No More Turning :-)

I had an ortho appointment today to check my expander, and guess what? I don't have to turn it anymore!! It wasn't even painful in the end, but it's exciting none the less :-D The Dr put a piece of wire through the expander hole to tie it off. He also replaced my top wire because he cut it when we began the expansion. The gap is only wide enough to fit a fifty cent coin in between the teeth, so I am very happy about that, and I didn't find it was too embarrassing. The other good news is that the gap will begin to close any time now, and if it doesn't do that by itself, the Dr will put something on the braces to make it happen fast (at my next visit SIX WEEKS away!!) so I will be prettyish before Christmas and the big family photo I have planned :-D Every time I have had to go back to see him every one or two weeks, so six weeks will be great. Sick of all the travelling already... That's about it xx