"Joelle" wrote in message
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Took the kids for a free initial consult with the orthodontist today. O
my,
the trauma and pathos for my 13 year old girl.

Bottom line, they both could use them. But my son, forget it. We are
still
working on teeth brushing everyday.

My poor daughter. So self-conscious about her teeth, won't smile with an
open
mouth. But she's also self-conscious about braces. And she plays the
flute
and has heard it's harder to play with braces. The thing is, it's not
just
cosmetic. She has a couple of permanent teeth that are not coming down
and she
is either going to have to have braces, or get them pulled and put in
false
teeth, or have spaces in the front of her mouth. Poor girl. What a
dilemma.
She cried, she yelled at me that I didn't know anything.

So now she thinks she will have them IF, she can get the clear brackets,
if she
can only get the top and if she gets a different doctor because the one we
went
to is a jerk (Poor guy is a jerk because he's the one who delivered the
bad
news)

Oh let's not talk about the cost. Suffice it to say, I had a little
life-insurance money. Lost half of it because I was advised (and stupidly
followed) to put it ALL in mutual funds. I plan on taking the kids to
Italy
for a big trip next year. Between the trip and braces (for both), I might
have
a little left over for emergencies. :-0

Can I just encourage anyone who is married here and is resenting the
checks you
make out for life-insurance, to not only stop resenting it, but go out and
buy
about twice as much as you have now?...

Joelle
If you want to make God laugh, tell him what you are doing tomorrow
Father Mike


Sigh....braces...yeah, I remember that. Tell her that I had the head gear
and had to wear it for 12 hours a day....and I was 13 when I had mine.

Her flute playing will be fine. She'll just need some extra practice to
adjust her lips properly, I"m sure that she'll get so used to having them
on, she'll have more problems when she has them taken off.

Give her a big hug, and start stocking up on Motrin now (ibuprofen)...she's
gonna be really uncomfortable every time they get tightened! But they are
so worth it. The head gear was even worth it. No more overbite and
straight teeth!


hugs,
*bri