My journey to breathe

My anxiety over the next 3 weeks higher than I would have liked it. I struggled to find information on what the expander removal would be like, there’s just not a lot of great resources on the internet. I am a member of a Facebook group for called “adult non-surgical palate expansion”, which includes the MSE (maxillary skeletal expansion) that I have, the ALF, AGGA, FAGGA, DNA and others, but I am the only person of the nearly 500 members who has had an MSE. I have read a blog and watch the vlogs of a guy who does have the MSE, but he and I had it installed about the same time. Doctors are not aware of its existence and not enough are being trained to provide them. This is a group with members from all over the world and people are struggling to find options in their parts of the world. I spoke with one woman on the phone for nearly an hour who lives in Paris and plans fly to Philly and meet with my ortho. The last of resources and knowledge are scary and frustrating. I was able ...

Where has the time gone? How is it December already? Gary and I had the most amazing time in Morocco! We flew into Casablanca, took the train right away to Marrakesh and toured the city for an incredible 5 days before our driver/guide, Ahmed, picked us up from our riad (Moroccan hotel). We drove 1,000 miles with Ahmed over the next 6 days: to Ait Benhaddou, the African movie studios, the Torda and Dades gorges, the Saharan desert, Fes, Meknes, Volubilis, Chefchaouen (the blue city) and then back to Fes. I then proceeded to get food poisoning and was too ill and dilerious to leave our room in Fes for the next 2 days. Once I got better, we took the train back to Casablanca for a short visit then home to the states.  El Badi Palace in Marrakesh Chefchaouen...the blue city If Morocco was never on your top 10 list, seriously reconsider and bump it to the top! I cannot say one bad thing about the country, aside from not finding mashed potatoes while I was sick…funny that ...