Just do it

My life for the past 5 days had been waiting desperately for the painkiller to kick in and numb me from pain. The decision to rob my bank for a greater purpose – that is beauty, had finally been made. I won’t be going through the pain for nothing because I know all the advantages that will come with a nice set of teeth. =) What motivates me even more is rus’s msn status that read – “if you can’t find 3 reasons not to do it then just do it”. Yes madam, I hear you.

Actually, I have been contemplating for years about braces and kept putting it off until recently. The dentist I visited conned encouraged me to correct the alignments as my tongue had been deprived from its rightful space due to a dislocated tooth. Also, a lot of plague can form behind the teeth on my lower jaw due to the V-shaped like valley which encouraged bacteria and plague, making my gums unhealthy. So after googling and collecting some information from friends that have wore braces, I’m going for it.

The first step to a nice set of teeth is extraction, and there can only be one word to describe the process – barbaric!! Both my jaws were overpopulated and judging from the space limit, I need a total of 3 extractions, of which 2 were done. The process was traumatizing and I would have ended up in a mental hospital if I hadn’t closed my eyes. Seriously don’t wish to describe the process in details… I also saw my wisdom teeth on the X-ray films, and felt like I’m seeing my unborn babies. Haha.. They were heavily deprived from space and remained deeply buried inside my gums. It was actually a blessing because all my babies were horrendously positioned and I can’t imagine the pain I will have to go through to get them aborted.

Till now, the extractions sites hurt on and off pretty much and occasionally, there will be bitter liquid oozing out!! I reckon they are blood platelets for healing. But the jaws… arghhhh…a struggle!! I wondered how bruised my jaw bones were as they were aching and sore regardless of whether or not I take the medications. I was paranoid that my jaws will literally drop when I felt them moving while having the first meal after extractions!! Sadly, it is still moving now. Not looking forward to my next extraction. =(

As for LZ, I guess he gotta put up with my foul temper for a while. Though he didn’t see me for days until yesterday, I know he is still a very good liar when I asked how ugly I look.