Snagglepuss no more

18 Jan 2011 2 Comments

by junegirlsramblings in Uncategorized

Okay so today I went to my Orthodontist and the news is in 2 weeks I get my braces off!!!

It’s been just over 18 months and I am shocked that it is now nearly over. Without going into details there have been jaw widening contraptions screwed into my jaw, there have been infections that swelled up my face to elephant man proportions, there have been tears and pain and then the last 6 months or so of not much drama.  It was an overcrowding issue, compounded by the words echoing in my head from insensitive family and friends who teased me with the unfortunate nickname snagglepuss and a particularly unkind boy who made fun of me who then went on with his life probably never realising he’d helped to give me a major hangup. Asshole. Little 8 yr old asshole.
I didn’t think I’d ever have the money to get my teeth fixed. They made me feel embarrassed and ugly. In the end it had to be done as my gums were playing up and would have caused me problems later on. I’ll never forget seeing myself with braces that first day, I cried, I thought I looked monstrous, now I don’t even notice them.

So now these babies are coming off and I am already tearing up at the thought of seeing myself for the first time without braces and with STRAIGHT TEETH. Oh my God! I won’t miss all the maintenance or the self consciousness. I wonder how it will feel to have good teeth. This will be another thing that I can no longer put myself down for because I am gonna look damn good! I am smiling as I type that. Yes sirree. I am gonna wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and say “Damn girl, you smokin” And I am going to take really good care of these new teeth of mine as they have cost me well over $8000. Typing that hurts nearly as much as the jaw expander, ha. Maybe I will be brave and take a nice photo for my twitter, facebook and blog accounts, hmmm.