I flossed 5 times last week!
I am very happy with my progress... I actually feel a difference in my mouth and gums.
But, I have, however, noticed some barriers to my achieving perfect flossing records:
1.) If I brush my teeth too late. My laziness seems to be directly proportional to my fatigue. If I fall asleep on the couch while Peter is watching TV (I rarely actually watch the TV, only I sit in front of it to be next to him...:), and I have been falling asleep quite regularly before I make it to the bathroom to brush my teeth, then my chances of flossing seem greatly diminished.
2.) If I think I have been doing very well. This particular obstacle makes no sense on rational evaluation. If I am doing well, I could always do better... it just occurred to me, that I could even floss MORE than once a day. There seems to be much room for improvement... so much so that I definitely shouldn't cut myself any slack.
3.) If my teeth already feel clean. Hmmm. Again, not such a good justification. No matter how clean they FEEL, they clearly aren't, as evidenced by the flecks on the mirror... (sorry for the graphic).
My mom used to floss while driving and it absolutely disgusted me how she sprayed flecks of plaque on the windshield.
Regardless... I am vow to do better this week! Maybe I will even use mouthwash, once.
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Thanks so much for the little talk outside of class it was very reassuring and spoken with a lot of truth. I still have a few classes to take to be able to apply and have not started the MCAT process yet yikes! but i'm going to get started hopefully right when the summer starts. I admire you for being a woman and being in the medical field AND now starting to have a family!
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