So the ortho tells me that tongue thrusting in adults is such an established pattern that it is almost impossible to correct by retraining. I am thinking, "Then why am I doing this at all if they are just going to get forced back out?" Apparently his view is that as my teeth get out of the way my tongue will have the room it needs to rest in a more normal position.
Long story short I ask him if there is something that we can put to help remind me to place my tongue in the correct position. I am thinking a little bead or such which will serve as a reminder... He tells me there is a prong they can put on the back of my front two teeth but it is uncomfortable. I tell him go for it. OMG. It is like tiny pins poking the tip of my tongue a million times a day (which only goes to show how bad my tongue thrusting was). Well I can tell you it works. My tongue is exhausted from the effort of trying to stay away from the evil thing. The only safe place is the roof of my mouth where it is supposed to be.
It is very hard to swallow with my tongue up in the place it is supposed to be. I seem to be avoiding it as much as possible. I am going to drown in my own spit"
Well less than two weeks later, I take ALL OF THAT BACK!!!!!!!!!!! In the 12 days that I have had my braces, my tongue has managed to spread those prongs so that there is a nice space for my tongue to spread out quite comfortably and rest firmly on the back of my two front teeth 
So much for boot camp... Now I don't know if I am doing MORE damage as far as pressure on my front teeth or not. I suppose that I should call the ortho and see what now except I feel kind of embarrassed about it. 
but I am going to go ahead and call them tomorrow. I almost want a cage or something that totally prevents my tongue for being able to touch my front teeth at all. I wonder if they have that sort of thing. Like something hanging down from the roof of my mouth or something... I really thought I had it licked (no pun intended lol)!