It’s only 2 days before the big day! My Damon braces go on 9/9/2014.
I am feeling anxious, overwhelmed and a bit excited. This process has been a
long time coming. I found out about 4 years ago that I would need to get jaw
surgery along with braces. I thought the first doctor that told me this should
be institutionalized for being crazy. After all, wouldn't someone have said
something much sooner than this? Needless to say, I sought out other opinions
and the information remained the same.
I am not going to lie. The most important part of this blog
is to be totally transparent. I was TERRIFIED of how I would look as an adult
with braces. I still am but not as much. Also, I don’t do well with mouth pain
and have serious dentist phobia. Over the last four years, I have tried to
research and find other blogs and social media outlets with other adults who
are going through or who have been through a similar process. I was a little
frustrated. There are tons of teens documenting their experience and that’s
great and all but I can’t really relate to what they are going through. I would
also find adults that were going through braces but not orthognathic surgery.
Fortunately, there were a few blogs that I came across that had some of the
information that I was looking for and it inspired me to try and encourage and
educate anyone else who is considering or going through this process by writing
this blog.
I don’t think there is a perfect time to begin any lengthy
and expensive process but if I had to pick a time then it would be now. There
have been tons of times that I have started the process, had molds made and
then never followed through. The first time I cancelled was because my husband
and I found out we were pregnant with our first child. The second time I
cancelled the process was because the surgeon that I was referred to demanded a
lot of cash up front and that was not realistic for my family at the time. The
third time I cancelled was because I found out I was pregnant with twins.
Presently, I am not pregnant, nor am I trying to become pregnant and the new
surgeon that will be performing my surgery next year is a little more practical
when it comes to financial demands!
In the next post I will talk a little about why I chose
Damon braces over traditional metal ones.
Keep it Lovely!
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