Not that I’m counting or anything……
I want these things GONE.
They don’t cause me direct pain anymore, and 90% of the time I don’t think about them at all. But I feel the same about cold sores, and I don’t want them either.
I also am having a moment of apprehension. What happens if my teeth are not perfect when they come off? What if they are not ‘done/fixed/finished? If I need to have them for longer to do more changes then surely I’m best to suck it up and leave them on. It was $11K to do this and I’m NOT doing it again, so better the devil you know, right? I am no longer with the original Ortho that started this and so does the guy taking over from him really understand why I was doing it and know the benchmarks for the final result? I wonder if I’ll miss them? I won’t be the ‘Middle Aged Lady with Braces” anymore!
On the other hand if I go there and he tells me that I will have to wait another 6 weeks because there’s more to go I think I’ll explode!
Is this what Stockholm Syndrome feels like?
I’ll take some final photos if them on to have as a memory and then dance into the dentist this week and hopefully say goodbye to the torturous little devils.
Middle Aged Lady with Braces 
Ahhh, congrats! I still have my braces; it’s been over two and a half years. I’m hoping at my ortho visit on Wednesday we can talk about when I’ll get them off. Definitely take photos and please post your gorgeous new smile here!
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Hi Alison! Yes it’s been 2.5 yrs for me now too, though I was told at the beginning it would be 2 yrs so I remember the hard part was at the 2 yr mark when every time I went in they kept saying no, it’s not done. It would be better if they just said 3 yrs and then I’d be pleased they were coming off ‘early’!
I certainly will take some photos. I can see from my old photos that my face has changed….
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