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(number 13). Root canal treatment was performed and failed! The tooth was then extracted.Then five of my teeth were root canalled over the following months and porcelain crowns were placed over them (number: 4, 5, 12, 13 and number 10 are now porcelain crowns). So, all that is left of my own front teeth are a few at the back and number 6 & 11 on the front.Cost averaging $1,900.00Unfortunately the dentist I was seeing was not particularly great. If you are getting dental work done, make sure you trust your dentist can carry out proper root canal treatment and build proper crowns. Ask around! I reckon this batch of dental treatment was rushed. We were leaving to go travelling and were migrating to Australia. So the dentist rushed getting the job done before we left.I was very angry, as every tooth this dentist worked on turned out to be a case of bad dental work. The front crown fell out within a month (number 10); this was when we were in Laos on a jungle trek (how embarrassing)!When we arrived in Australia, just three months after the dental work was completed, I was told that all of the work that was performed was faulty and would need fixed in the near future. 12 & 13 were extracted.A long bridge was put in place spreading across four teeth on the left hand side of my mouth. The front one that fell out in Laos would cause a lot more problems for me. The other two crowns 4 & 5 are still in. I have been told they will eventually cause problems and will have to be pulled down the line.To correct some of this batch of bad dentistry cost $4,500.00!2009 Age 27I fell pregnant in January 2009. This was when that front crown (that fell out in Laos and was fixed back in place) started playing up. I could feel infection brewing there and had to take a repeat prescription of antibiotics. It would have been hard to treat this tooth being pregnant.2010 Age 28After my son was born, I visited the dentist to fix the front crown that was giving me so much bother. When root canal treatment fails, which can happen, instead of removing the tooth a procedure called an apicoectomy can be carried out. It involves the surgical removal of the roots tip. A small filling is then used to seal the root. This is expensive, I was quoted $5000.Someone informed me to go to Bali as it was a lot cheaper, so this is what I done.I have heard mixed reviews about dental work being done in Bali. To be honest I wouldnt go back, I found it quite traumatic. The dentist drilled a large hole through the bone above the tooth and drained the infection. The hole was then filled with bone graft and stitched back up. Not pleasant, especially when you are given a mirror so you can watch, horrific! The dentist fixed the problem for a while!This cost $350.00 (plus plane tickets of $900.00). It
would have cost $5,000 if I had it done in Australia.We moved back to the UK at the end of 2010 for a year.My abscess came back yes I am still talking about the same tooth here, the same tooth that was root canalled the same tooth that was crowned by my butcher dentist, the same crowned tooth that fell out in the Laos jungle and the same crowned tooth that took me to Bali.At the end of 2010 I knew I had to get it fixed once and for all! Due to bad dental work I had done in the past I made a real effort to seek out a good dentist. I tracked down my dentist in Belfast who performed the work of my front two crowns 10 years ago.2011 Age 29The tooth was finally pulled! Hallelujah. I had to wear a denture for months! Not nice, especially when you are still in your 20s! But, I was pleased to have got rid of that tooth. I started to feel better for the first time in years. The story does not end here. The dentist made a mistake of crowning the tooth beside it. Due to the extent of dental work I have had done, this tooth should not have been invaded the way it was. Another type of bridge should have been used instead.Cost for dental work $1,300.00After two months... guess what? I got an abscess (tooth number 11). At this point we had left the UK and we were touring the states. I was devastated. After getting rid of tooth number 10, now 11 had an abscess!When I returned to Australia, I was told the cost to fix this would be $3000. Root canal treatment would need to be performed and a new bridge is needed. I was told my nice new bridge that cost a fortune had to come out it had only just been done!Cost for dental work: $3,000.00Now luckily my dentist in the UK paid for this as compensation for the mess up. I am currently getting the second batch of root canal treatment done at the moment.In SummaryTotal Cost of dental work so far: $15,650.00This is the fist time I have actually added up the cost of treatment and to be honest even Im a little surprised at how much it has cost me.Here is a diagram of all the teeth that have been crowned i.e these are not my real teeth and have been replaced by porcelain crowns. Watch this space folks; until all my teeth are actually removed, I believe I will have continual work carried out for many years to come. I reckon I should become a dentist!Its also important to mention that despite recovering from Bulimia, dental issues can still linger. I remember one dentist informing me that once you have had major dental work done a domino effect can then take place meaning more and more work will have to be carried out.Years after making a full recovery I still have ongoing expensive dental visits. I am haunted by
my past. All of this had a huge impact on my health and I still live with problems today.My advice: Please, start your recovery. The longer you are bulimic the more damage you will do to your precious teeth and your health.There is a way out of this nightmare.I was bulimic for 10 years and never thought it was possible to stop, it is possible! I have never looked back and have never felt the need to binge and purge since. Win back your freedom.If you are concerned about your teeth please visit your dentist as soon as possible, its best to get it sorted out now before the problem gets worse.You can learn some tips to prevent bulimia teeth damage.
Hospitals hit by rise of the 'manorexic': Male eating disorder cases up 16% in a yearBy SOPHIE BORLANDMore and more men and boys are being taken to hospital needing urgent treatment for severe eating disorders, according to alarming figures.The number of admissions for illnesses such as anorexia and bulimia traditionally seen as affecting women and girls has risen by 16 per cent in the last year.Experts blame peer pressure to attain a muscular look as well as men trying to copy what they see as the ideal body image of male celebrities and models.Bulimia can be even harder to detect than anorexia in boys. Experts say there is still a stigma around eating disorders that stops sufferers coming forwardBut because sufferers of eating disorders are usually assumed to be female, many men may be simply too ashamed to admit they have a problem.Figures from the NHS Information Centre show that last year there were 228 hospital admissions for men and boys with anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders. This included 78 admissions for teenagers aged 14 or under and another 39 in the 15 to 18 age group.The number of admissions for men of all ages has steadily risen from 160 in 2007/8 to 182 in 2008/9 to 196 in 2009/10.But charities said these figures were the tip of the iceberg as they only show those patients who have become so severely ill, they need urgent hospital treatment.It is estimated that a fifth of the 1.6million Britons suffering from some form of eating disorder are male.Exercise and weight-watching can become an obsession without sufferers realisingAnorexia sufferers try to keep their weight as low as possible by restricting what they eat and exercising obsessively.Those with bulimia binge on vast amounts of food before making themselves sick or using laxatives. They tend not to lose large amounts of weight so the illness is less obvious.Mary George, spokesman for the Beat eating disorder charity, said: We cant say for sure that there are more men suffering from eating disorders now but there is certainly more awareness which means more are coming forward for treatment There is more pressure on men from magazines with celebrities and male models to have that ideal body image.But theres still a lot of stigma and misunderstanding because the majority of eating disorders occur in females.Thats why men are ashamed to come forward and admit they have a problem.Bulimia survivor Sam Thomas told how school bullies triggered his illness when he was 13. He hid in the toilets and gorged on food before making himself sick.Now 25, he said: It was cathartic, like a therapy. It started because I was so anxious with the tormenting that I wanted to be sick so then I just made myself sick.However, he only realised he had bulimia after reading about it in an agony aunt column in one of his mothers magazines.Mr Thomas sought help from GPs but was never referred on for treatment and one even prescribed him Prozac.He managed to shake off the illness after leaving school and escaping the bullying.But the
lack of support prompted him to set up the charity Men Get Eating Disorders Too, run from Hove, East Sussex.Beat said former deputy prime minister John Prescott helped male sufferers when he spoke candidly in 2008 of his long battle with bulimia.
Celeb Speak: Reese Witherspoon Talks Plastic Surgery and Body ImageBy Kelly Schremph , Hollywood.com Staff | Thursday, February 02, 2012There's no denying Reese Witherspoon is utterly adorable. She's always smiling and joking around, which makes her seem like a genuinely down-to-earth person. That's a pretty rare quality to find, especially in a Hollywood star as famous as she is. But if you need any more convincing on the matter, the actress's recent interview with UK Glamourpretty much proves it. Not only is Reese not interested in plastic surgery, but she doesn't allow herself to fret about her body image.When asked about her thoughts with regard to plastic surgery, the This Means War star told the magazine, Im not for it. Im not against it. I have plenty of friends who do stuff and if it makes you feel good, great ... but I dont think its the fix for some sort of unease that youre having about who you are as a human being. I dont think I need plastic surgery at this point: Can we just go day-by-day on that one? Even though she doesn't find the appeal in altering one's appearance to look younger, she remains non-judgmental to those who do.Additionally, Reese went on to state how, over time, she's also become less and less concerned about her body image, explaining, "I dont worry about it. I have the body I earned: I had two kids and Im still strong and healthy. And you start to have a different respect for your body the older you get. Instead of tearing yourself apart all the time, you start to go Oh wow. Definitely a positive outlook to have whether you're famous or not.And while Reese is just like any other woman who loves to shop, she tries her best to commit to a set budget and not over-indulge in material possessions. She states, I have this fixation about this black leather The Row purse, but its so prohibitively expensive, I will not allow myself to buy it. I literally go to the store to visit it. Too much money it feels decadent. I cant wrap my brain around it. If I bought it, Id only feel upset about it and take it back. This might just make her the first frugal famous person in celeb history. All the more reason to love her! By Justin Fenner, StyleiteThe British Advertising Standards Authority released a ruling Wednesday banning a print ad for LOreals Revitalift Repair 10 because it used a digitally altered image of actress Rachel Weisz that misleadingly exaggerated how well the product works. The Authority also asked LOreal to stop using post production techniques (i.e. Photoshop) that misrepresented what was achievable using the advertised product.Reuters reports that the initial complaints about the ad, which was released in 2010, came from Jo Swinson, a member of the British Parliament who founded the Campaign for Body Confidence. Shes managed to convince the ASA to ban ads in the past (remember that Julia Roberts ad for Lancome?) but never before has the organization asked
a company to flat-out stop digitally altering its images and LOreal has admitted airbrushing the Academy Award-winner's skin to look more even. The decision reads:Although we considered that the image in the ad did not misrepresent the luminosity or wrinkling of Rachel Weiszs face, we considered that the image had been altered in a way that substantially changed her complexion to make it appear smoother and more even.We therefore concluded that the image in the ad ... misleadingly exaggerated the performance of the product in relation to the claims SKIN LOOKS SMOOTHER and COMPLEXION LOOKS MORE EVEN.We believe that the image in the advertisement is a true representation of Rachel Weisz. The product claims are based on extensive scientific research which proved that the product improves 10 different signs of skin aging. We therefore do not believe that the ad exaggerates the effect that can be achieved using this product.And when you consider the ASAs penchant for banning beauty and fashion ads left, right and center, the fact that this one has been pulled from magazines isnt all that surprising. But what is surprising is that the ASA thinks LOreal (or any beauty company, for that matter) will comply with the request to not use Photoshop. A statement from the company says that whether or not they used airbrushing, their product would still work as advertised.Take a look at Weisz in the print ad above and in the commercial below and tell us if you think the ad is telling the truth. The new L'Oreal Paris Revitalift advert featuring our gorgeous new spokesmodel Rachel Weisz.
that I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms139:14); I am special, holy, and chosen; I am royalty with a divine calling of which I am worthy (1 Peter 2:9; Ephesians 4:1); I am a child of the most high God (Psalms 82:6).In my work with Christian women and adolescent girls who are fighting to get their stolen identities back, I often share with them the story of a woman who spent 18 years of her life bent over, unable to straighten up. This woman is not known for her amazing appearance or incredible talent; no, the story of this woman lives on due to her brush with greatness and instantaneous healing from a horrible infirmity.What is interesting about this story from Luke 13 of the woman crippled by a spirit for 18 years is that the Pharisees criticized Jesus for wanting to heal a woman who they saw as very lowly on the Sabbath. My guess is she surely did not fit whatever the cultural ideal for a woman was in her day. Jesus very quickly corrected them and spoke to her true identity when He said, Should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who Satan kept bound for 18 long years be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her? (vs. 17)While the cultural ideals may have been different, the characters are the same. Jesus reminds us of who our Father is, and that makes all the difference. The impostor who tried to steal this woman's identity 2,000 years ago is the same one who deceives men and women today. Similarly, the Father who instills self-worth and restores her to an upright position is also the same.Role of the Christian CommunityWe see the dichotomy; we live in a world focused on perfection, where millions struggle with body image issues, low self-esteem and eating disorders. Yet, we serve a God who created all of His children in His extraordinary image.Because we exist in this world of messages that seek to distort and confuse the minds of people, it is imperative that Christians, as friends and family, champion those in our lives just as Jesus championed the woman in Luke 13. All of us must stand against the goal of perfectionism, knowing that only God is perfect.We must always remember who we are, who our father is and what He has said about our divine identity and destinies.If you, or someone you know and love, has an eating disorder, please get help. Please take whatever steps are required to reclaim the holy identity Satan has stolen from you. Recovery is possible. Once set free from the bondage of anorexia, bulimia or binge eating, you can return to the life God had always intended for you. If you are in recovery from an eating disorder, stay strong, knowing that the God of the entire universe is standing alongside you in your progress forward. Every time you say no to the lure of your former eating disorder, and yes to your new life walking in the light of truth, God smiles.
Voce tem roncaria? Entao, va para o Centro Historico de Salvador, bem ali no Pelourinho, e procure o Preto Velho.... Ele tem a cura.foto: Ieda Santos Por Ieda SantosTem gente que gosta de aventura, outros gostam de calmaria... e assim vai.Eu, particularmente, amo aventura. Nao que eu considere fazer Arvorismo uma aventura, mas foi um desafio para quem nunca sentiu medo de viver nas alturas. Sim, chegou uma hora que eu senti medo (mas foi so um pouquinho). Bem, o desafio comecou quando fui passar mais um de milhares fins de semana em Atibaia - cidade considerada detentora do melhor ar de Sao Paulo - e que eu AMO de paixao. Sol durante o dia, regado a felicidade, alegrias, gargalhadas, comida japonesa e coca cola, claro. Balada a noite - com banda de amigos tocando um pop rock bom e (uma) smirnof ice para acompanhar - e so saimos de la as 5:30 - do primeiro dia de um horario de verao qualquer - ou 6:30 - para um corpo que ainda se considerava em horario de Brasilia normal. Dormimos - ou tentamos... apenas ate 9 horas da manha e saimos rumo a um possivel salto de Asa Delta, mas os ventos nao nos permitiram sentir a alegria dos passaros desta vez... "Tempo desfavoravel para voos", disse o instrutor. Entao, com a adrenalina saltitando nas veias, fomos, desanimadinhos pelo nao-voo e animados pela outra parte, a Estacao Atibaia. Antes do trem sair, um passeio pelo Museu Ferroviario, com cabines antigas e tal. Depois, uma pequena viagem Maria Fumaca (fotos no slide ao lado) por 1.300 metros de maravilhosa vista e chegamos ao local do arvorismo. Antes do momento esperado.... aprender a "pilotar" uma charrete e outro passeio a cavalo. E... tudo isso sem dormir!!! Mas estava divertido. Capacete, luvas e todos as demais equipamentos de protecao verificados - cadeirinha, fitas tubulares, mosquetoes, polias -, todos prontinhos, um treinamento de 5 minutos e... a aventura comecou. Obstaculos aparentemente intransponiveis a 12 metros de altura, 12 atividades e a cada uma delas o alivio de ter conseguido passar para a proxima, como num video game, mas a proxima sempre e mais dificil....La pela nona atividade eu ja estava perdendo minhas forcas e fiquei uns minutos pendurada na rede e querendo simplesmente fechar os olhos e tirar uma soneca, mas consegui passar!!! E enfrentei firmemente todas as atividades... ate chegar no final e dar de cara com... "voce so desce daqui de Rapel ou Tirolesa". CARACAS!!!! E eu, que tinha sido a primeira a subir para o Arvorismo, toda corajosa, fui a ultima a descer de la. Oh duvida cruel, nao tem uma escada nao, moco? "Nao. E facil... Qual voce quer?" Ja que nao tem jeito mesmo, vou na Tirolesa -detalhe, sobre um lago. Mas nao solta isso de uma vez nao, moco!! "Ta bom, vai sentada". Ok!! Olhos fechados e apertados, abertos so depois de solta e uhuuuuuu... ISSO E UMA DELICIA... quero ir de novo... posso? hehehe E la fui eu de novo, mas de bracos abertos e pernas estendidas. Ficaria subindo
e descendo a tarde toda. Meu sono foi embora.... Mas a fome chegou e fomos comer uns espetinhos no Espetinhos M... (sem propaganda haha), sem mesmo fazer o pedalinho que tambem tem la e tudo mais... Ai o sono chegou e a aventura so ficou nos sobressaltos da imaginacao do sonho que veio junto - desabei no sofa mesmo, antes de pegar a estrada de volta a Sao Paulo. MARAVILHOSO. Agora quero fazer a Tirolesa de Socorro que dizem ter um 1 km!!!! Mais informacoes no Estacao Atibaia montagens: Ieda Santos E... CULTURA URGENTE!!!!Por Amanda ProettiDivulgacao em tempo recorde: contando de agora, ja duas e meia da tarde, ate amanha mais ou menos por volta deste horario, considerando que o evento sera fora do "municipio", temos ainda um pouco mais de 24 horas... rs!Mas deixando de leros e mais leros, cia incrivel e bailarinas talentosissimas, sem contar coregografia, figurino e espaco porque nao os conheco... rsrsrs!.... e claro, menos ainda que o elenco e integrado pela dignissima irma...Bom... IMPERDIVEL!Servico: 15/maio (sexta-feira) - 21h. Teatro Paulo Machado de Carvalho - Alameda Conde de Porto Alegre, 840 -Sao Caetano do Sul - Entrada Gratuita!
"A arte nao reproduz o que vemos. Ela nos faz ver."Paul Klee Por Amanda ProettiEstranhamente eu sempre tive uma so resposta, pronta, quando se tratava de falar sobre as artes plasticas. Fazia questao de mostrar ao meu interlocutor o quao deveras estranha essa vertente sempre me pareceu. Eu nao entendia o que alguem podia achar de interessante em se por na frente de uma tela pintada e eu so o que sempre enxerguei foram rabiscos e formas sem sentido nem logica alguma em visitas a exposicoes e museus de arte, classica, moderna, erudita, o que quer que fosse. E havia na minha fala um que de arrogancia porque eu tentava provar que talvez eu fosse o unico ser humano da terra a ser sincera ao inves de me fazer de "intelectual da arte". Mas devo confessar que, de alguma forma inconsciente demais pra notar, isso sempre me causou certo incomodo. Como e que eu, inatamente tao ligada a sensibilidade artistica, tao apaixonada pela forma criada por Deus e dada ao homem para expressar, contextualizar e se encontrar em sentimentos, emocoes, vida interior, podia nao ser sensivel a qualquer que fosse o veiculo? Logo eu que enxergo cores, nuances, pigmentos, e tambem tons de cinza e preto nos cenarios que se constroem a partir do meu bau intimo. E agora eu percebo que talvez eu tenha e proposto a mim mesma um desafio. E foi nesta terca que surpreendentemente eu planejei um programa pos expediente um tanto quanto "diferente". MASP. Pois nao e que eu, paulistana "da gema" talvez muito mais do que tantos, nunca havia estado no museu mais famoso da cidade?! E foi assim, uma decisao dessas que nos veem como comichoes. So sei que na segunda planejei tudo e inclusive a escolha do dia da semana gratuito para a visita, assim eu uniria a ideia a minha necessidade de economizar. Pois bem! E la estava eu, ao lado do velho amigo de aventuras e devaneios: Thi. E la estavamos nos. Ao pe do elevador eu fiz a ele uma promessa. Me pronunciaria a respeito de minha tese tao logo saissemos do museu. Eu nao tinha duvidas de com qual impressao sairia de la! E tenho que admitir que a tarde foi deveras surpreendente que eu ate me esqueci de cumprir a tal promessa, nem para o bem, nem para o mal. As palavras tantas que me sobravam para falar da estranheza antes me faltaram depois. Vik Muniz. Nao sei se por sorte ou por destino, este e o nome do artista que quebrou meus paradigmas carcumidos. Arte contemporanea da melhor qualidade. Sensibilidade e genialidade unidas a excesso de criatividade, elegancia e consciencia. Timidamente boquiaberta, eu curtia cada pedacinho da exposicao com uma pontada de vergonha e me perguntava: como eu pude demorar tanto tempo pra desfazer um engano tao estupido? E a cada parede, quando ja esperavamos ter sido suficientemente surpreendidos por obras absolutamente desafiadoras, nos davamos de novo com algo ainda mais surreal. Eu poderia destrinchar neste texto com infinidade de possibilidades as caracteristicas e os detalhes da exposicao.