Thirty with Braces

So the retained life kind of sucks. I produce a lot of saliva when wearing it so its kind of like chewing gum all day - I'm constantly hungry. We're not talking "hrm maybe I'll get a snack" hunger - I'm talking about stomache rumbles 2 hours after feeling stuffed!

Then I don't want to eat because it involves removing the retainer while I cook, then eat. After every meal I brush, sometimes floss and put the retainer back in. This is fine for full meals but when I'm debating grabbing a cookie from the cookie jar I'd rather go without than have to brush for 2 minutes for a 10 second snack

The other mistake I made was drinking water with it in. I drink about a gallon of water a day because I exercise and just seem to be a thirsty person. On Retainer Night 2 I left it in while watching a movie and drinking water. Afterwards I went to bed. The next morning the gums right next to the teeth were white!

I figured it was a water under the retainer thing but asked Dr. Google as a precaution. He suggested cancer or an iron deficiency. Luckily I'm not a hyponchondriac

Its been over a week and I'm still lisping too.

I'm so grateful that I didn't qualify for invisalign. I don't think I could have dealt with trays for a year and a half! The urge to pop out the retainer for longer than a meal or phone conversation is overwhelming!

Luckily I'm 31 and paid a lot of money for braces so I won't be unretaining and throwing that all away any time soon