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Leslie
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Date Posted: 08:55:26 07/15/04 Thu
In reply to:
Richard
's message, "Re: Am I too old?" on 11:39:21 07/14/04 Wed
I think it is an individual thing, Dea says she hasn't eaten for months (well, not literally, I'm sure LOL!) but I have had these now for three months and I'm eating pretty much everything, sssh don't tell anybody but I even eat popcorn sometimes. Everything except the really hard veggies -- carrots, for example. I eat apples, sandwiches, chips. Not corn chips. Softer rice and potato chips. Maybe that's not such a good thing!
Like everything else in life worth doing, there are some rough spots, I cried the first week because I hated the way they looked, until my dad told me he thought they were sexy! Well, my dad's kind of a wierd guy. Sometimes when I'm talking to people they bug me because they seem like they stick out and they're in my way, but most of the time I don't notice them hardly at all anymore.
Socially, I don't have much social stuff going, but the people I meet either don't notice or I honestly couldn't care less what they think, they probably aren't thinking anything. Fact is we're pretty disposable and the reality of what people think about us is very different from our own perspective. Most people are too concerned with their own lives to worry about us. Some people say "yeah, I should do that, my teeth are all ground down . . . " or tell you about someone they know that is fixing their teeth, but I haven't had ANY negative responses and even if I did I'm so proud to be fixing my teeth, so happy three months is gone, it's somethihng I'm doing for MYSELF and I'm the one going to have to live with these going-to-be very beautiful teeth for the rest of my life!
Heads up, you haven't gotten the braces yet so don't sell yourself short. You might find that it's not such a negative experience, I have found in my life that everything the most worth doing took the most work, the most energy, the most difficulty.
>I wish I had all the positive feelings shown here. I
>am 50 and have started the whole process moving
>towards an August 30th appointment for bracketing. On
>a good day I think cosmetic bonding is still a better
>idea, but deep down I know it is functionally
>pointless, and just as expensive. On a bad day I tell
>myself that I don't have to wear braces and no one can
>make me.
>
>I do not know anyone over the age of twenty who has
>braces. When discussing appliances I told the ortho I
>wanted it done as quickly as possible and did not care
>what appliance he uses, they are all braces. There is
>something surreal about me actually getting a mouthful
>of metal, especially since I work as a restaurant
>manager, I talk to dozens of different people, people
>I do not know, every day. That more than anything
>else starts the very real PANIC attack. I have
>handles broken bones and operations without flinching
>but the thought of braces is making me nuts, even
>though I know it is temporary and a good thing to do.
>
>Anyone ever had a trial period to see if they could
>adjust to the appliances, and have them taken off if
>they did not adjust to them? I think it is fair to
>say I am conflicted here.
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