It’s official. Last Wednesday the orthodontist delivered the long awaited news – I’m done widening my jaw. Although it seemed like forever the orthodontist did keep to his initial estimate which was that it would take approximately 30 days for the process to be complete.
The gap between my two front teeth is quickly closing in, should be another week to two weeks before it’s back to normal. Hopefully the teeth will drift back together in somewhat of a straight fashion otherwise I’ll have to deal with that anomaly until the braces go on which will only be in 6 months time once the bone has fully healed from my jaw expansion surgery.
My face is still puffy and my surgeon informed me last week that the puffiness will last a month to two months.
As for the music, I’ve been trying my best to practice on my own even though my singing sounds a little funny with my gap. I have to learn how to exhale without loosing all of my breath through the space between my front teeth! Okay I exaggerate slightly :)
I’m pretty anxious to get back into regular practice mode with the band but I’ll have to wait until a couple of my band mates are through with some work that they have to get finished. Until then I’ll try to keep motivated to practice on my own. Boo :(
