Good news...finally

So I went to see another orthodontist yesterday and I left with some great news. He doesn't want me to have the surgery (yes!) b/c it's super invasive and he doesn't think it's necessary. Which I do find odd seeing as though the other orthodontist said there was no other option and my oral surgeon told me I would be making a bad decision by not having the surgery. But the new doc has become kind of a family friend these last two years b/c his oldest daughter is a student at choate and we're pretty close, and his youngest two girls go to the school brian teaches at. they are a great family so i'm really putting all of my trust into him to help me make the correct decisions! He showed me an xray of a man with a worse open bite than mine, he said his mouth is perfect now. Granted, he had two years of braces and other treatments but hey, no one had to take his face apart then put it back together again. So thats where we are now...i'm in the process of getting my records transferred which always makes me feel bad. I saw how hard the other docs worked on my case and i almost feel like i'm betraying them but I'll get over it! Hopefully I'll get the braces in a month or so and then he wants me to see a speech therapist b/c he thinks i'm "using my tongue the wrong way" when i'm talking and swallowing forcing my mouth open. complicated stuff. but it's ok, b/c i'm not having surgery!!!!! =) on the down side, my request to look like heidi klum after surgery will no longer be upheld :(