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Im so sorry that you are feeling so bad :( My name is sherry and I am 41, i had full extractions and immediates placed one week ago today. My teeth LOOKED strong and healthy and my smaile was my greatest asset. but I have periodontial disease and my teeth (especially the front ones on bottom) were VERY loose and about to come out. the top were shifting and i was having alot of pain amd was terrified that i would lose a tooth (or more than one!) while at school. (Im a college student studying to be a nurse) I feel young and like you I am girly, like to do my hair and my makeup and be pretty. but i knew this was coming but i wasnt ready for it. its here tho and I have to make the best of it. Im stuggling with these temoraries, they are so bulky and from what they told me yesterday when i went for my first soft reline, it will only get bulkier with each reline. they were so painful that I didnt wear thyem the first week. My husband is 33 and is like your husband -extremely supportive and he loves me and thinks im beautiful no matter what.I had vowed he would NEVER see me w/o dentures but the pain I had at that first week caused me to break that vow. If I ever doubted my husbands love---and I havent--- that would have proven to me that he loves me unconditionally. Last night I was hurting and looking at pix of my smail before and said "What did I do??Im sorry you have a wife with no teeth." ( I have my pity party every now and then) But he said "Im not sorry you did it. This will pass and you will have perfect beautiful teeth that dont hurt you.You are YOU. always. In I love you. So hang in there until you get those permanents.And in case you dont know: I am really proud of you, you're really brave to have endured all of this especially having those extractions under local anesthesia." Its painful and humiliating and gross and the gaging is horrible but I know that it will be batter when I get those permenants in 6-8 months and it will be worth it. In January I have to go back to school. I know I'll have to explain to alot of ppl why I look and sound different. I dont have alot of friends but the few and I told them what I was going to do over Christmas break. The way I look at it is ppl that love me will love me regardless and the rest? Who cares what they think...and its likely they dont notice me enough to think anything anyway. Please Lyn, go back and get the adjustments done so that you can get back to that life you had before. You deserve it. (((Hugs)))