How An Orthodontist Made My Day

I know, rather and oximoronic title for a blog post (is that even a word?). But it's true, my orthodontist made my day today.
You won't know, because I've never told you, but I have braces  due to about 11 years of thumb sucking. I've had them for a while now, at least a year and a half, and they are a PAIN! Between constantly having to watch what I eat, trying to keep everything clean, and how painful it is whenever something gets changed, I am pretty sick of all the metal in my mouth.

Good news is, it's all worth it. Usually I don't notice tiny changes in myself, but even I can see that my teeth are much better, and that makes me smile. Also, I went to the orthodontist today, and he told me that he is 97% sure I can have everything taken off at my next appointment, which made me very happy indeed. It was also nice to go back to the doctor I was with at the start, rather than the one I was moved to when he went off ill, because my original doctor is very nice and gentle and doesn't yank my mouth around and make me feel like I'm going to get cut every other second. Having someone tinker around in your mouth for 15-20 minutes is bad enough without being tense as well.

Anyway, despite the fact that I am sitting here with my teeth throbbing due to the chain-link elastics that will close up my last few gaps, I am much happier than I have been after an orthodontic appointment in quite a while.

Just a quick note that is also on all of my FF stories, I am opening up a sort of 'Reader's Question Time'. Each week (if this time goes well) you guys can ask me questions about anything and everything, either here, on FF or Twitter, and on Saturday my blog post will be an answer to all your questions. Hope to see some creative questions!

Until tomorrow
Glitterb