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In approximately a month I will be getting my braces off!! Woohoo!! So much excitement. Ortho scheduled me for one more adjustment on the 14th and then let me schedule my de-bracing/retainer-fitting for October 28th! Exactly 2 years and 1 week from when I got them on!

Can you even believe it?! I can't! Here's a comparison photo. I can't believe how much the swelling has gone down!!! The doc said 6 months until the majority of the swelling is gone. And he was right... funny how doctors sometimes are... lol.


It probably helps that I've lost like 25 lbs though... hahaha. The tip of my nose still seems a little big bigger than I'd like, but I think that's more from them expanding that part of my face, not really from swelling. Even though it's bigger... I think it fits my face better. Everything looks a little more balanced because of it.



First one was the week I got braces on and the 2nd one is this week! SO AMAZING. I love that teeth actually fit together now!!!!!!! 

Right now I'm coaching my friend through her jaw surgery with the same surgeon. She's due to get hers in the beginning of November. It is just single jaw surgery, but that doesn't make it any less scary! It's crazy remembering all this stuff I went through, now it hardly seems like a big deal. The recovery was rough, but only for the first week or so. I think I've completely blocked out the memory of the splint. Cursed thing. 

Anyway that's my update. See you on the other side of bracefaceland!!!!! 
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