I got braces on December 25th and they are painful! Not like scream your head off pain (I can still handle it) but they are painful the pressure you feel on your teeth is unbelievable. Not to mention touching the back of your teeth with your tongue = total horrifying pain! Seriously you feel a sharp pain shoot through you.
I currently feel as if someone punched me in the nose because the pain extends to there as well :/ But the path to having a “Hollywood Smile” has to be painful or else you will get lazy and not appreciate it, right?
So, on December 25th I headed to to meet up with Dr. Sharma. Based on my sister and friends previous experiences I was told that I would probably just get measured at that appointment and then be called in to get them installed later. Sadly enough that wasn’t the case and I was a nervous wreck, even the dental hygienist noticed it hehe.
You see, Dr. Sharma is unlike the old dentists or some of the recent practicing ones. He does not need to take a mold of your teeth to determine a treatment plan. All he needs is what was done to me during that visit. A profile X-ray and a full dental X-ray. Then he takes pictures of the insides of your mouth and teeth (yes my teeth felt as if they were having a Playboy photo shoot for some reason :/) And that was about it. He then proceeded to put on the braces which wasn’t painful, the most painful thing was the inserting of the wire.
I was given a mirror to check out what he was doing, I saw the first step which was placing the glue but then put it down and closed my eyes. He asked me if I wanted to see and I mumbled a “No” (really they like to strike up a conversation with your mouth wide open like that :/) And even the hygienist asked and I declined. You see if I don’t see what’s going on then I won’t freak out even more therefore I choose to ignore what is happening around me and wait until the end result.
So in the end, I gots me some braces which should be taken off in about a year and 2 months. It should fix my “deep over bite” and give me a perfect smile, not to mention bring back my chin! I was checking some online pictures of deep over bites and when the jaw aligns itself correctly then your face structure changes completely. [They are clear ceramic ones like the above and so far on my upper teeth until they get fixed first.]
Today is kind of Day 3 now and I have lost 1 kilo since I can’t eat anything. Putting a spoon near my teeth is painful, I roll some mashed potato in my hand and throw it in my mouth (not really but you get the picture). Oh well here is hoping the painful stage moves away soon!
Two weeks ago, I remember that I commented on post about her dental issues that I have been postponing my visits to the dentist due to a big fear I have when it comes to them. I go to the dentist when things break down otherwise I avoid them like the plague but I’ve been meaning to get braces for the last gazillion years unfortunately due to my fear I haven’t.
Surprisingly enough Ms. Rama from sent me an email telling me that she heard about my fear especially the fear I had of my teeth being pulled out in order to get braces. She mentioned to me that they would like to extend a free file opening & consultation with their awesome orthodontist who specializes in braces.
To be honest I was shocked, excited, and afraid all at once. I accepted the invitation and headed over there a week later. I got a chance to meet with Dr. Sharma (the amazing orthodontist) who in fact assured me that I was one of those cases who can get braces without the extraction of any teeth [yaaay! especially since previous consultations mentioned that 4 teeth had to be extracted] I had a case in which my front teeth were already large enough and so it was possible for that. After my visit with him I was treated to a free scaling and cleaning by their specialist which was in a way painful because I have a low pain threshold when it comes to teeth but nonetheless it was awesome.
This week I was scheduled to see Dr. Samir (another amazing guy) who dealt with my fillings, and I’m sorry to say this but I was like a 3 year old hehe I have a gag-reflex especially when the tools hit my tongue and well it took longer but in the end his touch was so light I wasn’t in pain at all unlike previous governmental clinic visits.
This Sunday I will embark on the beginning of the torture that is braces I just hope that it won’t be extremely painful. But I’d like to tell you all that my experience so far with has been positive to the fact that I think I will continue using them for the rest of my life; not only was their service amazing but their doctors are even more awesome! I can’t wait until time flies and I get the Hollywood Smile!
Thanks Ms. Rama for the awesome invite and thanks to your amazing Doctors Sharma & Samir who helped ease me a little bit in my phobia of dentists.
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Do you ever feel that your hair has become so “blah” and dead that nothing can save it. Well I am at that point. My last haircut was in New York last July which is a good 2 months ago. It shouldn’t be that way yet and I am not sure but I think it’s because maybe the layers grew out hence I am not having any life in the top part of my hair but rather getting a messy bottom half of my hair.
This is the weirdest topic to talk about here but it’s something important to me hehe. I really need a solution and part of me doesn’t want to cut it again I kinda wish to grow it out, it’s been a while and you know this bad thing that happens to you? You know how your hair pisses you off the whole time but the day you go to get a haircut you have the best hair day ever? Well that always happens to me and makes me regret having chopped off parts of it just to bring life back to it. So tell me girls what do you suggest to give my hair life again.
I prided myself on not going to the doctor for so long, not finding a need to do that but lately or to be more exact this year I have visited the doctor more times than I could count on my tiny little fingers. It seems it’s one thing after another and that kind of sucks! Who would want to be in a hospital at any time, granted I get to feel cherished and loved by family and friends but I can be loved in other ways.
Last week, I was faced with major downtime which led me to getting my first IV Drip ever! And boy did that hurt! I kinda hated it, who am I kidding I totally hated it! It was painful and a needle sticking through my hand isn’t something I’d love to experience again. But all in all, I liked the fact that I quickly was filled with fluid once the IV was done LOL! And I was instantly hungry as well!
What I hope that 2011 brings is a year filled with health and less unhealthy outlooks. I can’t stand dealing with being sick anymore and therefore my biggest wish is to be extremely healthy in 2011!
So yesterday marked the official opening of the latest Curves branch in Bairaq Mall – Eqailah. Curves prides themselves in offering the 30 minute workout which shows results in its short workout time. They are part of an International franchise available all around the world.
Upon seeing their ad in the newspaper yesterday I thought I should give it a try since I have been desperately trying to lose weight but the previous gym I joined did not motivate me enough to actually go and work out. I used to be with Pilates and More, I enrolled for a year membership but actually went for about 2 months but then again no one asked about me there and I easily forgot or kept procrastinating my going there. The thing that I liked about Curves is the fact that it is so much closer to my house almost 9 minutes away with traffic lights and that you work out for a total of 30 minutes for 3 days a week and you would still see some results. So, I went in to check out the gym and with their persistence and nice words of motivation and encouragement I walked out with a 1 year membership. They had a 60% discount offer for joining and I was one of the lucky few to get it.
Ever since last Wednesday night I had this problem with my left eye, it’s been twitching and pissing me off. On Thursday it got even worse where it started to twitch non-stop for over an hour and pissed me off I felt like I wanted to pull out my eyes to get it to stop.
I thought that it would stop if I had some good night’s sleep and over the weekend I tried that but unfortunately here I am today still suffering from the eye twitch. And not only that, but sometimes it gets too annoying that it forms a headache and I kind of hate that and wish for it to stop so this is a message to my eye, “PLEASE STOP TWITCHING!”
Any advice on how to get it to stop?
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