Subject: Oh . . . I'm 46 . . .nt |
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Leslie
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Date Posted: 08:56:30 07/15/04 Thu
In reply to:
Leslie
's message, "Re: Am I too old?" on 08:55:26 07/15/04 Thu
>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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