Bad Patient :)

Well anyone who has seen me since my braces have been put on, or especially the last couple of months hav seen my enormous lips!! Red, inflamed, dry, cracked and very unattractive. Well since I work for an orthodontist, me and the people I work with have been trying to figure out why my lips are reacting this way. Rubberbands to non latex etc. Well after about 2 months of this and not being able to kiss my kids or my husband let alone eat without having fire lips I decided my teeth were better than they were and so after 8 months of wearing, OFF came my braces. :) My teeth look great to most people who don't spend their whole day looking at teeth. So I have to say I am pretty pleased with the progress and looking forward to my lips returning to normal size. I must say that I had them taken off in the morning and by nightfall they were already 70% better. The doctors have never seen anything like it. Most of the girls think I was having an allergic reaction only in my mouth to the stainless steal. Whatever it was I am one of kind still :)