The Amazing, Shocking, Spectaculoso Grande Results Pictures!!!

I'm finally able to smile without pain. I guess that means it is time for BEFORE and AFTER Wonderment.

I don't think I really need to label them. Right?

Overall pretty happy with my new smile.

There is a whole level of psychological adjustment for myself and those that see me regularly. It will be a time adjustment. Over time we will adjust.

Coming soon: All of the things you never thought about concerning dentures and toothlessness. I know you can't wait.

Sippin' on some sizzoup!

Well, I've got a big ole denture in my face finally. My very swollen face, that is. When I look at myself in the mirror and just relax my mouth it resembles Napoleon Dynamite's lazy and lippy almost guinea pigish mouth. Cho being the gem that she is has taken Soren on a trip to Seattle on the Amtrak to give me some alone healing time but before she left made me two vats of delish soup. Potato leek and tomato.

I've been chillin'; suckin' down Vicodin and sippin' on some sizzoup for the last 24 and am feeling rather chipper. Gonna go back down to the dentist's office for a check-in in just a little while but until then I think I will put my feet up in the sun, read Parable of the Talents by O. E. Butler and have my first cup of coffee in a couple of days. Spring Break!! WHOOOO!

Smiles for miles

I set a date the other day with my dentist's office. March 22nd. I have been thinking about this event for a long time now and still fear that it may never come. Why am I so inclined to prepare for the worst? I haven't had a terrible life. With a family who loves me and shows it, a supportive best friend and wife and an overall appreciation for all I have, you would think I would believe I deserve this. I guess I do. I want a happy, pain-free and healthy mouth but for some reason I can't shake the feeling that I can't reach what I deserve.
Anything good in my life has been born of luck/circumstance. (My beautiful smarty-pants son, random wind-falls, a stable and loving childhood, easy ways out of potentially bad situations, etc.) This may be the explanation for my laziness. Some call it procrastination but I can't hide behind that ruse. I have never really had "follow through" on anything in my life. I'm always reading 5 books at once and fail to finish any of them. I have great ideas that may solve social problems or change minds to a more open point of view yet do nothing about it. I feel as though something akin to karma will bring some good to me sooner or later. (It more often than not does) I do well by those I care about as well as those that may wish me harm. This is a conscious decision but is it enough of a proactive approach to living? Probably not.
That is why I am slowly shifting my view of how my life should be led. Education and health are currently my biggest concerns and I feel I am making positive choices that will lead to a happier me. Now I just need to figure out what I truly deserve and have a little dessert/reward with this pretty good feast/life of mine. (Maybe I'll have something with nuts on top after I get my new teeth!)