My first adjustment went quite well.
I thought I would only be seeing the assistant as my ortho is based in Sydney and I'm not sure how often he flies up to Armidale, but he was there and did all the work

The first thing he did was ask whether I had seen much movement and I told him I was very happy with what I had seen. He also asked if I had experienced much pain, and I told him everything had been fine apart from that one little tooth last weekend. He was very sympathetic and told me he couldn't explain why one tooth would hurt so much, but that it was normal.
He then cut my old wires straight away

and gave me some new, stronger wires. He heated the ends so that they would bend before he put them in my mouth- which is why I haven't experienced the poking wire so many people do. I think that was really thoughtful of him!
It hurt when my brackets were being closed but it was over very quickly. I now have to wear
Tom 24/7 in the same configuration as before, and I'm pretty happy about that as it means movement and progress!!
All in all it was a great adjustment. Now I'm a bit sore but nothing I can't deal with.
I saw an old friend at the ortho's office. We went through highschool together, and I have never known here without braces- she is my age, 22. She was getting her braces off, and was terrified as it has been so long since she had been "naked". She looked fantastic when I left and I told her so. I'm sending her positive thoughts tonight and tomorrow (her first day at work "naked") as she's a bit worried about all the attention she'll get. She is a teacher and her class put on a play for her last week- about a girl getting her braces off! She was really touched by that.
Take care everyone,
Jennifer
Banded 22 June 2006.
Debanded 24 July 2007.
Loving it!