Appointment and Madonna concert

This tuesday I went to my orthodontist, and boy was I in for the big treatment. 2 1/2 hours thats how long it lasted. First they removed some of the hardware and then they started making molds of my upper and lower jaw. They needed six molds, but I went through 8 because the 2 first molds weren't perfect. Then they took some pictures of my face, then x-rays and they finished it off with measuring my face and asking a lot of questions about my medical health. Unfortunately they discovered a hole in one of the teeth, so I have to visit them to remove parts of the braces before I see my regular dentist.

To top it off I have to see them twice when I am vacationing in september. The surgical hooks have to be fitted by then. I also have to go to the hospital to get some tests done. My boss is not going to be happy when she gets back from her holiday.

After seeing the orthodontist I rushed to get to Copenhagen in time to hear the Madonna concert in Parken. I had a nice evening but all of a sudden I could just feel how much they had been putting my jaw through. My muscles get really strained when I have to keep my jaw open for a long period of time. But it was worth it.

Date for surgery in October :´(

Finally, my orthodontist called me. I had been trying to get in touch with him for almost three weeks. I had left my phone number by the secretary 5 times. Wednesday, last week I got to talk to him, but he had forgotten my molds at his house, so he couldn´t give me a date before looking at them. I couldn't believe my ears. Then he said he would call sunday, which he did. But he had disappointing news. I am ready for surgery, but I can't get a surgery date before the 5 th of October. There are just no openings before that.

This means that I will have to wear these darn things for four extra months. I understand that surgeons go on holiday. I would understand if my teeth weren't ready. But I don't understand that this professor in Orthodontics can't schedule a surgery date at the hospital in time.

I wish that my regular orthodontist was in charge of my case instead of this lazy, absentminded professor. He is not the one, who has been preparing my teeth. He was supposed to call me three weeks ago. Morten, my regular orthodontist, had prepared everything and he said that I should get a surgery date in august, because I was ready. I hate this eternal waiting and not having control over anything. And all I can do is wait and live with the increasing pain in my jaw, which develops into headaches...

Waiting by the phone...

Time is too slow


for those who wait


too swift for those who fear


too long for those who grieve


too short for those who rejoyce


but for those who wear braces


time is eternity...


I am just waiting for my orthodontist to call and tell me, when I can have my surgery.

Upper jaw surgery too???

Well, there is only one thing I can count on, when it comes to braces and jaw surgery: "You can't count on anything".

Usually I feel in control of my life, but going through this, I just have to go with the flow. I had a check-up today, and the message was that I am almost ready for surgery but they are thinking about performing upper jaw surgery as well as the bilateral saggital split.

I don't know what to feel right now. I had gotten used to thinking about lower jaw surgery, and it didn't feel like a big thing, but adding an operation to the upper jaw is just making me nervous. What is it going to feel like? What about the pain and discomfort?

What is in a name?

I had a check-up with my orthodontist. They took some new molds, which almost made me vomit. I am just not good at opening my mouth high enough for them to get the molds out. My orthodontist said that things are going in the right direction. On my next appointment they will be taking pictures and preparing for the surgery. I asked him, what the technical term for my jaw surgery is, and he said that it's called a bilateral sagittal split. So that is what I am getting.

My next appointment is june 16. I know they won't book my surgery until after august 8. I asked them to wait because I am going to a wedding. It's one of my oldest and best friend and I could not bear to miss out on that. It is going to be a long braced summer...

One year in braces

Well, the one year mark for wearing braces approaches. It seems like time has just flown, and yet some how it also seems like it has taken forever.

I try not to think too much about wearing them, but I do. I feel them constantly. I don't want to bother my family and friends with my endless talk about the changes in my mouth or the discomfort of braces, but I find myself doing it all the time. They will make a sigh of relief when the surgery is over and I can start focusing on something else.

The comments about my brace-situation are some times hilarious. This little girl of four or five years old came up to me with her father. They had a question, which I began to answer. All of a sudden she spots my braces and says: "What is that in your mouth?" Her father kind of froze. I could feel him thinking about the worst case scenario she could say. I started explaining my situation and worried about her response. But all she said with the sweetest smile was: "That looks so cool. I want braces too". O what a cute little girl. For 10 seconds I felt good about myself. But then she returned and said: "Don't you think that I am nice for saying that?" Arrgh. All my illusions disappeared. Well, but she was sweet though. :-)

I am roadrunner - with braces

Found this on one of the other blogs and thought it was hilarius. I have just started running again to try and focus on something else than my braces and jawsurgery.