emBRACE it

WARNING: this post may contain drama queen content

When you're in middle school, braces are the coolest thing. You can change your colors to coordinate with holidays...so cool. Well, life with braces as an adult is different. I mean honestly, no 20 year old wants to wear braces. The lady asked me what color I wanted and I looked at her with a blank face and said "the one that shows the least", duh. My teeth hurt, which is making my jaw hurt more and I can hardly eat (I basically swallow everything whole which is probably not good...). I honestly look like I'm 15 and for the first couple days I wanted to climb into bed and watch Grey's Anatomy on Netflix and never get up again.

But, I'm embracing it.

It could be worse. My whole situation could be worse. I heard my oral surgeon mention that I had micrognathia, which is another symptom my arthritis has caused, so I have been researching it lately. I am extremely lucky that I don't have a severe case of this and I greatly sympathize for the people who do. So, I'm trying to look on the bright side of things. I no longer want to mope about it. I can laugh when the guys at work call me metal mouth as a joke. I have come to terms with the fact that I'm going to have braces on for my 21st birthday. If I'm accepted to nursing school, I'll most likely be in them when I begin classes. But I'm ok with it. The end results are going to get rid of my pain and probably make me a more confident person. Time flies when you're as busy as I am with school, work, and doctors appointments so I can imagine my surgery is going to be here before I know it. Then shortly after that, my braces will be off.

For now, I'm doing 3 month check-ups with my oral surgeon and hopefully at my next appointment in May we will be able to schedule the surgery and really get the ball rolling. Bad news, insurance randomly decided to come back and not cover some things so the out of pocket cost of my surgery went up... which is so annoying. CIGNA, IF YOU'RE READING THIS I HATE YOU. School and work are both picking up so my posts may not be as frequent for the next couple of weeks. But I will continue to update it regularly.

Oh and I realized I haven't shared any pictures of my dogs which is so out of character for me. Here ya go :)