HI PEOPLE!!!!

        Okay, so long story short... I don't breathe (much). This is due to an obnoxiously small airway. And, according to the professionals, not breathing (much) isn't very beneficial to one's health. Therefore, it's necessary to break my face, make a bunch of adjustments to it, and put it together again. On June 1st, I will undergo a Lefort 1  jaw advancement surgery. Sounds like fun... right?
        This all started a couple years ago when I went to have a simple consult about my bite. As soon as my xrays were seen by the room full of doctors, they realized that my airway was about 2 mm wide. Thus began a three year love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with the world of orthodontics. Immediately following this appointment, I had a sleep study. According to this study, I stopped breathing 82 times in an hour, and had no REM sleep. According to doctors, I should have stayed behind at least one year in school and been diagnosed with ADHD. Because I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, I had to use a CPAP machine (aka CRAP machine). Two and a half years of braces, machines, and masks later, I'm finally ready for them to fix my jaw.
        I'll try to explain this procedure to the best of my understanding. If everything goes as planned, Dr. McCarthy, Dr. Grayson, and their surgical team will move my top jaw forward 10ish mm. This will hopefully widen my airway to the extent that I no longer stop breathing at night time. If this does not correct the problem, I will have some sort of tongue surgery over winter break.
       For those of you who are just really hearing about this, I'm sure it seems like a lot to take in at once. The past three years have been very overwhelming for me. For the longest time, this surgery seemed like it was lightyears away. Now, I'm just starting to realize that it's soon. Really soon. Honestly, I'm ready to just be done. It's like that last final that you don't want to take, but at the same time you just want to get it over with. I've spent the last three years of my life, at least once a month, going to NYU. It's been a very interesting chapter of my life, to say the least. However, I'm more than ready to close that chapter and move on to better things.
        I'll be updating the blog as often as I can. If you want to read some funny stuff, make sure to look at the entries around June 2nd-5th. Apparently I say/write some pretty interesting things while on pain meds :-) Bye!