Hi!
There's not a lot happening with my teeth at the moment but I thought I'd drop by anyway.
I'm now back at uni, meaning it's a bit more difficult to find braces-friendly meals

It's not that I'm still having trouble eating, it's more the fact that any meat they serve us is definitely not tender! I'm also still finding there are a few people who haven't seen my braces yet, and I'm often getting asked about them. It's funny because I'm now at the stage where when someone mentions them I think "oh, that's right, I've got braces and they're still kind of new!"
I am experiencing more pain, but it's still not a huge problem. I'm finding that my elastics are causing it, which makes sense because I only wear them at night.
Flossing.... well. What a story. I was basically only flossing my top teeth for the first month because I just couldn't get the floss between the bottom ones- and the hygienist told me that I could get away with not flossing my bottom teeth for a year because my teeth are in such good shape. She wasn't promoting this, I think it was more to reassure me if I found it too difficult. I finally bit the bullet last week and had a go at my bottom teeth. And after a lot of work, I discovered the reason the floss would not fit- there was so much tartar (I think- tartar's the clear stuff, right?) there!
The floss managed to pull out all of the yucky tartar, and it was like there were these little pieces of clear plastic stuff between my teeth. Pretty disgusting but I feel so so so good that I've finally gotten all this crap out. Now I look forward to flossing every night!
My bite is still way off. Before all of this, my back teeth met quite well, and that went out the window as soon as the molar bands went on. It's slowly getting better, and I notice that my bite is better in the morning after the elastics have been on all night. I'm hoping that at my next adjustment I have to wear elastics all day- I know what they can do overnight, and it would be amazing to see what they could do if they were on all the time.
I'm finding new things in my mouth to stress about all the time

At the moment I am worried about my gum on my bottom teeth. The ortho told me that I have a little bit of gum recession due to my teeth being quite forward in the gum. I've noticed some of the gum has come back on some teeth, which is

but then I worry some has gotten worse, so I'm constantly comparing photos. As far as I can tell, the recession hasn't gotten worse, but I'm a worrier! If it's not that, it will be something else

I just keep having to remind myself what my bf is always telling me-
Worrying is a lot like being in a rocking chair. It's a lot fun, but you don't go anywhere!
The only other bit of news I have is that my bottom first right molar is now way out of the arch poking it's way towards my tongue. Hey, I know that's not how I want it but any movement is progress!
I've included a little update photo, because I know that's what we all want to see! My two top teeth continue to straighten out, which is making me very happy.
Nearly 6 weeks in:
Day 1:
Take care everyone

Banded 22 June 2006.
Debanded 24 July 2007.
Loving it!