Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Kris, I'm glad that worked for you. And I agree, it's a persuasive explanation for those with whom you are close. But I don't think I'd want to be traveling around to groups of friends and whipping out a mold of my teeth to explain my upcoming surgery... Folks think they know so much more than they do, and I think that just opens the topic for questions from friends who aren't family (not that you've suggested doing this, I understand). I found it worked well just not to leave any opening for discussion. " This is what my doctors recommend. If you know more, or better than they do, you can call them to discuss it if you wish. " (Nobody ever took me up on that one, probably much to the relief of my docs!) Cammie > < look good now why wd I want to mess with it. I guess I have to keep > reminding myself I am not doing this for astheic purposes. >> > > I had this problem when I first started telling people I was having > surgery. I brought it up on this board, and someone mentioned > getting a plaster cast of my teeth from my ortho. He gave me an old > set he was going to throw out, and at Christmas I brought it first > to my family's gathering, then to my husband's family. I started > off with, " These are my teeth, and this is how they fit together. > You noticed they don't touch in the front, " and went from there to > explain how the jaw tries to compenstate by opening the wrong > direction, and why that causes pain in my face as well as an > inability to chew normally, and all of the other side effects that > come with it (broken teeth, indigestion, etc.). Every last person > said, " Oh! I see. Man, you really need help. " I was really > encouraged to have such unanamous support, especially as I wasn't > getting it earlier. (My parents have always been totally > supportive - they've been watching me struggle to eat for the past > four years - but my in-laws thought that the surgery was a little > extreme for something they didn't see was a problem.) > > Kris > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 < > LOL! Other than Cmas with the two families, I haven't brought my molds anywhere. I wanted my family to understand; everyone else doesn't get an opinion. (Not that that stops them from giving it, of course, but their two cents go right through the machine and out the return change slot.) Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 < > LOL! Other than Cmas with the two families, I haven't brought my molds anywhere. I wanted my family to understand; everyone else doesn't get an opinion. (Not that that stops them from giving it, of course, but their two cents go right through the machine and out the return change slot.) Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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