Re: Aileen, splint out!!/wires off

January 29, 2004

Hey Aileen, The first thing I ate was ham and summer squash. Except

it all kept falling out of my mouth! So I finally had a waffle, and

that seemed to work better. Today I had a fajita wrap, (hey, I'm in

NM!) and popcorn tonight, (no kernels) at a basketball game. Chewing

is still a struggle, but my os encouraged me to chew, and my

orthodontist did as well. My tongue is stuck in my mouth though! I

am having to work to lick my lips, and my ortho said that is more a

muscular thing that I need to work on. I got my hooks off today and

that felt great too! My ortho looked at my bite and said she was

amazed, no need for rubber bands, and braces until June. You're

right, time DRAGGED, and now it's like, hey, I'm not miserable

anymore! LOL, Hope you get your pizza soon, that's on my menu

tomorrow!!! Alix

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> Hey all, funny but it just seems like yesterday I was

> typing all my

> fears about going into this surgery. And today was

> such a wonderful

> day! I arrived at my os's office READY to have this

> thing out!

> Everyone was so supportive and happy for me at the

> office. I'm

> pretty fond of my os so we had a few laughs, he

> plopped me in a

> chair, promised me it wouldn't hurt and snip- it was

> out! The

> freedom in my jaw and mouth was overwhelming, I just

> sat really

> still for a minute taking it all in. Then I said

> something and a

> nurse said, WOW, I understood you!! I brushed the heck

> out of my

> palate, talked about diet, (no restrictions) and also

> had an xray.

> My os said everything was as close to perfect as he

> could dream, and

> I can't stop looking at my BITE! I had an open one

> previously and

> now my teeth just fit right with each other. I have no

> idea how to

> chew, I tried tonight and food kept falling out of my

> mouth. But my

> os said that will take a few weeks. I'm just excited,

> I feel really

> really great. (I also bought a house today, had the

> final

> walkthrough 30 minutes after my splint came out! Crazy

> day...)

> Anyhow, Thank you to all of you who gave so much

> support during

> these last 6 weeks. Right now, I just can't stop

> smiling. Pete and

> , (Aileen?) I know you get yours out this week

> too, it's a

> GREAT feeling. Alix

>

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February 5, 2004

Alix,

Just out of curiosity...am I understanding this right? You have no braces or

rubber bands now and your ortho will be putting some on in June?

Smooches