Yuck mouth guards but I think not grinding your teeth could lead to more better sleep than the oddness of wearing it takes away.
I had my purse stolen in high school and I can still recall some of the personal items that were lost forever. Sometimes, the thoughts will just pop up and I still get pissed about it. That kind of violation lingers for a long time.
I felt like that each time my car was stolen. I had a binder of journals in the trunk of one and I still think of it to this day. Last night even. I can't get those things back...
If the punch recipe isn't secret it should be. It should be locked in a vault nobody knows the combination to.
See, that just makes me want it more.
The punch recipe is...shall we say...flexible. It requires ND oversight, I believe.
Kristin, did they specify the metal? I have a night guard (and I wear it all the time) (honest), for the same reason, and it's just an in mouth plastic thing.
Lee, she told me about the mouth thing, but she said it wasn't as comfortable as the metal one. I've always hated having something stuck in my mouth (no snide comments from the peanut gallery, the rest of you!), so I figured the other would be better. Am I wrong? Is it not as bad as those awful sport guard things I used to have to wear for field hockey? It would actually be great if it's better since it's about $200 less than the other one.
I used to have to wear a mouth guard, for teeth-grinding and TMJ, and it was kind of like the field hockey things, but custom-made so it fit a lot better and wasn't as irritating. It's just on top of the back teeth and around the inside of all the bottom teeth -- nothing on the top teeth, and nothing between your teeth and your cheeks.
Oh really?? That sounds much better than I was thinking.
Mine is only on the top teeth, and it took a little getting used to (expect to look for it places other than your mouth for a few mornings), but once you do, it's not bad at all
What was primarily bothersome about the orthodontics related head-gear, as I recall, was the strain it put on your teeth. Since you're not actuallly trying to move those around, I'd think that wouldn't be an issue here.
Might be most comparable to sleep masks, actually - I first started using those when my schedule was all kinds of fucked up and I had to be able to sleep properly in the daytime. It felt weird as all hell at first, bt you get used to it.
Might be knd of silly looking. Drew et al can deal.
I had to wear mine all day except when eating. I was about 14 when this started. There was once that I took it out to eat lunch, then accidentally threw it away when I threw out my lunch. My mom and sister and I ended up digging through the school dumpster for an hour and a half to find it. (SO gross.) (Actually, I did that twice. The second time was at a fast food restaurant, and by the time I realized it, they had already put the trash in the trash compactor. Also, my dad was with me that time, and he was much less likely to try to impart a "take care of expensive things" lesson by digging through trash.)
Oh, brenda - a question for you: If your Secret Santa (who is not I, because that would be... revealing the secret) wanted to mail your gift, could he or she mail it now, or should he or she wait until after you get back from your trip?
