Just a quickie here to keep yall updated - I am as of today half way thrrough my Invisalign treatment for my bottom teeth!!! This seems like a huge victory for me, I have managed to stick with something for this long (Wish I could say the same about going to the gym :( )
So far set 7 has been very uneventful - I have had hardly any pain or discomfort and on the Friday night (the next day after changing) I was even able to eat crackling with my pork roast I cooked for ourselves and our business partners. I know all this is something to be happy about, but for me, as you have real before, PAIN = PROGRESS, so I feel a bit left out!
Anyway guys stay tuned in for next time - hopefully I will have more excitement to share with you!!
Faith :)
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Changing to set 7
Hi everyone!
My goodness, it's been a whole 12 weeks since I got my first set of Invisalign Aligners! Time seems to have gone so fast. I always thought it would be the opposite, since you are counting in two week periods, but the time has just shot past! I am changing into my 7th set of aligners tonight after dinner, and I really can't wait for the pain - I know that sounds bazaar, but for me, pain = progress now! (Wish my brain thought similar of the time I should be spending at the gym but not!)
Thank you to all my avid readers, I started off this blog feeling like the only person in existance to be dealing with Invisalign to correct my crooked teeth, but through the magic ofthe internet, I now have a humble six followers (you know who you are!) and quite a lot of page views. Big kudos here to www.answers.yahoo.com who helped me spread my blog-seed while answering Invisalign questions, and to Facebook also - I've been updating my status whenever I write a new post (well, you would certainly know this if you are a facebook user, thank you for not blocking me haha!)
I have come to a bit of a dilemma with the dates surounding my aligner changes. When I went to my ortho last, he gave me 4 sets, instead of three, which is great, but there were no appointments for a Thursday in 8 weeks time, so I had to take a Tuesday. This now means, well, I don't exactly know what it means, but anyway, I have two less days of treatment, since my ortho always get me to "wear" my newest set he gives me, so he can check if it's progressing ok. So, does this mean that with set 9 I wear them for 12 days instead of the 14? Or if for sets 8 and 9 I wear them for 13 days each? A bit confusing in my book. Also, this means (and it couldn't have been avoided but it still stinks a bit) that I have to do my hour long trip to Kerikeri (and the hour back) twice in one week, as on the Friday of the same week I have a wedding to be an awesome bridesmaid at! Gunna be an expensive week, lucky my car is economic(ish) and a good runner! I would hate to have to take Josh's holden, for example!
So I better tell you about set 6, what happened since my last post on day 4. Answer: nothing remarkable. I put them in. I take them out. I brush, floss and rinse, and put them back in. Although, after being so happy about not having a crack in set 5, guess what I got in set 6? Thank you, universe. Not. It was a real pinchy one this time, got a few tastebuds caught :(
Now I will of course keep you updated on the progress of set 7, but for now, I have to cut this one not-so-short, before I waffle anymore (I thought my school-exam-waffling days were over!!)
Have a good day everyone, thank you for tuning in, and be sure to stop by again soon!
Faith xx
My goodness, it's been a whole 12 weeks since I got my first set of Invisalign Aligners! Time seems to have gone so fast. I always thought it would be the opposite, since you are counting in two week periods, but the time has just shot past! I am changing into my 7th set of aligners tonight after dinner, and I really can't wait for the pain - I know that sounds bazaar, but for me, pain = progress now! (Wish my brain thought similar of the time I should be spending at the gym but not!)
Thank you to all my avid readers, I started off this blog feeling like the only person in existance to be dealing with Invisalign to correct my crooked teeth, but through the magic ofthe internet, I now have a humble six followers (you know who you are!) and quite a lot of page views. Big kudos here to www.answers.yahoo.com who helped me spread my blog-seed while answering Invisalign questions, and to Facebook also - I've been updating my status whenever I write a new post (well, you would certainly know this if you are a facebook user, thank you for not blocking me haha!)
I have come to a bit of a dilemma with the dates surounding my aligner changes. When I went to my ortho last, he gave me 4 sets, instead of three, which is great, but there were no appointments for a Thursday in 8 weeks time, so I had to take a Tuesday. This now means, well, I don't exactly know what it means, but anyway, I have two less days of treatment, since my ortho always get me to "wear" my newest set he gives me, so he can check if it's progressing ok. So, does this mean that with set 9 I wear them for 12 days instead of the 14? Or if for sets 8 and 9 I wear them for 13 days each? A bit confusing in my book. Also, this means (and it couldn't have been avoided but it still stinks a bit) that I have to do my hour long trip to Kerikeri (and the hour back) twice in one week, as on the Friday of the same week I have a wedding to be an awesome bridesmaid at! Gunna be an expensive week, lucky my car is economic(ish) and a good runner! I would hate to have to take Josh's holden, for example!
So I better tell you about set 6, what happened since my last post on day 4. Answer: nothing remarkable. I put them in. I take them out. I brush, floss and rinse, and put them back in. Although, after being so happy about not having a crack in set 5, guess what I got in set 6? Thank you, universe. Not. It was a real pinchy one this time, got a few tastebuds caught :(
Now I will of course keep you updated on the progress of set 7, but for now, I have to cut this one not-so-short, before I waffle anymore (I thought my school-exam-waffling days were over!!)
Have a good day everyone, thank you for tuning in, and be sure to stop by again soon!
Faith xx
Monday, 12 September 2011
Aligner 6, Week 12, Day 4
Ha, how do you like the precise name of this blog entry? Not usually like me aye!
This set of aligners is still quite sore to remove, especially on one of my side teeth on the top, I guess it's really moving then!
Just thought I would confess to my online virtual conscience about what I did in the weekend that wasn't so great...
A couple of times, (once, we went to get some gormet pizza and ended up having the most bestest and yummiest white chocolate and cream daquiri, and again, when we did chocolate tasting) I wasnt near my toothbrush carry bag thingy and so just rinced my mouth and popped my aligners back in. Actually, no, that was just with the chocolate tasting, the cocktails made me not even take the silly things out, which by the way, feels horrid, you can just feel the liquid going into the aligners and just know it will spell out cavities. But in both cases I was quick to do my routine brush and floss as soon as I was in the car...
Anyway, I thought it was high time to give you some photos as updates, so here goes!
I don't know if you can tell much difference between the two close ups - I don't know if even I can, but friends who haven't seen me in a while reckon my teeth are moving, so I guess I just have to believe them!
This set of aligners is still quite sore to remove, especially on one of my side teeth on the top, I guess it's really moving then!
Just thought I would confess to my online virtual conscience about what I did in the weekend that wasn't so great...
A couple of times, (once, we went to get some gormet pizza and ended up having the most bestest and yummiest white chocolate and cream daquiri, and again, when we did chocolate tasting) I wasnt near my toothbrush carry bag thingy and so just rinced my mouth and popped my aligners back in. Actually, no, that was just with the chocolate tasting, the cocktails made me not even take the silly things out, which by the way, feels horrid, you can just feel the liquid going into the aligners and just know it will spell out cavities. But in both cases I was quick to do my routine brush and floss as soon as I was in the car...
Anyway, I thought it was high time to give you some photos as updates, so here goes!
I don't know if you can tell much difference between the two close ups - I don't know if even I can, but friends who haven't seen me in a while reckon my teeth are moving, so I guess I just have to believe them!
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| Original photo - First set of aligners |
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| Today, Aligner 6, (Week 12, Day 4) Notice any difference? |
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| This was about a month ago, see, they are pretty invisable, with the exception of the "bumps" Anyway, that's it for me today, have a good day yall, catch up with you next time, online, and possibly in my pyjamas.... |
Friday, 9 September 2011
Aligner set 6
Hello hello hello!!
Just thought I would update you on my progress and what not and share with you a little mishap I had last week.
First, I will talk about the pain and progress. Yesterday I changed to set 6. And it hurts!!! Well only one one tooth, and its the same tender pulling sensation as I describe in my other posts. Not unbearable, but still not the nicest feeling in the world. I do have a mistake to correct, I am not half way through treatment for my bottom teeth just yet, I still have three weeks to go. I have no more shaving on the bottom teeth, and around set 16 on the top I get all of those teeth shaved. I have been good aparently, so I got given 4 sets of aligners yesterday instead of three.
Ok, my whoopsie. Well I can say that I successfully avoided a dilemma by not, by some miracle, being a fairy elephant and stamping on them. I put them on the bench, and one of my lovely kittehs decided it would be fun to knock them off coz I wasnt paying him loves. Anyway, I didnt realise, and went to the bench to put them back in..... WHERE ARE THEY!!?? So I got down on my hands and knees and combed the kitchen floor for INVISABLE plastic on a whiteish lino floor. Thankfully I found them before I stood on them, what would have been so bad.
So, as ever, please contact me if you have questions etc. And follow mr if you think it's worth it. I am off to open my package from Supre that just arrived :D :D
Loves!!!
Faith
Just thought I would update you on my progress and what not and share with you a little mishap I had last week.
First, I will talk about the pain and progress. Yesterday I changed to set 6. And it hurts!!! Well only one one tooth, and its the same tender pulling sensation as I describe in my other posts. Not unbearable, but still not the nicest feeling in the world. I do have a mistake to correct, I am not half way through treatment for my bottom teeth just yet, I still have three weeks to go. I have no more shaving on the bottom teeth, and around set 16 on the top I get all of those teeth shaved. I have been good aparently, so I got given 4 sets of aligners yesterday instead of three.
Ok, my whoopsie. Well I can say that I successfully avoided a dilemma by not, by some miracle, being a fairy elephant and stamping on them. I put them on the bench, and one of my lovely kittehs decided it would be fun to knock them off coz I wasnt paying him loves. Anyway, I didnt realise, and went to the bench to put them back in..... WHERE ARE THEY!!?? So I got down on my hands and knees and combed the kitchen floor for INVISABLE plastic on a whiteish lino floor. Thankfully I found them before I stood on them, what would have been so bad.
So, as ever, please contact me if you have questions etc. And follow mr if you think it's worth it. I am off to open my package from Supre that just arrived :D :D
Loves!!!
Faith
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