Blimey, I had honestly forgotten about doing this blog and then I went to the Orthodontist for a racking and realised it’s been over a year since the last post.

What has changed? Honestly not much. The train tracks are still there and while I always notice them when i’m eating most of the time I don’t really think about them. I always heard people say that you get used to them and you don’t need to use wax anymore as your gums toughen up but it’s true. They are just part of my mouth now. That doesn’t mean I don’t hate them but my brain has sort of tuned them out.

Of course i’ve had the usual problems; one of the wires snapped and I swallowed it. So far i’ve not noticed it but one day when if I end up with a perforated colon i’m sure we’ll find it. One of the brackets kept coming open but I learned how to use a little pair of pliers to snap it closed again. Eventually the Ortho replaced it but it was no drama.

It’s been nearly 2 years now since i first started and I cannot lie and say the time has passed quickly but for the last year I’ve just accepted that’s what’s happening to my mouth. I think i’ve started being conscious of it all  now because I had the deadline of 2 years in my head and now that’s approaching I want them GONE!!