Metal Mouth Message Board

Yes, the most comfortable way to hold my mouth is lying on a pillow on my side so my mouth hangs open but....a girl has gotta get out of bed and work sometime. haha

It really gets easier? I think to myself that there is no way adults would keep these things on the teeth for 2 years if it felt like this the entire time. But then I think, I can't stand this 1 more day. Please don't think I am a sissy, because it really doesn't have that much to do with the pain. ...

7 days with braces - I think another really awkward part of this whole thing is how to hold my mouth. Besides the fact that I am feeling these "weird" things in my mouth, I am constantly thinking about how to close my mouth. I feel my jaw all the time and I never paid much attention to it....

Jenn S. - OMG..you had me laughing so hard and I had to share it with my BF. You sound exactly like me. *low sodium soup - haha my cupboard is packed with them *chapstick - I have a tube in every purse I own *begging for better drugs and denied over and over again Finally on day 6 I am laughing but ...

Thank you for all the encouraging words:)

I am 38 too and wanting them off by my 40th birthday but I know I am dreaming.

This is only my 2nd day and I am hating life!!

Lisa

Ok seriously - is this going to feel like this for the next 2 years?? Before getting them on I was obsessed with the vanity piece to the whole thing because I am 38. Now I could care less about how I look - my concern is how they feel. I never thought it would feel this strange. My lips feel like th...