New to this site....and to the world of braces
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:10 am
Hello everyone.
I'm new to this site and just got my braces on almost a week ago.
I am glad to read Chaotic Choppers' story, as well as everyone else's that posted for him as well as the many other stories and advice here.
I am so glad there is a site like this because I feel a tad lonely in this very new journey for me. I don't want to exhause my fiance's ear and patience (even though he is a dear and so kind!) about the constant and relentless pain I'm having along with the daily, overwhelming headaches.
It is so wonderful to come here and see if this is "normal". I think it is....still not sure.
Perhaps it was the excruciating mouth pain and headaches I was "enjoying" again for another day, maybe the pain wearing down my resolve, but I was starting to have serious second thoughts about getting my braces on.
Like Chaotic Choppers, my parents could not afford to put me in braces when I was young and now, in my forties, I FINALLY got them. I was so excited to finally start this journey....so excited to finally fix my overbite and crowded teeth and arch that is so narrow it looks like a "V". I knew discomfort would be involved, but had no idea how much discomfort and how every day I would be in such pain.
Last year I saw an orthodontist about braces but he was really strange and cryptic. My first consult with him, all he did was look at me and say, "If I were you, I would not get braces. You will have more problems if you do." He said all that from just looking at me! Not doing any x-rays or anything, just looking at me!
I thought it was really odd and then he goes on to say to me, "If you were my sister, I would tell you to just forget it." When I asked him why he was so against it, he just cryptically told me, "It's because I feel you will have problems."
I saw him on my lunch-hour from work and was completely dissatisfied with his weird answer and consult - which turned out to be neither.
Then I moved out of state and saw a new dentist who recommended me to a top ortho practice. After all of the impressions and X-rays, the doctor saw what I saw and agreed braces would help me.
I had a reasonable amount of faith in his professionalism and the reputation of his practice. But - and here is my point - with all of the pain I am having, the dark and cryptic words of that prior ortho I saw last year are coming back to haunt me. Was he right? But why was he right? He never fully explained why he said what he said?
That 's when I found this site. I'm looking for answers, advice and "company" on the start of this lonely journey. Let's face it, I'm sure we all have people who love us in our private lives, but sometimes the special journey you find yourself on can be a lonely one, especially if there is physical pain involved.
Like I said before, I don't want to exhaust my fiance with my constant moaning. He has been a dear and I have a looooong way to go with all of this yet (18 months). Besides, my fiance is the one who paid for this. He did it without complaint and said if I need this, to just get it. How can I complain to him when he was so sweet to shell out $6,500.00 for this when I couldn't afford it one iota?
I can't and that is why I am here. I want to turn to this site and all of you wonderful people for support, help and advice. I would like to extend my comfort and sympathy, too, to whoever may need it even though I am so new to all of this.
I am so happy to come here and read all of your journeys and how you are coping, your humor and advice.
I'm new to this site and just got my braces on almost a week ago.
I am glad to read Chaotic Choppers' story, as well as everyone else's that posted for him as well as the many other stories and advice here.
I am so glad there is a site like this because I feel a tad lonely in this very new journey for me. I don't want to exhause my fiance's ear and patience (even though he is a dear and so kind!) about the constant and relentless pain I'm having along with the daily, overwhelming headaches.
It is so wonderful to come here and see if this is "normal". I think it is....still not sure.
Perhaps it was the excruciating mouth pain and headaches I was "enjoying" again for another day, maybe the pain wearing down my resolve, but I was starting to have serious second thoughts about getting my braces on.
Like Chaotic Choppers, my parents could not afford to put me in braces when I was young and now, in my forties, I FINALLY got them. I was so excited to finally start this journey....so excited to finally fix my overbite and crowded teeth and arch that is so narrow it looks like a "V". I knew discomfort would be involved, but had no idea how much discomfort and how every day I would be in such pain.
Last year I saw an orthodontist about braces but he was really strange and cryptic. My first consult with him, all he did was look at me and say, "If I were you, I would not get braces. You will have more problems if you do." He said all that from just looking at me! Not doing any x-rays or anything, just looking at me!
I thought it was really odd and then he goes on to say to me, "If you were my sister, I would tell you to just forget it." When I asked him why he was so against it, he just cryptically told me, "It's because I feel you will have problems."
I saw him on my lunch-hour from work and was completely dissatisfied with his weird answer and consult - which turned out to be neither.
Then I moved out of state and saw a new dentist who recommended me to a top ortho practice. After all of the impressions and X-rays, the doctor saw what I saw and agreed braces would help me.
I had a reasonable amount of faith in his professionalism and the reputation of his practice. But - and here is my point - with all of the pain I am having, the dark and cryptic words of that prior ortho I saw last year are coming back to haunt me. Was he right? But why was he right? He never fully explained why he said what he said?
That 's when I found this site. I'm looking for answers, advice and "company" on the start of this lonely journey. Let's face it, I'm sure we all have people who love us in our private lives, but sometimes the special journey you find yourself on can be a lonely one, especially if there is physical pain involved.
Like I said before, I don't want to exhaust my fiance with my constant moaning. He has been a dear and I have a looooong way to go with all of this yet (18 months). Besides, my fiance is the one who paid for this. He did it without complaint and said if I need this, to just get it. How can I complain to him when he was so sweet to shell out $6,500.00 for this when I couldn't afford it one iota?
I can't and that is why I am here. I want to turn to this site and all of you wonderful people for support, help and advice. I would like to extend my comfort and sympathy, too, to whoever may need it even though I am so new to all of this.
I am so happy to come here and read all of your journeys and how you are coping, your humor and advice.