I recently reposted posts that I’ve written as I’m trying to piece together this terrible summer. I posted this video and talked about how I felt. I posted this on June 20?! I still had two more months of summer to go?! I will repost the video and then I will ’splain ya why I posted it:
I think it was at the middle of May where I started moaning when I was brushing my teeth. I didn’t think anything of it at first, but as this summer continued and temperatures remained as uncomfortable as it remained. I felt like Anne Hathaway.
The moaning progressed to louder moaning And I would just drag my toothbrush across my teeth. My eyes would also sting with the possibility of tears coming out. I think it culminated a couple weeks ago maybe when the moaning led to my eyes stinging which culminated in me holding the bottom of my jaw with tears streaming openly down both sides of my face!!!
It took me a moment to realize what was going on, and I barely could make sense of it because it was so uncomfortable outside as well as within my own body.
I had a few conversations with my previous hygienist because a few months ago because my gums in the front of my mouth were feeling crazy! I thought there was something wrong! So I talked to Kristen about it, and as I was telling her, I realized that there is NOTHING wrong with my gums or my teeth at all!
I have been getting my teeth cleaned every six months religiously since Sean was three years old and he started getting his teeth cleaned. Before I had him, I was lackadaisical about making appointments like that. But now that I had a child who needed dental care, I had to give him a good example!
My Mom was extremely concerned as I sat there, holding my jaw, and crying! I told her that I am fine! I know that I am fine because I get x-rays every year and I get my teeth cleaned three times a year now. I told her there is nothing wrong with my mouth! My teeth are fine! My nerves are NOT!!!
As I said this to her, I was barely convinced myself because I use an electric toothbrush now and the vibrations as I’m brushing my teeth, during this heat, was just about unbearable!!! Other times, my Mom will look at me as I’m moaning with tears streaming down my face And wonder why I am doing it. I tell her that, “I need to have clean teeth!”
I think it’s pretty cool that I brush my teeth silently now as the ’Ber are just about here!!!