post-pracum depression

As you may or may not know...

I have removed my braces...

Yes i know finally...finally...yes yes

anyway...my fear of braces-removal started when, last year, one of the last days of school, when we were in the lab wasting our time, there was this crowd of people around the table.

Those that i can remember are Guak Bee (siting next to me), Ai Vyn, Wai Luen, Alex, Chong Ian, Kim Fui, Jonathan, and Raymond.

Anyway, Wai Luen askd me when i was gonna remove my braces (since the time he knew me - Form1 - I had been wearing them). So I said end of 2005 or beginning 2006 la...and then he asked how long I had been wearing them, soI said about 3 years...(its 4 i just found out)

Then since GB was right next to me, he asked her too, and her answer was 3 years....
Then she asked me to wait for her to remove her braces so we could get it removed together-gether
I hear seoks comments flying around now - primary school, small children, childish and the like)

anyway...then wai luen and...erm...I dunno who, i think kim fui, started telling us about how the braces are removed...and of course...its them right, so they told a very gruesome tale...

at the end of the tale, they were laughing at our faces, cause my face was fixed in total shock and fear, and gb was holding her hands to her mouth

And then...the day before i removed my braces, seeking solace in 'experienced' placces, i turned to rachel

BAD BAD IDEA

some of the milder comments were
''Theyll drill into your teeth you know'
'Youll probablly start crying like i did'
'SO PAINFUL!'

haihz...so then i decided i should have a talk with my mom

Me : Mummy, I dont wanna remove my braces
Mom : Why?
Me : My friend said its really painful! Why cant i just keep them on forever? No big deal right?
Mom : Everyone goes through it, its not that painful.

and seok

Me : I dont wanna remove my braces
Seok : Why?
Me : My friends say its really painful! Why cant i just keep them on forever? No big deal right?
Seok : Sure, up to you...It doesnt really matter that no woman would marry you
Me : how you know? i might marry someone who still wears HER braces

and Ju
Me : I donot wanna remove my braces!
Ju : Why
Me : My friend said its really painful! Why cant i just keep them on forever? No big deal right?
Ju : why are you so gullible?
Me : ...
Ju : It dooesnt hurt la. And the dentist will clean ypur teeth so their nice and white...doesnt last long though. And the scaling is cool

So i get into the car...
and as luck would have it...

THERE WAS A HORRIFIC JAM!!!!
I wish i had taken a pic...anyway...

We were supposed to leave at 2.15...
but i had a james bond movie....
so we left at 2.30
my appointment was in Ampang at 3.00
at 3.00 we were barely halfway there.

The funny thing about this jam was that along the way, i noticed -without exaggeration - about 52 cars, all had the same numbeer plate format...

as in they werent malaysian...on that road weree 52 ccars from the same country, overseas

the number plates were like
SSA111S like that

they were all around, but not together...so freaky...

anyway...continuing....
i called the orthodontist office,, and postoned my appointment to 3.30

we reached dataran plama at 3.40

and then, we drove up to the machine to get the parking ticket..and it didnt work....so my dad pressed it 10 times at regular intervals...and just as i was going to get down to call someone...10 tickets plonked out onto my dads palm

Haihz...
i tell you...
anyway got there..

and the terror started

First

'We'll take off the wires, so itll be like your regular visits'

that was fine....

Second
'Now, we are going to take off the metals, so dont worry, it wont hurt. There might be a bit of pressure, but any noises you hear dont worry about them (OMG MY PRESSURE!)...their not your eeth okay? just ignore them and dont worry (OMG!!!)

So, it was actually alright, even the 'krunk krunk' noises i heard, i guessed (correctly) that they were the metals coming of the uhu that was on my teeth...only the corner pieces were a tad bit harder, as their in a blindspot of the mouth, so they took a longer time to come off, and the plyer-thing was kind of big, and knocking into my teeth

Third : Now were going to remove any access uhu with the water jet

It was okay, just water, but on my two front top and bottom teeth, which are really sensitive (hence i only eat melted ice cream, and dont take drinks with ice), it was a bit too cold, and so i squirmed a bit, buttook it well

Fourth : Now, we scale...if it hurts just let me know (HOW WOMAN? WHEN MY MOUTH IS WIDE OPEN?)

soo, all this time whenever she told me about the next steep, i would wonder 'is this the drilling part rachel was talking about?'

well, this was it...i heard it 'bbbbbzzzzzzzzzzzzz'

it was okay....EXCEPT
my two top front teeth, it felt really really....well.....pressured....

but the two bottom front teeth
Omg....

their really sensitive, and when she scaled between them it was....

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
but i didnt say anything...i contentetd my self by clawing out the leatther on the chair.
and made a mental note to kill rachel and juen after the procedure.

anyway...then...they took the mould...

she was wiping my bottom palette with some green paste, and i was like what the hell? and then...she pushed this metal thingy with loads of green paste in it onto my bottom jaw!!!

i immediately started gagging....so she went 'breathe breathe', and i breathe in and out deeply, and it was fine...

and then...the top jaw....hmm..

she was talking about how to take care of my retainers (she was actually taking the mould), and then she shoved it up my top jaw...

that...was unbearable...i was gagging so much i thought i would vomit...and my body was jerking forward...and then all hell broke loose...

Dr Pat : sorry! sorry! (she was 'sorry' but didnt take it out of my mouth? geez)
Nurse #1 pushes my forward : Breathe in! Breathe out! Deep breaths! Almost done

it was like a pregnancy...

Nurse #1 & Nurse #2 grab my fingers and squeeze : relax relax, breathe in and out
Dr Pat : sorry sorry!
Nurse #3 holds me down

So, finally when i reach new levels of breathing deeply...its out...

haihz....

on the way home, i dunno why but i was irritable...i was in like depression mode...so hence the title of my post (i made up post-pracum from post-partum - lame i know)

then on saturday had to go back to collect my retainers....put them on, and went into depression again...and the first day i couldnt stand it, i wanted to just stop wearing, but my mouth got better acquainted to it overnight, and the GALLONS of saliva that i had to keep swallowing went down, and after 3 days, the saliva reduced to near normal levels, and i totally forgot i was even wearing retainers

You know, i used to brush my teeth 3x a day...now i have to brush at least 5 times...everytime i take out my retainers....

summore ive to brush my retainers as well!!!! OMG!!!

and since im a nibbler, i tend to eat over the period of the whole day at intervals...and so...omg.............

grrrrr....but now its okla...i only fuss about brushing my retainers...if someone can brush MY teeth for me, ill gladly brush the stupid plastic...

tempted to put a pic of my retainers, but will do that later...have to get ready for ball now! bb!