Happy Birthday, -Caboose!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I'm toasting you with my Boost as I'm writing this.I'll bet that

cheesecake and strawberry daquiri were delicious. I'm drooling ;-).

How is the big 4-0? I'll be there in another year and a half. I

don't know about you but one of the side benefits of the jaw

surgeries is that making my jaw bigger tightened the skin on my

face. All of my little wrinkles and crow's feet are gone. I've

always looked young but now I look even younger.

How is your knee now? That sounds really painful and worse than my

jaw. At least I can run around. I don't really care if I can eat or

not.

I never have time at work to eat either. I bring Boost with me or

's Soup at hand. I sip on them throughout my shift. The

other reason I don't attempt to eat at work is that I don't want my

patients to see me with food all over my face. That wouldn't really

make a good impression or inspire confidence. Between my braces and

my size (5'0 " and 90 lb), people already think I'm twelve years old.

I hope those pesky bands do the trick for you and you don't have to

go to stronger bands. I wear loose bands during the day and tighter

ones at night when I sleep and it seems to be working. My surgeon

does give me more leeway with the bands. We've been doing this for

so long that all he tells me now is " Put the bands in a class II

configuration on the left and one on the right if you need to in a

class III configuration. " The scary thing is I know what he is

saying.

I hope you had a great birthday and have a great weekend! Thanks for

the cheering on. I need all the encouragement I can get.

minirascal-

> > > Hi all,

> > >

> > > I just got back from the OS. I am officially banded. I am

> > already

> > > feeling the pressure on the upper and lower teeth and jaws.

He

> > has

> > > the bands wrapped around 4 to 5 brackets and has I think a

total

> > of 4

> > > bands in. He stated that the jaw is trying to relapse

creating

> > the

> > > crossbite. He is hopeful the bands will shift the jaw back

into

> > the

> > > correct position. (Cammie you were correct!) The bands are to

> > stay in

> > > at all times even while eating. This is where I wish I had

the

> > > numbness back so I wouldn't feel all of this. He said it will

be

> > > about another 4 weeks or so before he releases me back to my

OD.

> > >

> > > I hope all my June buddies are doing okay and recovery is

going

> > along

> > > well.

> > >

> > > Take Care,

> > > --Caboose