Re: I'm BLUE!!!!

[Guest guest]

Kate,

Best of luck with your finals! And thanks for the giggle. My Son

and I are both in braces and we make a game out of picking colors to

correspond with a holiday (red, white and blue for the 4th of July)

or event (blue and orange for the Mets game) or just to be silly with

each other (electric blue or silver and gold). It helped us to keep

smiling as the Orthodontist did his thing.

Take care,

Carol

> well, I'm " Mediterranean Blue " to be exact! I had my second change

> of wire today - something really heavy duty of the " frozen "

variety.

> My top teeth have moved so incredibly fast, that at this rate

things

> might even be in place by the end of the summer rather than the

> December we are shooting for! I had to place a call to my OS to

> inform him that we are ahead of HIS schedule (he was anticipating

> spring break of next year), and I have yet to hear from the

> insurance.

>

> My tech let me brush and floss once she removed my old wire, steel

> and power threads... oooohhhh what a feeling! I don't even have to

> struggle to get the floss in between my teeth! Unfortunately,

there

> was a fair amount of build-up under some of the power threads, but

> the tech was kind enough to scale those for me. I have no idea how

> to keep that from happening again, though... I brush and floss

> immediately after every meal, as well as in the am and pm, and even

> water-pick at least once a day. *sigh* There is a prophylactic

waxy

> paste we put on dogs' teeth to keep the tartar from building up...

my

> Dentistry prof even uses it on his own teeth with great success...

I

> wonder if my OD would let me use that! LOL

>

> Well, I am hereby banned from the computer until after next

> Thursday... I can't believe how many hours I have spent reading e-

> mails from this group rather than studying!! Finals are next week,

> and for better or worse, I'll be done with this quarter and on to

> Third Year.

>

> For M (the newest of the " newbies " ) WELCOME!!! I'll look forward

to

> hearing more from you! As for now... age is completely

irrelevant!

> I am a 30-year-old student with BRIGHT BLUE BRACES!!! YAY!!!!! :-D

>

> Hugs to all, and I'll see you next week! (ok, I'm sure I'll peek

at

> some point but I really shouldn't!)

>

> Sara - good luck!!! My thoughts will be with you! (likely more

with

> you than with my Anesthesia and Surgery finals that day!)

>

> Kate