Take out your fucking retainer, put it in your purse

[sovay]

I've had to get a year's worth of braces because the alternative was my teeth grinding into one another at angles that were causing them to splinter and would necessitate things like crowns and lots of composite if not realigned. The effects of this on my daily life are substantially nastier than I was led to believe and I don't know what the adjustment period is going to be like. Things inside my head are kind of terrible right now.

Hana Vojáčková's Milk & Sea. I think I love best the Icelandic mermaid with her trout-silver tail and the rill of turf-breaking rock that looks like a stream, but there is something about the German mermaid waiting for her bus, or maybe just watching the nighttime, commercial sea, that is a story all in one frame. I shouldn't write it before I write something with trees. Right now I am having trouble believing I will ever write anything, full stop.

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[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I think that's wonderful. It is very fitting that he should be helping people with words spoken sixty years ago.

I think so too. I often go back and watch things that inspired me a long time ago, it's a touchpoint and a comfort and this is no exception.

And there's just the fact that it fucking hurts, but that I expected. The rest is taking me aback and it's very upsetting.

*offers hugs and a jaw rub if it would help*

I hear you on the eating thing. I'm borderline hypoglycemic and have had to keep fighting off well meaning people who keep telling me that I'm going to be too busy to eat at my wedding, so I shouldn't worry about having food there that I can eat. Since I know myself pretty well, I know this isn't true. If I don't eat, I fall over. If I don't keep hydrated, I get severe to crippling chest pains that can double me over or make me pull faces that shouldn't be seen outside a horror movie. So I grok the horror that is being told not to eat and drink regularly, and shame on your doctor for pulling a fast one on you with orthogonal thinking (no orthodontia pun intended).

I will fully believe that orthodontists expect you to completely rewire your life, your eating habits, your safety nets and your creature comforts so that they can reassure themselves that they are doing right by you. I condemn them for it.

I can't recommend anything for the pain, and you've been through standard braces, but you may want to get in the habit of carrying those tiny pinecone shaped swab brushes that you use to clean between wires and just swabbing around after small snacks. Make a ritual of finishing a cup of tea and then doing a quick rinse with mouthwash? There have got to be ways to eat, and drink tea like a person while having braces. If something brilliant occurs to me, I'll let you know, but I'd rather not see you eating with a food-loaded syringe so that nothing touches your teeth, the way I did after my jaw surgery.

Remind me to tell you about the cod shake.

If she speaks to you, write her.

Hm, I'll sleep on that and see who shows up to catch the bus.

[sovay]

*offers hugs and a jaw rub if it would help*

It's appreciated. *hugs*

If something brilliant occurs to me, I'll let you know, but I'd rather not see you eating with a food-loaded syringe so that nothing touches your teeth, the way I did after my jaw surgery.

Thank you! I wouldn't, either! Yikes.

Remind me to tell you about the cod shake.

My junior year of high school, I had my wisdom teeth out the day before Thanksgiving. I drank turkey through a straw.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

My junior year of high school, I had my wisdom teeth out the day before Thanksgiving. I drank turkey through a straw.

Our experiences are very similar then. In my sophomore year of high school I came back from the hospital after jaw surgery which I had over spring break, (and included wisdom tooth removal) and it was a few days before Passover. My father decided it would be a great thing if I could eat what everyone else was eating. He put cod and potatoes into the blender and then added milk. Instant cod shake.

In my mind, I was doing the Bass o matic routine, but at the time I couldn't share, because my jaws were wired shut.

The fate of the cod shake was certain. I tried a bit, and then made the one emphatic noise that I could make with the wires and tooth splint in place and it went into the fridge, where it was shortly thereafter thrown out as part of passover cleaning. I hope your turkey shake was better.

[sovay]

In my mind, I was doing the Bass o matic routine, but at the time I couldn't share, because my jaws were wired shut.

I think that's the sanest possible reaction you could have had. Yeesh.

I hope your turkey shake was better.

I don't actually remember that it worked out very well, but I insisted on giving it a try. Cranberry sauce straight from the blender was a much better idea.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I think that's the sanest possible reaction you could have had. Yeesh.

It really did not help that we had the exact same blender that was used in Bass o matic, and watching my father feed it cod filet was just reminscent. I just showed Bass o matic to my sister and she said, without context, "wow, that looks like something dad would do."

I don't actually remember that it worked out very well, but I insisted on giving it a try. Cranberry sauce straight from the blender was a much better idea.

Cranberry sauce does sound like a better plan. Pecan pie might also work in that format (my favorite Thanksgiving food) but savory milkshakes -- with or without the milk -- are probably a thing that needs more experimentation, and probably less in the way of non-milk animal proteins.