Re: sara...

[Guest guest]

You're absolutely right and my boyfriend was just telling me the same

thing. He often jokes that he feels he has to share my attention span

with this group because he's come home more than once since he arrived

two weeks ago only to find me engrossed in reading the postings. Lol!

Off to bed now....Kate your time will come sooner than you think, much

like the day of the surgery me thinks! For now, enjoy being in a

learning environment. I will miss it loads!

Nite to all!

Sara

> hey, lady... did you see how late it is? Don't you have a big day

> tomorrow? LOL I bet you're pretty excited! I can't wait for my

> day... seems like Oath and Hooding is just a fantasy, not something

> I'm actually going to do in 2 years!

>

> Congratulations! and on your new project as well!

>

> Kate

[Guest guest]

Becky, lol you do make me chuckle:-D

Well I was going to take the liberty of dedicating a full post for how

my ortho visit went today but since you caught me out on it here goes

with the recap.

Today was a very GOOD day. I still in shock by how lucky I've been but

don't want to count my lucky chickens too quickly lest bad luck come

through my window. We Italians are superstitious like that so I shall

proceed to tell you how all went with my fingers crossed.

So I went to my ortho to get my new archwire put in. I was really

nervous before hand because it's only been 3 weeks since the surgery

and my upper jaw was dissected into only 4 pieces so who knows what

could happen! Plus I'd heard about all the pain other people had had

during their ortho fittings post op. Well it seems that my upper jaw is

still completely numb because I really didn't feel that much. The

scariest part was really when i could see that my ortho was pressing

hard on the teeth and jaw and I thought my mouth would just snap in

two. Ironically what did hurt was when he put in the o-rings on my

bottom teeth. That hurt like HELL. I literally jumped out of the chair

and then sat myself down again by gripping on the chair's arms with my

hands. My mom was in agony just watching me she said (yes mum has

decided she likes to sit in on all visits now, as if I was a 10 yr old

still but I think it's sweet). Anyway, he put in new archwires on the

top and bottom and then he put a white powerchain all across my front

teeth which I must say I like because it makes my teeth look very

white. The close the spaces I have from where the teeth got taken out

he put these other powerchains of metal. I don't know if it was the

painkillers that I took before hand or the fact that I'm numb but I'm

surprised by how little everything hurt, except for those blasted o-

rings. Anyway, the good news is that he told me that everything was

sitting just perfectly and that he reckons that I'll be able to take

the braces off in 4 to 5 months. Whooooppppppeee!!! That means that by

October/November I shall be bracelss AND more importantly I can welcome

2006 in with a perfect smile! I'm so happy!!! The next good news he

delivered to me was that because my teeth match up so well and because

my bite is looking so good he doesn't think I need to wear elastic

bands anymore. He said that I just need to keep an eye out for my two

upper teeth that sit under the eye. If I start to see those shift then

I need to get the elastics back on. I'm not sure how my OS will feel

about me not wearing bands since originally he had told me he wanted me

to wear them for at least a month but we'll see what he says on

Thursday at my last visit.

Anyway, my upper jaw feels really good with the archwire in. I never

thought I would be happy to have one in but last night things felt

pretty shaky with no splint and archwire. I can't believe how well my

recovery has been going. I'm still very swollen in the upper lip area

and in my cheeks where the titanium plates were put in so when I smile

I look like some weird alien but who cares!! As Becky said, I'm

splintless and elasticless (for now, we'll see what OS says on Thurs)

and I'm flying home to my Alessandro!!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Dreams really do come true!

Thanks all for listening to me throughout these past few weeks. I truly

appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. And let me assure you that I

won't be disappearing. I'll be around to offer support as usual.

Oh one last thing, my OS and OD both confirmed that I could stop using

the dreaded peridex and move back to Listerine. Flossing is still off

limits for a while and my stitches still show no sign of budging right

above my front teeth and bottom teeth on the gumline. Still, I'm not

complaining!!

Sara xx

> no elastics? what, were you gonna just throw that one in there and

> expect no one to notice?!? holy crap! you're unsplinted, unbanded,

> and on your way to italy!!! yeah!!!!

>

> -becky

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Sara,

I couldn't be any more happy for you ... unless you were me! I'm

horribly jealous and envious. I'm SO glad that all of your ducks are

lining up in a neat little row. Perhaps some of that good luck will

rub off on me before my visit tomorrow. I'm hardly numb at all at

this point ... so I think I'll take some pain medicine before my

visit. Hey, one thing I'm not, is stupid! I hope you have a

fantastic day tomorrow and that you hear what you want to hear from

your Surgeon on Thursday. And you'd better keep in touch!!!

Especially once is back on the board and beginning her

recovery!

All the best ... many huge congratulations!

Carol

> > no elastics? what, were you gonna just throw that one in there

and

> > expect no one to notice?!? holy crap! you're unsplinted,

unbanded,

> > and on your way to italy!!! yeah!!!!

> >

> > -becky