Before - Now.

Before - Now., a photo by Jay Medeiros on Flickr.

August 11, 2011- October 30, 2011

June 2011 Panoramic X Ray

June 2011 Panoramic X Ray, a photo by Jay Medeiros on Flickr.

Just something I dug up for you all. The Panoramic X Ray my orthodontist took at my Consultation.

October 2011 - Month 2

October 2011 - Month 2, a set on Flickr.

The Thank You Card

thank you card front, a photo by Jay Medeiros on Flickr.

A Thank you Card from the Orthodontist

Ok, so in the mail on Monday October 17th, I got something in the mail from my orthodontist's office in a card shaped envelope. So I opened it on the way to class at 4pm. It was a pink thank you card. It had a butterfly on it and so I opened it. It read:
Dear Jen
Thank you so very much
for the great "before" photo.
I look forward to your beautiful
new + improved smile in the
"after" photo!!
Also thanks for the great
molar vases. I am still thinking of
what to put in them but I like
them "plain" on the counter too!
It's a pleasure to have you
as a patient.
Many thanks again.
Sincerely-
Dr. ______ :)
Yes she put the smiley face. :) I thought it was sweet of her.

Braces First Adjustment 10-12-2011

First Adjusment Oct 12 2011

Hey so on October 12, I missed my math class called Modern College Mathematics to go to my orthodontist appointment. We woke up at 5:30am, we as in my mother, father and I. We left at around 6am. The appointment was for 10:20am. We arrived in her parking lot at 8:05am. Her office did not even open until 10am. I seen everyone of her employees including her walk in. So like it was 10:03 Im like can i go in now? They said yeah sure go head we'll meet you in there. So I went in and the assistant called some other kid who was there waiting with me AND me at the same time. This time I sat in the middle chair. In her bay there are three chairs, one near the counter which was the one I was in for my braces being put on, the middle one and the end on near the wall. So I sat down and where the back of the office is she came out because it turns like an L from her office over to the Bay of chairs. And she said "Hey Jenn how are you?" I said "Good and you?" She said she was good. So last time I dont know if I told you, I got my picture taken with her right after I got my braces on. So I bought her this gorgeous Glass frame It was red and white and screamed her name in the store and I developed the picture of her and I and put it in the frame. I decided not to wrap it because she told me NO MORE GIFTS! lol. So I brought it in with the book i was studying the human bones from. I said "Hey before you say anything this isn't a gift it's just because..... because this is how I give people the copies of the pictures I take with them." So I handed it to her and he was really happy and saod "WOW! Look at this it's in a nice fancy frame, thanks Jenn,." She came up to me sitting in the dental chair and gives me a GIANT hug and kissed my face. My orthodontist and I are very close. She's a sweetheart. She was running around her office trying to put the picture in different places trying to find the best place. She cane back five miunutes later and said she put it in her office so that every single person who comes into the office can see it because they don't get braces unless they go through her office/consult room. In plus when she's not looking at patients she sits in her office. But yeah so then she comes back and sits near the computer for my station and she looks at me and I said "Hey you remember that really awesome bubblegum mouthwash you gave me last time? Yeah, well I kinda ran out and I went to legit 35 stores and totally couldn't find it." I said it with a frown she said "That's cause they don't sell it in stores." I said "Oh ok, I ran out do you think I could buy another bottle through you?" She laughed and said  "Geez Jenn what are you drinkin the stuff?" I said "No, despite it tasting rather delicious." So she said she'd get me some more before I left. She looked at my teeth and told the same assistant that did some of my braces when I got them on he said ok so now o14 on Bottom and the same wire on top (which is and was also an o14). So the assistant asked what colour I wanted, I said to the ortho "Hey you should pick out the colour." She said "NO WAY you woudl NOT like the colour I pick out it would be the ugly leftover colours." I laughed and said "Ok! Purple it is." I chosed the darkest non sprakly-est purple there was. I was kind of wanting the sparkley one. So then she got up and the ssistant did the work then she called over my ortho to come take a look amd she had the assistant pull up my before photos and she kept telling me bite down and open up to check the back bite and then I asked if she still wanted me to wear my elastiscs she said "Nope, you can stop those for now and let's see what the teeth can do on their own." I said "Oh ok." so then she went in the cabinet at the back of her office near the L shape and pulled out some Bubblegum Mouthwash and she said "Here now don't drink it ok? This should last you three months." I said "Ok thanks, are you sure you don't want me to buy it from you?" She said nah it's good. So then I went around to the front desk lady Man I love that front desk lady, I want my picture taken with her soo bad but I am scared to ask her.  So we made the next appointment and I said "Awh man I forgot to ask Dr Lisann a question." She said  "You can still ask her." So I went back there and asked her about the dental cleaning because its also up near her office and I was hoping to kill two birds with one stone a cleaning and an andjustment. She said "Oh just cmoe in here for like 5 minutes and I can take your wire out nad you can head over to the dentist and the come back to me for the adjustment I said ok cool, Ill schedule it for the  next adjustment then. So then I said "Oh wait! Where did you put the picture?" She brought me into her office/consult room and said I put it right here so that everyone can see it, because everyone that comes through these doors will come in here at least three times." I said "Awh it looks so nice right there." So yeah then I made my appintment and the lady was like your teacher got mad didn't she? I said "Yeah how'd you know?" She said "And you though she wouldnt get mad." I said "Yeah she's REAL mad that I took today off she was NOT a happy camper. Do you have any thursdays?" She said yep. So we made the appointment for Thursday Dec 1.  So then I said bye and thanks again to her nad her staff. I always say thank you to them everytime I go.

Kidney Surgery Sept 29th

Hey so as I mentioned before I needed kidney stone surgery. Well I was supposed to have it done at his office not the hospital on Sept 26th. I paid my money for my health insruance that wont be active until Financial Aid pays the rest. So they had the Surgeon himself call me back and he said that He would do the Surgery for me so it wouldn't cost me anything. So I went to the Hospital on Sept 29th. So then I woke up early that morning and got myself ready for the surgery and of course I was spooked about being knocked out. They gave me something to relax me three times before I went into surgery then my surgeon knew I was spooked to go under so he talked to me about life and how I was doing before he knocked me out. Then I woke up and he came in but he wasnt wearing scrubs he was wearing his office attire and he was just leaving to go see patients over at his office for the afternoon. I said "Hey when I get this stent taken out, I only trust YOU to do it." He said "Well there is no stent." I said "Why?" He replied "Because there was no stone and you are perfectly healthy now. Oh and by the way you have no pain medicine right now." I said "WOW because I do not hurt." So then he went to go look for my mom and tell her but he could not find her so I ended up telling her I came home about an hour afterward. I am fine now...... for the most part.

September 2011 - Month 1

September 2011 - Month 1, a set on Flickr.

This is what my teeth look like after just having my braces put on.

Broke the Wire

So I broke my wire two times before my appointment, The first time I ate cookie dough and the wire popped our of the back and I was told by her office to cut it. The second time I was flossing and bent the wire out forward, so I called my orthoodntists office at 6pm on a Friday night and she called me back becauae it left a page message. Then, she walked me through it telling me I can relax :) and not to worry about it I just slid it in the back and all set to go it feel into place and I was all good. Good thing too because I had work the next day and it was horridly noticeable.