Scared Little School Girl

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#106 Post by **LC'sTeefs** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:17 am

Too funny, jensceana73

#107 Post by **cosmo** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:00 am

your a great story teller funny thing is I can picture all of this happeneing to someone lol.

i need to buy one too.

#108 Post by **jensceana73** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:03 pm

Ok, so I thought I would do a quick post about how things are going with my new Waterpic.....and, I must say that......I....am.....in.....LOVE!!!!!!!!

LOVE...LOVE...LOVE...LOVE...LOVE

There use to be a time, where I would crawl into bed...and snuggle up to my husband...and, well...you know...wrap my lips around him..

but....alas....now...I crawl into bed, and wrap my lips around ol picky.....um I mean, my Waterpic.

....I know...I know....your thinking to yourself, "you take your waterpick in bed with you"....but I can't help it...I just love the way it feels....how it handles....how it...it...it massages my.....you know.... MY GUMS YOU IDIOT...what'd ya think I was gonna say!!!!!

...

Ya, I love it...probabaly the best thing I've done yet for my teeth...well, next to getting these lovely braces that is..... of course...if you were to ask my husband...he'd just tell ya I've gone off the deep end what with all the time I spend now in the bathroom...with a vibrating toy.

Oh well....let them think whatever they want.....when I walk out of the bathroom with a BIG smile on my face....their thinking one thing..and little do they know, I'm just trying to show off my nice...newly cleaned... with my waterpic mind you....teeth!!!!

#109 Post by **LC'sTeefs** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 3:35 am

Sometimes I think my waterpic is gonna drown meeeee....

#110 Post by **jensceana73** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:49 pm

Ok, I have no idea what just happened here...but I had my whole post done....and bam...gone. Nice....so glad I just spent 20 minutes practicing my typing.

Anyway...I got my teeth cleaned on Friday. That...was an experience.

This was my first cleaning with braces on. Not bad. Not bad at all. Except for the newbee....that cleaned my teeth. Why is it, that it seems I always get stuck with the new kid on the block. Anyway, I was in the chair...for 2, yes count them, 2...very...long....hours. She kept dropping the tools....apologizing....squirting me with water....apologizing....was gonna take an x-ray....then found out she wasn't suppose to....apologizing......couldn't figure out how to put her hand in my mouth...hold her tool...and her mirror.....and get her head literally.....inside of mine

.....apologizing....yes...it was quite the experience. All in all it wasn't bad, nor was she. Just new at it. Best part about it though....was she was someone I had went to school with (year behind me) and throughout the who visit she kept "gushing" at how wonderful I looked???!!!

I thought to myself, "wow...didn't know I looked that bad in high school" I think she was just nervouse.....very...very...nervouse. That and she probably remembered how much of a jock I was in high school and thought I would kick her $ss is she screwed up.

Ok...kidding...just kidding. I stopped doing that last year.

Tomorrow, I have an adjustment.

I sure hope this one goes better than the last. GOD....did that hurt. Of course it doesn't help when nurse "hatchet" is working on you.

All that aside....it has been the best month yet. No pain what so ever.....none...nadda....zippo....zero....zilch-o-rammo!!!!

Which...has been awesome for my tummy. I've pretty much got to eat whatever I've wanted all month long!!!! Ya for me!!!

I've been trying to figure out what color ligs to get this time. The green...has been VERY green. V-E-R-Y. My husband....hates them. Life sucks to be him I guess. He says's I look like a big booger. What...ever. Your not complaining when that "booger" is.....boogiein all over ya.

Corn hole. Love ya honey bunny.

Anyway...wish me luck. I'm nervous already. It's right away in the morning so I'm wondering if I should just stuff myself silly....you know...kinda like "eating" the pain away...the fear away...the what ever the hell my phobia is ......AWAY!!!!!

#111 Post by **mikesmile** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:04 am

Hey Jen

Glad you are LOVING your waterpik.

I'm thrilled to have mine too. I'm sure we can all agree that it's an awesome invention - especially for us braces wearers! Once you learn how to harness it's awesome power - lol - it really makes a difference in your teeth cleaning routine!!

I agree with Ken...2 HOURS FOR A CLEANING!!!? I recently had one myself, but my hygienist isn't a rookie...so it took about an hour. Sorry you had to go through that.

Can't wait to see what color you pick this time for ligs. I finally made the leap into a bright color at my last adjustment the other day.

Keep Smiling!

Second Time In Braces - Estimate 12-14 Months

#112 Post by **jensceana73** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:17 am

Hi everyone!!!

Thought I would post up a pic with the new ligs on. These one's are "lavender"...ohhhh....soooo pretty. Or as my husband says's...much more feminine. (Ya, cause you know how colored rubber in your mouth makes you so much more feminine....dork)

My adjustment went pretty good actually. Pain wise that is. Of course, it helps when you've got the ortho's personal assistant doing it...who is a total pro at it. Wish I could have her all the time. She...was...AWESOME!!! Anyway, ol Mr. Talkative said that my teeth aren't moving fast enough, and at this rate, I'll be wearing these things....forever....actually I think his exact words were..."till you have grand kids"

umm....I don't think so. So he said they were going to "wire tie" all of the front brackets...both top and bottom. Huh? Wha?...Me...scared...like a little school girl.

He said that when the ligs get wet, they tend to give a little, and if they wire tie these babies....they won't give...at...ALL!!!! Oh ya, and....it'll be sore, because your going to feel pressure...all...the...time. I was like...hey buddy, you do whatever you have to, to get these stubborn things a movin. Of course, right now 24 hrs later.....I'm not so sure. Pressure my &ss. All those teeth, feel like their being hammered with a nail...

Anyway, so she goes and puts this long wire up and through and around each bracket (top and bottom front 4)...ties them, what feels like into a knot....and I just happened to look down...and...holy freekin moly....the wire they use is about 8 inches long...and tough, so it sticks straight out...so when I looked down there's wire sticking straight out/up almost hitting my nose. It looked like something out of a horror movie.

I was like whoooa....how am I gonna eat, talk, drink, kiss...and she was like..."honey, I'm gonna cut and tuck them....give me a sec till I'm done with all of them" Ohhhhh, ok....ya....cut and tuck....ya....I knew that....(actually I didn't and thought I was going to have to wear a bag over my head) So....she did just that after she was done doing all of them....snipp...snipp...tuck...tuck....she asked me to run my tongue all over the place to feel if I had any pokers....I didn't, and she said your good to go. Oh....and make sure and take some Ibuprofen. Your gonna be in some pain....and for a couple days. She's was right. Back to eating soft food for a couple days. Hopefully this will get these buggers a movin.

Anyway....all in all...not a bad adjustment. Way better than the last. Of course it really helps when you have someone who knows what their doing and is good at it.

#113 Post by **mikesmile** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:46 am

Jen

Your lavender ligs look so cool

...although you won't catch me in that color.

I'm having my own fun with colors, though!

I have to say: I LOVE my ortho's personal assistant, too. I'm only to happy to have her assigned to me on my visits to the office. She's so knowledgeable and pleasant. Interesting to hear about the new torture that's come your way. Did you know that wire ties used to be the common way to fasten the archwire to the brackets? Yes, when I was an ortho patient the first time (almost 25 years ago), I met several people in braces who were wired up like that. My previous ortho was a little more progressive. He had me in a early form of self ligating metal brackets on top, and regular metal brackets (w/ ligs) on the bottom. He only used silver ligs - no colors. In fact, I don't remember seeing colored ligs on anybody with braces until a few years ago. I guess someone must have come up with the idea to make it more fun!

Well anyway, lots of luck with your new arrangement. I hope this new (old) method of fastening gives your teeth the jumpstart they need. We wouldn't want to see you in braces forever! I once knew a girl who wore braces for about 6 years...Can you imagine?

I'm enjoying these braces - but I wouldn't want to go that long!

Second Time In Braces - Estimate 12-14 Months

#114 Post by **determined419** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:11 am

I love how they say "it may be sore" or "you will feel pressure". Hospitals do it too. It usually translates to "this is going to really hurt" and "this is still going to really hurt". No pain no gain I guess!

#115 Post by **jensceana73** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:34 am

Ok...so it's been a couple of days with the "wire ties"....and here is what's going on....my bite has changed. Back to not having my back teeth touch again. Oh well, that's life I guess, been through it already, I'll go through it again...and again, and as many times as I must.. to get my teeth STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woke up yesterday morning, and the inside of my bottom lip, right square in front, dead center....all cut up. WTH!!!????

Probably the worst since I've even gotten braces. It was all bloody and puffy. I kept running my tongue all over those braces...looking to see if one of the "wire ties" had poked it's way out...NOPE...can't see or feel any sharpness....so I'm thinking something...like my teeth (go figure) has moved just enough to have a bracket sitting out juuuuust enough to be rubbing the inside of my lip there. Man does it hurt though. Feels like I've sliced my lip. But I haven't, just raw I guess.

So then today I was playing with my daughter...the cutie that she is..and so perfect too

.....anyway, we we're sitting on the floor and she was kinda sitting on my lap and up she popped to go get something and BAM....smacked my lower jaw...which went into my upper teeth of course...HOLY MOTHER OF EVIL CHILDREN.....I thought she knocked every single tooth out of my head. Have you ever done that???!!! Have you ever smacked your teeth, or got hit with something since getting your braces....and it felt like someone took a baseball bat to your face???!!! Golly gee oh me oh my did that frickin hurt. I had to keep touching all my teeth because I thought for sure some of them were gone!!!!!

Thanks Mike for the info on the wire ties....I did not know that. So now, not only are my teeth crappy....but their so crappy, that they have to be "old schooled"....just to get them up to speed. I shoulda just had em all pulled and gotten fake ones.

(Then I coulda taken them out and scared the little ones...ok, not funny)

Determined419....tell me about it...People in the medical profession must be taught that in school. "Now...whenever your going to do something to a patient...and it's going to hurt....just LIE....and tell them the exact opposite". Oh ya, "And try not to laugh when their eyeballs are popping out of their head"..."just make sure you put them back in...oh...and be sure to tell them it won't hurt".....LOLOLOLOLOLOL

#116 Post by **jensceana73** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:26 pm

Ok, first of all.....HAPPY 4TH OF JULY ALL OF MY BRACE FACED WONDERFULL....AWESOME.....TOTALLY COOL LOOKING.....BEAUTIFULL SMILLING FRIENDS!!!!!!

Hope your all having a good holiday....minus....the corn on the cob. Oh well, guess we'll all just have to have another scoop of ice cream.

Anyway....today is the first day my lip isn't all cut up inside since last Monday. Also, I have noticed that in just a week.....the last tooth on the bottom to join the fun....has...decieded to join the fun. YA!!

Maybe if I'm still coherent later, I'll post a picture. The tops....ummm...not so much. They evidently...do not like to play well with others.....If they don't watch out their gonna get kicked out of the "schoolyard".

Hope they decide to join in soon, cause movin at a snails pace isn't in my vocabulary!!!! Have a good one everybody!!!

#117 Post by **iBorg** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:06 pm

I haven't had a time to check with you for some time. To help the cuts from the braces, try using warm salt water rinses. They were a God send to me.

Mike

#118 Post by **jensceana73** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:19 pm

Ok peeps....here we go....mammacita...very happy girl

Day 1

Day 101

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY....HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY......

K...that's all I have to say. I mean really...need I say more? I'm gonna go make love to my braces. They truly deserve it tonight. Mamma-c-ta..is gonna show them some....luv

#119 Post by **determined419** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:34 pm

awesome!!

I've noticed a good bit too but mines been up top, gap in front teeth is gone.

#120 Post by **cosmo** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:45 am

wow wow!! they look GREAT!!