as this is something I've always wanted and it'd be lovely to look at my profile and not want to cry because I just feel so distorted.I'm going to make an update about braces as the months go on up until my Bi-maxillary osteotomy (double jaw surgery) next year.