Questions about braces? ?

Okay if you already had your expander thats WAY worse than braces, trust me lol. With me they put my bottom braces and expander on in July '07 and then my upper braces on dec '07 then took my expander off in march '08. You might have some difficulty chewing but none with drinking or swallowing. The pain to me is about a 3. before you go you may want to take an ibuprofen just to make sure you don't get a headache.