Re: Can't get elastics on HELP

[Guest guest]

hello

I've been using some tweezers to help get my elastics on and

off...it's been a big help.

Willa

> Today was my follow up appointment and my OS replaced my elastics

with

> 2 elastics one on each side that spans over about 4 teeth, it goes

> right back to my molars.

> I can't get them off much less even worry about getting them on.

> I've thought about just cutting them, but I'm worried I can't get

them

> back on. I tried putting another elastic overtop of where the

current

> one is and I just can't get it on. I've been trying for 3 hours now

> and no luck, im out of patience and depressed and frustrated. I want

> to cry.

> What if I don't take them off?? Is there any harm?

> Any advice on easier ways to remove them? And how do u move ur lip

and

> cheek out of the way to get them back on?

> Someone please help I just want to go cry.

[Guest guest]

Hi Rina

Don't panic too much, probably it's harder to put an elastic over top

of the one that's already there because there's less hook to put the

new elastic on. When i had my surgery, my OS said to me several times

that I would definitely have an elastic break (in the end I didn't, but

that's not the point here!), and that if I did, it wasn't an emergency,

to just come in the next day and they'd put new ones on. So if you

take your old elastics off and really can't get new ones on, don't

worry too much, just see your doctor as soon as you can and I'm sure it

will be fine. I don't read the board that regularly anymore, so I have

no idea how far post op you are (sorry!), but, you'll find that as

swelling goes down, and your lips become more flexible, the whole

elastics thing will become waaay easier; plus, the more you do it, the

easier it gets, promise! It can be tricky those first few times, but

it'll get easier.

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> Today was my follow up appointment and my OS replaced my elastics with

> 2 elastics one on each side that spans over about 4 teeth, it goes

> right back to my molars.

> I can't get them off much less even worry about getting them on.

> I've thought about just cutting them, but I'm worried I can't get them

> back on. I tried putting another elastic overtop of where the current

> one is and I just can't get it on. I've been trying for 3 hours now

> and no luck, im out of patience and depressed and frustrated. I want

> to cry.

> What if I don't take them off?? Is there any harm?

> Any advice on easier ways to remove them? And how do u move ur lip and

> cheek out of the way to get them back on?

> Someone please help I just want to go cry.