First Working Visit With Cheney

After visiting Suwanee Dental yesterday morning for a orthodontics check, I met with Cheney Davis at the Cauble Center. We did a number of treatments. Well, she did a number of treatments-I sat/laid there! I will leave the technical explanations to Cheney, but here is my side:
First, was the microdermabrasion. This was done on my face and neck. The process felt a bit like fine sandpaper or, maybe a rough washcloth, rubbing across my skin.
Then we started the Carbossi Body Sculpting on my face, neck and upper arms. Cheney also used Lipodissolve on my upper arms.
I think the upper arm work is one of the most exciting parts of this experience. It is un-finished business. After losing weight, I still couldn't wear sleeveless things because of the sagging skin. I was a walking example of granny arms, they kept waving after I stopped! There will be before pictures soon. When we measured for the starting-point, my first thought was-there really is a decent muscle under there! And now, everyone else will be able to see it soon.

No part of any of these services we overly painful. There was a mild discomfort with the dermabrasion, but I knew it was getting rid of the dead, gross stuff while stimulating the production of new-fabulous looking skin. The injections involved with both the Carbossi and Lipodissolve ranged from an intense bee sting to not feeling it at all. HONESTLY--there were many I did not even feel. Today, I can faintly see the lines on my neck from the microdermabrasion, and my skin is a bit sensitive. But, I am using the after-care kit Cheney provided and wearing my sunscreen. There are a few small bruises on my arms from the injections.

As I am trekking through this journey, I am also having to address some old mentalities. This isn't just physical, there is TOTALLY an emotional side to this too. I told Cheney yesterday that it is easy to go around the world telling women how amazing they are-that God designed them for wonderful things-they are His princess...But, it is hard sometimes to walk in that myself. I AM BEAUTIFUL NOW, I DESERVE THESE GIFTS AND BLESSINGS.

The road ahead is getting shorter. August is coming up soon-I am truly excited to share with everyone the finished product of the amazing gifts I have been blessed with. STAY TUNED!!!!

Sorry for the delay

Sorry that it has taken a while for Sugarloaf Eyecare to contribute the blog. We feel really privileged to be participating with Suwanee Dental Care and the other partners in the Deserving Divas program. It has been a month now since Heather came in to see us. My associate, Dr. Christine Laube, was the one who examined Heather's eyes. The eye exam is certainly the necessary part of the process, but it is not the fun part. The fun comes after the exam in choosing frames. Joni and the staff here at Sugarloaf Eyecare are excellent at selecting frames that look fantastic on individual faces. I think everyone would agree that Heather and the staff did a great job at picking out a frame that is fun, fashionable and functional. Just because glasses are necessary does not mean they have to be boring. Make a statement. We have so much to choose from, whether you really want to make a bold statement or a subtle one. Check out our website at www.sugarloafeyecare.com or come by and visit!

Mitch Christensen, O.D.

Cheney Davis from the Cauble Center for Skin Care writes:

I finally got to meet Heather on March11!

She is delightful and easy to get to know. This was our initial planning session to map out the next few months for her so she would know what to expect. She has never had any esthetic treatments before. So while Dr. Bill fixes the smile I get to fix all the rest. I expected we would do some of the standard things like botox and juvederm but I wasn’t sure what else. In out conversation Heather told me she really wants to do some sculpting and slimming. She lost all that weight and needs to tone and tighten. Our first real appointment is March 29 and we’ll begin her microderm treatments and do one a month. I’ll also start her on an incredible skin care line called Image. The slimming we’ll do in stages. The first treatments will be on her neck, chin and arms. I’ll take before, during and after treatment pictures. This sculpting in specific areas will be with lipodissolve and carboxy. As we get closer to the August reveal date she will have the Zerona body slimming series.. you can check in out at www.findzerona.com. We will also start her botox and juvederm in June and July.
I’m very excited to be part of this amazing contest and to work with all the staff at Suwanee Dental.

More later!

Cheney Davis The Cauble Center for Skin Care. www.caublecenter.com

email cheney@caublecenter.com

More partner love

I went out to see Cheney Davis at The Cauble Center yesterday, (caublecenter.com). Check out the website to find out the many services provided. But, I have to say--Wowie, Wow, Wow!!!

I continue to be humbled (I know, I will find another word once I find my thesaurus) to be a part of this amazing team. Cheney is truly a tenderhearted, giving woman.
During our consultation, she asked me "If you could wave a magic wand, what would you change?" When I began to rationalize, she told me to stop it!! She wanted me to dream big, despite how unworthy, or undeserving I felt. It is hard to dream about getting things just for me. A majority of my life has been spent being told that I didn't deserve anything nice. Even though I know that God wants me to have it all-that I am His princess-It is hard sometimes to walk in it.
Back to my consult-the plan for the next few months is big and will give significant results. After losing weight and going through 4 pregnancies, things aren't in the same place as God put them. Cheney said she wants to roll the clock back 10 years. I should have reminded her that I didn't like the way I looked 10 years and 100 pounds ago. I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!

Then, I ran by Ambiance again. The ladies there are so sweet, fun and caring. The store is FULL of cute, fun, and DIVA-LICIOUS things. And I get to have them dress me!!

Things are rolling along with my teeth. They are sensitive, I can only assume because we have gotten the junk off of them. They are healthier, but that layer of junk provided some protection from the sensitivity.

I go back to Suwanee Dental and the Cauble Center on the 29th. Don't forget to watch the CBS Atlanta Better Mornings Show on March 23 @ 5:50 am and throughout the day's news programs for our interview.

SUWANEE SMILES: GBC News Story: Deserving Divas

SUWANEE SMILES: GBC News Story: Deserving Divas

Before and Proposed After pics

This is WILD!!!

Mistie and I placed braces on Heather today after she had her interview with Atlanta's CBS TV show, Better Mornings Show with host Tracye Hutchins. Heather has a bite problem, called a psuedo-class III, where the lower teeth hit the upper incisors and that causes the lower jaw to come forward abnormally when she closes, making it appear that she has a "bulldog bite" or as some say, a "Jay Leno bite". What she actually has is not an over-sized lower jaw, like Leno, but rather a deflecting contact on her tooth in the front that makes her jaw slide forward and just appear to be an underbite, bulldog bite.

We are correcting that with orthodontics....and it will be amazing to see the difference in just a few months. Imagine, a solution for a lifetime of biting off balance in just three or four months! In the photo to the right you can see us applying the blue gel that etches the surface of the tooth which in turn give us the ability to attach orthodontic brackets to the teeth for a period of time.

We also want to let you know that the Atlanta Channel 46 CBS video TV segment has been put on the calendar to air on Tuesday March 23^rd.

^{If all goes as planned it will air during the Better Mornings Atlanta show from 5am till 7am at about 5:50am. And the last ten minutes of each of the following shows… the 12noon, the 4pm the 6pm and the 11pm as well.}

Later that day there will be a link to the story on our website on this page…

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/gooddeeds/index.html

After we place the brackets on the teeth, aligning the slots of the brackets so that the teeth move in the desired direction once the flexible orthodontic wire is placed in the mouth, her teeth will begin to move to the correct position and her underbite will gradually be corrected as the teeth move through the bone. Orthodontics works because teeth move through bone when small, constant pressure is applied to a tooth. The jaw bone actually is resorbed on one side of the tooth and is laid down on the other side as the tooth

literally migrates through the solid bone.

Because the lower teeth are in front of the upper teeth, we needed to bring the lower teeth back. This involved removing one tooth and making the size of the arch smaller, like having a smaller diameter circle in effect, so that the lower arch can fit inside the normal upper jaw. Make sense? Orthodontics is about spacial relationships, geometry and is one of the main reasons high school students have to know that stuff...in case they one day become dentists!

Our Makeover Partners

I wanted to take the opportunity to once again send love to our makeover partners. I haven't met them all yet, but look forward to getting to know them.

Dr. Williams and Suwanee Dental Care are investing so very much into this process. This is just one more example of the caliber of people involved with the practice. These men and women CONTINUE to sow seed into people all around the world.

I met Joni and the crew over at Sugarloaf Eye Care last week when I went in for my exam. We updated my prescriptions on both glasses and contacts. As soon as I got home this week from traveling, I HAD to go pick up my new glasses. THEY TOTALLY ROCK. I would not have picked purple for myself, but the crew at Sugarloaf Eye Care knew. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!!

After getting my braces on today, I went to Revival Salon to talk with Jody, my stylist and Josh my colorist. We scoped out a plan for my new do--Can't wait! This is a fun, hip salon. I felt 10 years younger just stepping in the door.

Pamela wasn't in at Ambiance earlier this week, when I stopped by. She is off enjoying some down time-very much deserved I am POSITIVE. But I did walk around the shop. FUN!!!

Next week, I will go meet with Chaney Davis and start on the skin program.

PLEASE--return the favor and send business to these partners. They are giving so much to this project without a thought of what they are getting in return.

These are from before my transformation began.

Rockin my new glasses from Sugarloaf Eye Care.

I LOVE our team members!!

What a wild week!

So, my transformation started last Tuesday. After going over my treatment plan with Angie and an interview for GBC News, Dr. Lorie Miller Stevens (check out her practice at www.qcdental.com), and I spent 4+ quality hours together. There were fillings, lasers, drilling, scaling, tooth pulled, spacers put on and all sorts of fun involved. Dr. Lorie and the staff at Suwanee Dental were very gentle and caring throughout the experience. I left in a bit of pain, but you would too if you had everything I had done! But, it was very minimal.
I then went to Sugarloaf Eye Care for my exam and picked out new glasses--Can't wait to get them this week
Then, I left Wednesday morning to fly to Dallas to meet with the NorthStar Pastoral Ministries Leadership. We had churches represented from all over the US, Jamaica and Trinidad. Some of my Diva nominations came from these leaders. I was honored and humbled to being able to spend time with these amazing men and women of God and look forward to visiting Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica this year on mission trips. Now, I am in Nashville with my HelmsBriscoe team. I was overjoyed to share with all of my friends this past week the upcoming transformation. They are almost as excited as I am.
The fun continues on Friday. We are pulling another tooth and putting on braces. Woo Hoo!!