Taste of what's to come...

So at my appointment on Friday had the most joyous experience..

.. My ortho had to reposition my brackets which involved taking the old ones off - not so nice, but it allowed me the opportunity to run my tongue over the 2 exposed teeth for just a few seconds! It was heavenly! Can't wait to experience de-bracing now even though it's a LONG way off.. but I know it will be worth it!

Looks pretty likely that the op won't be til around Christmas most likely. It's annoying because seems to be a lot of fine tuning going on now, that normally happens after apparently, but seems as though consultant prefers it all done before. I don't mind waiting, but I'm just worried about the timing etc as Christmas will only have a couple of weeks off for holiday (ie study leave) and then straight into exams. Naturally, would rather they get done over the summer when I have more time off. May voice concerns at next check-up.

Have had a rough couple of days, my mum has decided now that she's found out about how much I've suffered in the past, it's a great idea to try and push me to talk about it and brings stuff up at every opportunity, and always seems to know how to say the wrong things to upset me. Does anyone else have a hard time trying to voice how they feel about the whole situation? I guess that's why we all blog on here, so that's my question answered really..

I met a guy in the bar after our last exam on Friday and got chatting, and it transpired that he'd had a mandiblar retraction a couple of years ago, he looked so great! It was so nice talking to someone face-to-face about what he'd been through etc and really gave me some piece of mind. Still find it funny that anyone I'm gonna meet post-surgery will never have known my 'old' face..

Distractions...

So all is well with the world again.. What better way to distract oneself and cheer up than planning a party...

It's mine and housemate's birthdays in July (a long way off I know!!) And for a change think it's time to throw a big party. So we've decided to honour the timely theme of dressing up.. But wanted something a bit different so we came up with the idea of video games...

Now I know nothing about video games, but my other housemate is a dedicated gamer and so between him and net research, we have come up with a few ideas..

...Tifa from Final Fantasy 7....

.... Julia Chang from Tekken....

... Or Paine from Final Fantasy X

I cannot even begin to describe how excited I am already, I love dressing up!!! So if anyone has any thoughts on the final decision or any better ideas, let me know :)

..I'm still trying to convince my housemate to go as 'PacMan'. That would be hilarious....

Fed Up

I'm so bored of sitting in front of my books now.

As ever when things are weighing me down, it's manifesting as hatred towards my teeth. Seems so unfair to have to be going through all this. Just want it all done with, exams and surgery.

That would be nice.

Appointment on Friday, after my exam (so no celebrating for V..Well maybe just a little..). Let's hope there's no hitches this time. Not looking forward to having my brackets moved, I'm sure it won't hurt. Just hope that my teeth behave themselves...

Urgh. Should do some more study but am exhausted, time for bed methinks...