Braces after 50 OMG!

[Dee17]

I didn't think I saw any extraction holes.

[Tobilei]

Tada!!!! Glow in the dark ligs too!! I will have to take a picture for you Tobilei of me "baking" my ligs with a flashlight. As far as I can tell i have to have the flashlight on them for a good bit of time to charge them up good. I haven't been able to get a picture of them actually glowing in the dark.

They look awesome and HAHAHA, cracked me up the idea of you torchbaking the living daylights out of them (the husband wanted to know what was so funny!).

Yay! So happy you have your bottoms on

[Dee17]

Yeah, I thought that was pretty funny, too!

[SunshineRay]

You are so fun! Love the new ligs! I go in tomorrow and want the most invisible kind they have......I think you are just the bravest and and you give me hope that this isnt that bad.

[Dee17]

Hey Sunshiney Ray,
Trust me when I tell you that having braces is not so bad. I was having TONS of anxiety before I got my braces on. I was having anxiety attacks that were literally waking me up 2 or 3 times a night. For a few months. It was just awful. It took me about 4 months to get used to my braces -- mostly all the changes with the brushing and the flossing and trying to not feel so embarrassed when out in public. But eventually, everything fell into place. You'll be just fine. No worries.

[JeniK]

Wow...I must be the odd ball! I cannot wait to get them!! Silly me...I hope I have this same feeling when I DO get them !! LOL

[rhibee83]

I don't have any extractions- the coils are to maintain the space for my unbracketed teeth- they were fine where they were so he didn't want them to move.

It may take me a while to figure out how to get the glow in the dark to show up in a photo

Yay for teal ligs!!!!

My next adjustment is July 30th- my son's birthday I might go for the peach glow in the darks next time- or maybe some other wild combination. Totally going to do a rainbow before I finish!

oh sorry your right there are no holes, i just saw the tubing hehe. which is coils,. just ignore my comment LOL

RAINBOW WOULD LOOK AWESOME!!

[debinator]

Rhibee- no worries same set up just different reasons LOL!

Sunshine- you just have to own it girl! Be proud of who you are, bumps lumps and bruises warts and all! I rock my braces with pride! I like color and it's a part of who I am. I just gotta be me and braces are not going to stop that from happening. (I was crazy before braces too )

[debinator]

OK day 3 post bottom brackets- even with lots of wax the places where the bottom hooks rub are awful- that is worse than any tooth pain, which I am happy to report, I have hardly any discomfort on that front. Hopefully they will move fast and at least get the hooks in a position that is quite so irritating.

I only have the wax of for short periods- usually while I am eating (learned the hard way that one should probably remove wax prior to eating unless they want to eat the wax too).

I am sure it will pass in a couple of days- thank goodness for orabase, oragel and all the other mouth sore numbing agents on the market!!

[Ellabelle]

Super cute; love the glowey green ligs!!

[Tobilei]

I always forget I have wax on when I eat. I'm sure I've eaten at least 2 containers full of it Hope the rubbing stops soon! I have an empathetic almighty ulcer on the bottom left hand side today

[debinator]

Ellabelle- I'm still trying to get a picture of them actually glowing in the dark- if I ever get apic to work out I will post it.

Tobi- Wow my worst ulcer is on the lower left! they are getting a bit better- I think if I keep wax on them the sores will be cone in a couple of days.

[Tobilei]

Glad they're getting a bit better! I get way more ulcers on the bottom than I do on the top. Not sure if it's because the brackets are different or if it's just a coincidence. I got a new metal bracket put on to replace the chipped one today so things are feeling better for me too

[debinator]

Home from my much needed vacation! I had a great time and ate a lot of really great food. Did have a couple of times where I thought that maybe I should have ordered something different due to braces.
( the coconut, chocolate chip, almond ice cream was high on that list along with the pecan encrusted grouper) I spent a long time picking pecans out of my braces one night. Guess I will think harder when ordering at a restaurant– probably not

Mostly uneventful week other than I thought I packed wax, lots of wax—On daya 2 of vacation I needed said wax and much to my surprise i found out that I only had 1 container with only 2 little pieces left in it. The inside of my mouth was really sore, (bottom brackets had been on for 5 days, just enough time to rub me raw) so I had to go on a search for wax- evidently there aren't many people in the area we were vacationing that wear braces since I had a heck of a hard time finding any- I finally found some with the mint flavoring (YUK) but hey beggars can't be choosers.

Other than that it was a fabulous vacation. now time to get caught up with the boards and see what everyone has been up to while I was away

[JeniK]

Welcome back debinator!!