WOW....it's been since august since I posted anything on here. Well my upper arch looks pretty straight right now!! I'm in a 18 wire and outside of the inital day I got it put on I have had hardly any need to take ibuprofen! The only BIG thing that has changed is now my jaw has started popping on the right side. From talking to other people who have had them...apparently this is a normal thing and it eventually goes away....well I wish it would go away now. It's not that it hurts....its just annoying. Like for a few days....everytime I woke up in the morning its like I could feel like my jaw was locked and that I couldn't fully open my mouth....weird....and then I would lay there and work myself up to just opening my jaw wide enough so it would pop back into place and then its like...just when you think you fixed it....it does it AGAIN. Eating is just horrible when my jaw is being like that b/c everything you chew makes your jaw pop. On days when its being really annoying i have noticed that I start to get a minor headache. bleh. But the past couple days haven't been too bad.
I'm getting my lower braces placed on November 4 - then I will have both upper and lowers! Excited....b/c that means i'm one step closer to having straight teeth.....but nervous/not excited about how I will look. Hoping that there is enough room on my teeth for me to get clears on the bottom as well b/c I REALLY dont want any metal. But we will see.....I will update again (with pictures) when i get my lowers done.
Wish me luck.
