I think I lost track of how many adjustments I did already. The last one I went to was on April18, 2006. I just came back from a business trip and it was the practically one of the first things I did. It was disgusting that my ligs were all yellow (too much coffee). Not much went on during this visit. The ortho said that the wire I current have on hasn't "expressed itself fully" yet. In other words, the wire hasn't straightened out completely yet. Dang it. So I have to use the same wire, and just had the ligs replaced to add more tension. I told him why don't I feel any pressure anymore, not that I like to feel pain but at least it gives me the impression that the braces are actually doing something. The othro said that I don't feel anything because I'm used to it already... he used some kind of analogy like exercising. The first few things you exercise, you will feel sore but after you do it enough times, you don't feel the pain anymore. I get it, but it just feels better when you know that the braces are "at work."
The ortho still has not given me any "prompts" on when I should contact Kaiser for my surgery date. This is driving me insane because it means that I'm not ready. If there is any delays on my surgery because of scheduling issues (hospital too full, or no more appointment times), I will go ballistic on my ortho. I don't want any more delays of any sort. My ortho did mention that on my next visit (May 23) I will put on my surgerical wires, wires that I will wear to the surgery with... so we'll see. He also mentioned that I will not be wearing any rubberbands until after surgery because he needs to see how the surgery affects the overall bite and then he can come up with the treatment. Ok, so everything's under control!
