Day 10

Things have been going well the past few days. My lips and cheeks are less irritated so changing elastics is becoming much easier and less painful. One night I covered most of my brackets with wax just to see if it would soothe things and it did :)

My anterior elastics seem to be correcting the open bite already.

Swelling has come down but seems to fluctuate now. I still have some fading bruises, but they cover pretty well with foundation.

Numbness...not much change, still tingly on the lower right. I started taking my B vitamin supplement in hopes of helping this along. Also taking my multivitamin.

My weight really hasn't changed much, down maybe 3 lbs but my weight is usually pretty stable (thanks for the good genes mom!). I tried really hard to keep my calories up to maintain my weight. I've been getting more adventurous and managed a hamburger/pasta casserole tonight and even satisfied a donut craving yesterday, oh yeah and I had pancakes for breakfast too. I'm still pretty cautious and mostly smoosh things with my tongue as biting/chewing make me nervous and feel strange.

I see my OD again in a couple days so will post again after that.

Still swollen but much improved

Here is a close-up of my bite now without elastics on...no longer open yay! 

Still need to move upper teeth with braces.  Can't wait to start getting them moving again.

Happy Easter!