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...
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