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The first in a series of me filming Ry singing in his living room. I called it our viral video campaign. He calls it me being annoying and forcing him to sing on camera when he’s not prepared. Some more songs will be posted soon as a preview to his upcoming CD, to be released this fall. If you like him, check out his show at the Paradise on Saturday night.
“I’m really mad,” Doc said. “Your bite is terrible.”
“Yeah, I know,” I said. “It keeps getting worse.”
“And your smile is still crooked. I apologize, I didn’t expect it to go this way. It’s usually unheard of for any of my patients to be in treatment as long as you have.”
It’s been two years, everybody! And because I’ve made little progress in terms of alignment, we’re trying a new strategy: he put a heavy wire on bottom and cut the top wire in half, and is making me wear TWO elastics to pull down my FIC (Formerly Impacted Canine) so it goes lower than it’s supposed to — after which, he’ll reconnect the wire, which will pull it up and by that point my bite should be less crooked…
Then, he’s going to shave my bottom teeth again, making them even smaller, although I’m convinced they can’t possibly get any smaller. Doc countered that opinion with a jungle animal analogy, describing the original size of my teeth, none of which is relevant to print. Suffice it to say, we’re embarking on a “final stretch” of treatment, which is more like two homeruns-worth of running instead of a mere baseline slide.
“Just tell me these will be off before I turn 30,” I said.
When he realized that’s 1.3 years away, he rolled his eyes. “Please,” he groaned, “it won’t take THAT long.” But I’m not believing anything anymore.
At least it’s spring, and I can still chew, more or less, and my teeth are, for all intents and purposes, mostly completely straight. Since this ortho adventure began, I’ve gained 12 pounds, my hair has grown, been cut, and grown again, I’ve moved four times, changed jobs once, changed boyfriends three times, changed my five-year plan four times, but I can now run a 5k in 28 minutes, I have a car to drive, my apartment is better and cheaper, and my boyfriend is better and permanent. And I’m learning German.
You gotta focus on the elements of progress, right?
