Neta-Lee!! Re: Hi Cammie and everyone else!

[Guest guest]

Hey !

How ya doin', hun? Hope you're well. Good to see you around. Thanks

for putting my name in the subject because I'm not here a lot, it

makes it faster to find.

Thanks!

> >

> > Hey! I can't beleive you're still on here helping others! You're

> the

> > best!! Me? I drifted away from the board a while after I got my

> > braces off. I'm sticking out my hand, you all can slap it if you

> > want. I know, bad girl....but it was such a focus of my life for

a

> > while that my brain needed a break. And to those of you going

> > through this now - yes, there WILL come a time when you don't

think

> > about your jaw or mouth anymore. Anyway Cammie, I've relapsed a

bit

> > again but not enough to make me regret having it done a 3rd time

> > (yep, newbies, a three timer here!)so... as long as it doesn't

get

> > worse I'll be happy. It really sucks to not have it absolutely

> > PERFECT after all I've been through but in the back of my mind I

> > never really expected it to stay put 100%. I'm normally a very

> > positive and optimistic person but to think that way would've

just

> > set me up for extreme disappointment. I'm still wearing the

> > retainers which sometimes I feel fit well, others not so

well...and

> > I guess I'm due for some follow ups with ortho and surgeon just

to

> > adjust retainers and check things out so I'll try to find time

to

> > update on that when it happens. In the meantime I've been

> recovering

> > from ear surgery to get rid of a cholesteatoma - I was checking

if

> > there was a board on that and thought I'd pop in here while I

was

> at

> > it. Let me tell ya, ear surgery is MUCH better. Shoot, this has

> been

> > NOTHING compared to all that. I really feel for all of you going

> > through this! And if you are wondering why I addressed this to

> > Cammie it's because she's the only name I still recognized here

> > (unless I missed someone in which case I'm so sorry)

> > Hope you're well,

> > Neta-lee