The Asian Tour of Pain

Nine months since the braces went on, and everything is going according to plan, though very slowly.

I'm in the elastic band stage, which supposedly helps line up my bite. The elastics my ortho gives out uses countries to identify the size and strength of the bands, which I guess is useful. I started out with Japan, which seemed uncomfortable at the time, but not too bad. I now realize that Japan is a far nicer place to be than Thailand. Thailand bands are small and extremely strong. It's not been fun.

I'm glad that ibuprofen is plentiful.