Got them on!!!

So I got my braces and the rapid palatal expander apparatus ( I believe it is a Hyrax) installed. this is really strange. The expander apparatus is close to the roof of my mouth; food gets trapped in it and I have problems saying many words. The separators hurt sooooooooooooo much I was really happy when they where removed. My co-workers keep telling me that the brace will hurt, not as much as the separator, but they will hurt. I am on day 3 and no pain just a little irritation on the back of my lips. I think the braces don't hurt is because the top only have a split wire (only the front 6 teeth have a wire through them). The bottom however has wire all the way around.

I had a meeting on Thursday and that was hard. I had to talk and could not pronounce many word. Hopefully I will over come most of that this weekend.

The rapid palatal expander apparatus that I have in, by the way this is not being tightened until my 1st surgery Sept 14) can be seen here: www.drstich.com/images/diagram_expander.jpg
You can also check out these sites to get more infomration to the sugically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) I wll have.
http://www.srt-psc.com/10case98.html
http://ejo.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/29/1/31
http://www.angle.org/anglonline/?request=get-document&issn=0003-3219&volume=072&issue=04&page=0362
http://ejo.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/26/4/403.pdf