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LOL! I know exactly how you feel. I just got my braces last Monday and have been watching for signs of movement ever since. I really need to just relax and wait, but I'm finding that very difficult!
I'm already looking forward with anticipation to my first adjustment next month. I won't feel like I'm really in the trenches with these things until then, I guess. I'm hoping by Christmas that I'll really be seeing some progress. I sure hope I'm right!
Photos are a fun way to watch progress. I have a folder in my pictures that is a running timeline of my treatment so far. I find it very motivating and quite a morale booster.
I've had a brace on my lower teeth for 39 days now....and I've had very visible movement! One of my canine teeth has visibly moved a little forward, the gap from my extraced tooth has decreased considerably and my overlapping, leaning incisors are a bit straighter.... I started noticing movement during the first couple of weeks!
I really need to just relax and wait, but I'm finding that very difficult!
