Day 4

I'm quite surprised that I've felt the need to say something about my braces for 4 days in a row...odd. Oh well! Um well let's see shall we start with the good or bad news?

BAD

Well I think I already mentioned that the wax has not been sticking to my brackets but whatever. This one bracket is legit stabbing me. The little hook where I'm assuming in the future rubber bands will go is hooking it self into my damn inside lip! Gah it hurts! When I go to my ortho Thursday I'm getting them to stick the wax on for me because clearly I'm incapable of doing so. Let's move on to good news.

For the first time with my braces I have been out in public and seen by people other than my family and ortho. I went to church then my friends house to go to the mall. I forget how it came up but I told her I had braces and she was like "REALLY? I didn't even notice!" Damn that makes me feel good. Glad these ceramic braces are doing their job! That's really it. Blah bye I need to finish homework.

Bye for now!

Emily 

WAIT! No! Something else good I forgot to mention! I was starving at the mall so of course where am I gonna find apple sauce and soup lol so I went and got teriyaki (definitely spelled that wrong!) chicken and it was cut up into tiny pieces so I figured I'd be okay. So I did what the ortho told me and chewed it with my back teeth...ehh it wasn't awful! I've had worse pain. Believe me! Okeyy now I'm done talking so...bye again!

Day 2: FOOD and braces

Eating with braces is currently the same as it was when I had my spacers in. My diet has consisted of soup, apple sauce, and yogurt. Yesterday my mom mashed up banana for me so yay one more food I can eat. My teeth don't hurt as bad today but they still feel bad awkward. My mom made me perogies for lunch. If you don't know what that is. They are basically like ravioli but with potato inside. If you still have no idea what I'm talking about this is what they look like...

you can boil them and cook it like pasta or you can fry them. We boiled it so they would be softer to eat! So yayy one more food I can eat! My mom also came back from the store and bought:

• box of mashed potatoes(the kind you add water and stick in the microwave)
• sweet potatoes, fruit cups
• more bananas
• eggs(I'm planning on making scrambled eggs later...I need calcium too!)
• potato pancakes(latkes...no I'm not Jewish but they taste amazing and it's another food to eat!)
• more soup
• and straws! 

I'm hoping to be able to eat more solid foods soon!

So last night my orthodontist called my mom. He asked how I was feeling and such. It was kinda nice that he called. And today in the mail I got a letter from him. It pretty much just said what was wrong with my teeth and what is getting fixed with braces on. Ooo and and and...it said 24 months with braces! I know that's 2 years but honestly I've known people to have braces for much longer! I'm praying it isn't longer than 2 years. I'd like to graduate college brace free! 

One more thing before I go. Brushing my teeth last night was a bitch. It was not easy. That dental floss threader is so hard to use. I have to like hold up/down my lips while trying to get the stupid dental floss through my wires. Gah. I hope it gets easier.

If any one is actually reading this...how long does it take to start seeing changes in your teeth with braces? Even if it's not a dramatic change I'm still curious. It would definitely make me feel better seeing a change in my teeth so I know that these train tracks in my mouth are actually doing their job!

Off to brush my teeth. Hopefully it'll go better than it did yesterday!

Bye for now :D

Emily