I knew this day had to come sooner or later. :) It's been a week since I got my teeth pulled out and it healed very nicely. I got the stitches out which hurt but now it's just fine. Except for me getting used to wearing the retainer all the time. It feels very weird, like I'm back to wearing night-time braces except I have to wear it all the time and even eat with it. My absolute least favorite thing is eating with the retainer on. It feels like it's going to fall off, sometimes hurts to bite and food gets stuck inside it so I just hate it. I also don't like talking with it because I sound so funny. My "s" sounds terrible and I'm always conscious about my talking to someone. Although some friends said they didn't notice anything with my speech so that gives me hope it's mostly just me. I know it will take time to get used to, but the eating part really stinks.
And so, most of the time when I'm home I take it off before eating anything that I have to bite. And tonight, as I was heating up some leftovers for dinner for the kids, I took it off so I could taste the food when I heard a knock at our door. Of course, I just ran to answer the door and it was a guy in charge of the soccer giving me something for Ehren. My initial reaction was a little smile and a "Hi" and then it hit me: "I don't have my teeth in!" (and to be honest, a little smile is WAY more than enough because even if I don't smile at all and just don't have my lips shut closed, you can see the weird gap because the other 2 teeth on the side are showing) I kind of froze right there for a second and I could tell he noticed because he was trying not to stare. :) I just looked down at the piece of paper he gave me and tried to keep my lips as closed as possible while I said a couple more words before he was gone. I just couldn't believe I did that. I know it happens to a lot of people but come on, that's like my nightmare right now to come up to someone and smile and then realize I look like a witch. :)
Anyway, it's over with and I just hope I'm more careful next time. But I sure hope I don't have to run into that guy again, I'm still embarrassed about it. :)
You are such an inspiration Friend! You have endured so much and yet you remain gracious and real. You don't try to pretend as though it's 'really not that bad' and yet words of complaint are not your companions. Thank you for your example!
ReplyDeleteHugs and smiles!
Tiffany