What will your coworkers say? What will your family think? Just how embarrassing is this going to be? Will you be able to cope with everyone seeing braces on your teeth? Not to mention -- the feeling of having them in your mouth?!
On the last one, I have heard various analogies but the one that stands out seems a bit foreboding! Even the toughest among us like lilfoot here? She is determined I can tell! One entry for how braces feel at first says:
"The first day, it may not hurt too much. The second and third days, it may feel like somebody hit you in the teeth with a baseball. Take a pain reliever like Ibuprofen (Motrin/Advil) or acetaminophen (Tylenol) and try to chill out. It will get better!"
Hope you two can contribute some more ideas?
Help me out with ideas and I will start a thread for us? Thanks and welcome to the line leading to the orthodontist Jendz! Unless your appointment is earlier than Lilfoot's Jendz she will be leading the way! I am developing a pretty good case of cold feet even though Lilfoot is the one in the snow! 
. My appointment is actually at 8:00 am Tuesday morning (I can't believe I scheduled this so early, but I wanted to get it done before work). Somehow I am dreading the decision of heading straight to work after getting 'braced'. 
Are we all ready for are chair ride tomorrow? And to come out on the other end with are new grins? 
A**. I wish you had my Ortho. he uses buccal molar brackets. My teeth are on the move! When they put them on it didn't hurt at all it just felt different with all the new stuff in my mouth.
in the mouth I was pretty much in tears by the end of the night and didn't want to talk to my hubby cause it hurt to much, but I have to say the tips on here are great 
and I'm still kinda on soft foods and anything cold but it's a lot better 
. I haven't heard from Wriedgrin I hope he is well?