Happy 4th of July weekend to everybody! What a difference a year makes. Last year I was still getting used to being in braces and spending my 4th of July in FL on a freediving scalloping trip. My teeth were sore, but it was totally doable to have my mouth around a snorkel (RIP to the 3 brackets I broke that weekend. lol). This year I went backpacking up in the Sierra mountains about 3.5 hours from home. My husband and I love to backpack. Last year I was out the season because of my torn knee, and this year we haven't done anything yet because of my jaw surgery recovery. I'm finally feeling decent enough (outside of the pain and issues surrounding the jaw misalignment from the first surgery), that we thought we could give this trip a try. It was fun, but definitely not without it's issues. Right off the bat I had a huge issue-- drinking water. My pack has a water bladder in it with a hose that comes out and has a little mouthpiece on it that lets water out when you bite down. (Like this: https://notunlessimbeingchased.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/img_2696.jpg) My bite is so screwed that I couldn't really get my teeth/lips to close around the mouth piece and bite down to let water out. I spent the trip pretty damn dehydrated. It's bad enough to where I might not go on another backpack until after the revision surgery to fix this mess.
Speaking of a mess, I posted some photo's of the off bite back in May. Since then, my lower teeth have been tipped in, which has made my misalignment even more obvious. Figured I would make a post to throw these up, even though they aren't the most flattering (for real-- my teeth are basically purple/grey after that stupid mouthwash I had to take the first month post op). I've made enough reference to how screwed my bite is, so I might as well post the visuals too.
Speaking of a mess, I posted some photo's of the off bite back in May. Since then, my lower teeth have been tipped in, which has made my misalignment even more obvious. Figured I would make a post to throw these up, even though they aren't the most flattering (for real-- my teeth are basically purple/grey after that stupid mouthwash I had to take the first month post op). I've made enough reference to how screwed my bite is, so I might as well post the visuals too.
I wake up every morning and feel my jaws all out of alignment and my bite so far off and think, "how the hell did this happen?!" And then I look at pictures like this and REALLY think, "how the hell did this happen?!" Seriously. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around how I went in to fix an overbite and gummy smile and came out with an overbite (worse on one side vs. the other now) and twisted and crooked top and bottom jaws. So twisted that it has changed the shape of my face! Seriously.... how. did. this. happen?
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