Today is a good day!
Today I got braces put on - woot!
I thought today would also be the day the "torture device" - i.e the expander - would come out, but I thought wrong! The expander has to stay in and help hold the teeth in place while "Fang" moves into position. Once it gets there, then the expander can come out. Dr. Mai said it should be by the next visit, so I'll be anxious for November to come along!
This whole process has just amazed me in how the body works to help itself! Seeing the jaw move to a wider position was amazing; and now, I get to watch Fang move to where it's supposed to be. It's crazy! Crazy cool, that is!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Look Ma, no teeth!
Well, this past Friday was pretty uneventful.
Woke up.
Went to the Ninja's office where he pulled out 4 premolars.
Went home.
No biggie :)
It really was an easy day. The worst part was the waiting! I got called in to the Ninja's office a little after 8:45am (appointment time). The nurse hooked me up to everything but the anesthesia and then I waited almost 30 MINUTES before the Ninja came in! He said his usual, "Good to see you, now open." Then he said "I'm going to put in your IV - this will take about 15 minutes." "15 minutes to put the IV in??" I asked. "No, for the procedure." Duh. Next thing he said was he was going to start the IV and to tell him when I started to feel different. I said, "The last time I had IV anesthesia I...." and the next thing I knew I was in the recovery room! I remember trying to talk but not being able to do so very easily - must have been those 50 pieces of gauze in my mouth! Luckily Ann, my ride that morning had a notebook so I was able to write a few things (Lord knows what I put!). I do remember when the Ninja came in I wrote "You rock" - because he does. After a while I felt good enough to leave so Ann took me home. I did ask her to take a picture of me in the recovery room - not sure if I asked her to send it to anyone but I DO know that I posted to Facebook. OMG. Oh well :)
The anesthesia really didn't last too long in my system. I literally took a few short naps during the day, but for the most part I watched the US Open tennis tournament and did some knitting. My goddaughter took frosty to me in the evening so that was helpful :) I took Saturday off from work and was back at it on Sunday!
So now I have A LOT of room in my mouth If my feet don't fit, by golly I don't know what I'm gonna do!!
(bottom - looks the same on the top. It's hard to take pictures of the roof of your mouth!)
Woke up.
Went to the Ninja's office where he pulled out 4 premolars.
Went home.
No biggie :)
It really was an easy day. The worst part was the waiting! I got called in to the Ninja's office a little after 8:45am (appointment time). The nurse hooked me up to everything but the anesthesia and then I waited almost 30 MINUTES before the Ninja came in! He said his usual, "Good to see you, now open." Then he said "I'm going to put in your IV - this will take about 15 minutes." "15 minutes to put the IV in??" I asked. "No, for the procedure." Duh. Next thing he said was he was going to start the IV and to tell him when I started to feel different. I said, "The last time I had IV anesthesia I...." and the next thing I knew I was in the recovery room! I remember trying to talk but not being able to do so very easily - must have been those 50 pieces of gauze in my mouth! Luckily Ann, my ride that morning had a notebook so I was able to write a few things (Lord knows what I put!). I do remember when the Ninja came in I wrote "You rock" - because he does. After a while I felt good enough to leave so Ann took me home. I did ask her to take a picture of me in the recovery room - not sure if I asked her to send it to anyone but I DO know that I posted to Facebook. OMG. Oh well :)
The anesthesia really didn't last too long in my system. I literally took a few short naps during the day, but for the most part I watched the US Open tennis tournament and did some knitting. My goddaughter took frosty to me in the evening so that was helpful :) I took Saturday off from work and was back at it on Sunday!
So now I have A LOT of room in my mouth If my feet don't fit, by golly I don't know what I'm gonna do!!
(bottom - looks the same on the top. It's hard to take pictures of the roof of your mouth!)
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