Hi everyone - thanks for all the welcomes and well wishes!
So here is how
MY day went. First I had to wake up two hrs before my appointment to take the tablet that dries your mouth out - So I get to the office at 9:15am - they take a few mouth pictures up close then some headshots and profiles. Once I get into the chair, the assistance shows me all the appliances that are about to be a part of me - I mentioned that the brackets looked smaller than I imagined, and she stated that they are using the smallest size on me that they have. Good news
The Doc explains a few things, then sits down and goes to work. He started by polishing all my teeth, then I rinsed. Next he dried one tooth at a time (starting on the bottom), wiped with flouride, dried the tooth again, cemented and placed the bracket. He didnt use those lip spreader things on me though (maybe since my mouth is so small ???) he just held that part of my mouth/lip open while it dried. From there he moved up to the top row, blah blah blah. I had to rinse once more. He then started with the wires, marking them, cutting them and finally placing them on. Once the assistant put the first couple of ligs on I could instantly feel some pressure. He tied some clear elastic to both of my top canines and attatched them to molars on the top arch, he said this will help pull the canines down and back into my extraction spaces. Nothing hurt though. After an hour an a half of sitting in that chair, I was all done. The assistant told me all about how to brush and floss, gave me a goodie bag and I was out of there. It's now 10:30 pm and I still don't have any real pain, just some aches here and there, some tenderness, and some pressure. Some of it comes and goes. The only pain meds that I have taken so far was some Aleve at 11:00 this morning and that was just to have it in my system before the pain hit me. Well I'm sure that Aleve has wore off by now and I'm not in pain - nothing bad enough to take medicine for anyway
Maybe it just hasn't hit me yet - it may come tomorrow or the next day, but I hope not. I took the day off from work, thinking that I would be in pain and since I wasn't I went in for half my shift. So far I have eaten mashed potatoes, pudding and very soft cheese pizza. Brushing and flossing are very time consuming but I'm sure I'll get use to that with time. My camera batteries are charging at the moment - so I will try and post some pics tomorrow.
. Hopefully I can handle the pain that is soon to come. I know that I'll be taking tons of pics - so I will post them asap.
It will be well worth it in the end. Let us know all about your visit tomorrow! 
