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Subject: Re: got the headgear

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sean

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Date Posted: 07:51:42 07/02/04 Fri
In reply to: MJ 's message, "Re: got the headgear" on 17:00:16 07/01/04 Thu

thanks for the help. my ortho wants me to wear it out in addition to home and even told me that i'm going to have to wear it to classes in the fall in order to get enough hours. the other scary thing he said was that the hours could increase (or decrease) from time to time so there might be times when i have to wear it even more! i was told that the best thing would be to get in the habit of only taking it off when i eat, brush my teeth or play sports. i have no idea how i'm supposed to even get close to 18 hours. even 12 hours is hard to fit in with my social life!

>Congratulations, sort of! You're right on one thing -
>headgear sucks! But it is like getting braces, you
>can't believe you will ever get used to it but it
>happens. You're also right that 18 hours isn't likely
>either, I am in college so I can spend a lot of time
>hiding in my house wearing mine while I'm studying and
>still don't often wear it that long even though I
>should. I will probably be even worse now that school
>is out and I have to choose being out and about or
>hanging around the house looking like a horse in a
>bridle :-( Sometimes I can't believe I'm doing this
>to myself! But stick with it, its done wonderful
>things for me already.
>
>MJ

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Re: got the headgear	MJ	18:11:31 07/02/04 Fri