Why You Should Opt For Business Analyst?

During my initial career, at many times, I have heard people mocking

“What does Business Analyst do?” “Do they just prepare documents?” “Its such an easy job anyone can do.”

At many companies, people including the top management hardly used to know the importance of a business analyst and what work are they suppose to do. So in that case, it happens that irrelevant work can be assigned which a business analyst is not responsible for and Boom! Your career is in danger.

So, after 2 years of experience, I would like to share the role and importance of business analyst which can be helpful for the people who has just initiated or are thinking to opt for business analyst role. Also, this post is for people who doesn’t know why they should hire a business analyst and what major changes can a business analyst bring in their organization.

So here it is!

Piling or modernizing your eCommerce site is a mammoth project, one that needs a great coordination and administration in order to keep everything run swiftly. But the entrepreneur people have already got enought tasks to get their head spin by managing the budget and getting all the things ready to go live successfully in an estimated timeframe. That’s where exactly a business analyst comes in. Specifically in today’s demanding online world, business analysts are becoming an in-demand trend and can make a definite difference between a project knocked out due to miscommunication and a successful project delivered in a defined timeframe.

So what exactly does business analyst do? What are their roles and responsibilities?

Here’s a brief analysis of some (but certainly not all as the role might change subject to company’s defined rules and regulations) of the business analyst’s responsibilities in any project:

Communicating with the client to gather the project requirements via skype, email or call whichever is preferable and convenient to the client

Eliciting business requirements into technical requirements

Preparing work break down sheet which means breaking down the requirements into smaller tasks and making it more clear and concise

Researching and evaluating all possible solutions for the client

Checking the feasibility of the requirement

Documenting a project plan with tasks sorted efficiently

Conducting a kick-off meeting with project managers and providing them an understanding of the project and solving their queries, if any.

Handling questions as and whenever they arise.

Preparing SOW, BRD, FRD, Wireframes, Mockups as required

Getting approval from client and freezing the requirement

Coordination with client and project managers

Follow up to ensure the project is going well without any hassles.

So basically a business analyst (BA) is constantly in touch with the client and project managers to ensure the proper working of the project.

They also suggest various services and platforms that are currently in trend and would work best in order to get the client’s business more successful. Business analysts are well versed with a number of eCommerce solutions and recommend accordingly to ensure the client is receiving the best solution.

Once the project requirement is freezed, they start eliciting the requirement into small, specific tasks that are easy to understand for the development team. They name this document as “Work Break Down Sheet”. They send this to manager and then the manager develops a tailored project plan prioritizing the tasks to ensure that the tasks are completed on time and efficiently.

A BA then is in constant communication with the client and project manager in order to track the progress and updates, and in case any of them faces a loop, BA again comes into picture and solves it.

Also, in some cases if Project Manager is not available, then BA coordinates with developer and provide updates to client via scrum call, PMS etc whichever is preferable by the client. This is done to ensure that the members working in a particular project are in same page and if there are any modifications required, they can get it done at the same time which in fact saves a lot of time.

BA works with varied clients in a diverse array of industries and know from experience which solutions fit best for which clients.

So we can say that BA plays an important role in swifting the project lifecycle process and also the clients are more tend to be happy to receive suggestions that can be beneficial for their business.

And Happy Clients means Happy US! What else would any organization need?

So what are your views for a BA role? What is your experience so far being a BA or your thoughts for opting for this role? Would you like me to write specifically on any particular topic? If yes, please let me know in the comments below.

If you have any questions related to the roles of BA, let me know in the comments or you can also email me at khayalishah29@gmail.com – I’d love to help

Thanks.

The Inspiring Memoir of Jack Ma – The Founder Of Alibaba

Alibaba Founder and Chairman Jack Ma is the most richest person in China. His life story is really inspiring and it teaches us many worthwhile things that we should latch on to.

Ma has proved that nothing is impossible. This is the story of the exceptionally optimistic entrepreneur who has changed the facet of business and Internet in China and across the world.

I would like to share his famous quote.

“Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine” – Jack Ma

Ma grew up in a poor family in China. Failed twice in his college entrance exam. He was rejected many jobs including KFC.

But one thing that was exceptionally amazing was he was unruffled no matter how many defeats he would have faced in his life. He has always been curious to learn new things. As a teenager, Ma wanted to learn English so he used to offer visiting tours of the city to the tourist in exchange for English lessons.

Ma did not had any knowledge or experience with computers or coding but he was always enchanted by the internet. Ma’s first online search was “beer” and he was surprised to know that there was no such information for Chinese beers. At this point, he decided to build an internet company for China. His first two ventures failed and after four years he visioned about building Alibaba. Ma setup Alibaba in 1999 as B2B market place site. The site facilitated Chinese exporters to link with overseas buyers.The site facilitated Chinese exporters to link with overseas buyers. SoftBank and Goldman Sachs invested $20 and $5 million respectively.

Once this was done, Ma wanted to build a platform for consumer-to-consumer. In 2003, Taobao was formed. His plan of action to keep it free affected the profits and he faced many criticisms, but he was calm and unaffected. Taobao gained majority of market share in two years. It was impeccable to have a courage to take on an established giant like eBay.

Alibaba group is diversified into nine major subsidiaries.

Jack Ma is truly an inspiration to an entire generation.

So what do you think about the life story of Jack Ma and his Entrepreneur journey? Shout out your thoughts and comments about this business tycoon below.

How to Create Professional Email Signature in Gmail

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Creating a professional email signature in Gmail is sometimes the last item on a laundry list of burgeoning tasks for a small business professional or entrepreneur. However, creating a professional looking and socially optimized email signature will contribute to increased connections with your customers, colleagues and collaborators!

These steps for creating a custom webmail signature are based on using the web version of Gmail and requires the use of a personal Facebook account.

PART I: Find and Save a Small Logo and Social Icons

1. Save a very small version of your logo to your computer hard drive
2. Find social media icons for each social site you want to include in your signature.
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My Fifth Tightening

Hi Guys!

Well, as you may notice, I have skipped a tightening in my headings. My apologies for this. I have been very busy this days due to work overload.

My fourth tightening was on the 9th December 2015. This visit went just like most of the others. I decided to ask the duration of my teeth tightening during my next visit.

My fifth tightening was on the 13th January 2016. In this post I will give you an update on how my fifth tightening went and generally let you know how I am getting on with them. So here it goes!!

How The Tightening Went
As always I got there and my ortho asked how things were going. I decided to wait until after my brace had been changed to ask questions about how long I had left etc. This time I told my ortho to change the color of my braces. He showed me various colors and we finalized to have a combination of blue and green color braces.

As usual he removed all my current ligatures from my teeth using a hook, then popped out the wire from its grooves in my brackets. He then told me he was going to use that in a flossing motion between my two middle front teeth and between my painful canine and it’s neighbour to try and give the teeth a bit more room to move. The whole thing took about 15 minutes in total I’d say.

This time I got a fresh and clean set of blue and green ligatures (P.S. it looked really cute ).

So, next came all the important questions. I asked him how much time it would take to get the braces off and he told me that everything has worked very nice and I’ll be able to get that off in 2-3 months. I was really happy to hear this. I asked him about when I am supposed to get braces in my bottom teeth. I got to know that my bottom teeth weren’t too haphazard and so it will hardly take 1 sitting to get that done. Yippee..!!

He told me to keep up the good work on the cleaning and to book another appointment for 4 to 5 weeks time. I went for 4 to try and speed this thing up haha.

I am still really pleased with the transformation since before my braces. A lot of the changes now are more subtle and I can feel them more than I can see them 🙂

Overall
I am still very happy with how things are going. Being able to eat pretty normally, and being in a lot less pain is a definite win. I am still impressed with the way my teeth are moving; even it is subtle to everyone else. I am glad my next appointment is only 4 weeks away and I’m hoping I can continue to book close together appointments from now on, but we’ll see 🙂 Fingers crossed they come off within the 2-3 months as planned!

Right, I think that’s everything…although feel free to comment with questions if there’s anything I haven’t covered that you’d like to know. My next appointment is the 10th February so I guess I won’t be writing again until then unless there is something specific I want to update you on or any questions that need answering 🙂

Thanks for reading! Speak to you again in a few weeks (promise it will only be a few weeks this time)!

Till then, Stay Wow.!!

Lots of Love,

Khayali Shah

{Instagram : Khayali29}

 

 

 

I have Rs.70. Where should I invest to get better return?

I must say it is a luxury to have Rs. 70 and wanting to invest!

Below I m sharing a very simple, doable plan which will help you make the most of these Rs. 70:

 

1. Locate the busiest office area around you where you can expect maximum number of executives and well dresses top management people. Notably, these places will have shoe shiners.

 

2. Dress very well and ensure your dress allows you to sit on a low stool.

 

3. Strike a deal with one of the shoe shiners and give him Rs. 50 for an hour’s use of his console.

 

4. Use your marketing skills to bring in customers. Usually people, especially men will shy away seeing a woman shoe shiner but you must get them on board. They will make up the lion’s share of your target consumer.

 

5. Give the console owner rent on an hourly basis and assuming you get 25 clients in a day’s job of 2 hours. You can make Rs. 500 as revenue. Your profit being Rs. 400.

 

6. Do this for another day. Increase your working hours to 6 and target 80 people. Your potential earning could be Rs. 1,600 in revenue and Rs. 1,300 as profit. Invest in your own console and repeat the same for a week.

 

7. If all goes well and you provide excellent service, you can expect an average of 50 to 70 people walking up to you. This effectively means you will have Rs. 3,600 by the end of the 5th day.

 

8. Assuming your console with all your tools cost you Rs. 350, you are now left with a profit of Rs. 5,250. (Forgive me for minor calculation errors!)

 

9. Use the Rs. 5,250 you made to create a portable stall you can walk around with. Sell freshly made sandwiches with unique flavours. Decide on 5, include 2 non-veg flavours too. Assuming your investment in buying all things and getting your stall ready was Rs. 1,200 (Portable stall, bread, utensils, spreads and vegetables, fruits, non-veg item etc.). You have Rs. 4,050 left with you.

 

10. Let us say you are able to sell 20 sandwiches walking around a busy commercial street worth Rs. 50 each. You made Rs. 1,000 on your first day. Congratulations!

 

11. After 5 days of hard work, let us say you sold on average 35 sandwiches daily. By the Friday evening, you will have made Rs. 8,000 (Rs. 1,000 on day One and Rs. 1,750 each on the following four days). You now have Rs. 12,050 in profit.

 

12. Do this for another week of five days and you will have made Rs. 8,750 this week. Excluding your investment in quality items in preparing your orders, your final corpus should be a handsome Rs. 18,050.

 

13. Go Online. Find yourself a spot where you can prepare sandwiches for walk in customers as well as take orders for lunch. Distribute flyers for your online ordering platform to walk ins and to security guards in each of these commercial buildings. Assuming you used a cyber cafe to make your own website, your expense will be about Rs. 1,500 to go online. Further Rs. 300 to Rs. 500 for flyers and/or other marketing tools.

 

14. After two weeks of selling sandwiches, and starting with a corpus of Rs. 18,050, you now must be left with Rs. 14,500 (approximately) after having to buy extra raw material to cater to both your online and offline consumers.

 

15. First day of being online and offline: You get a positive (not great) response. You were able to sell 70 sandwiches! You made Rs. 3,500 in total revenue. Not bad at all!

 

16. For the next 19 days (working days; Monday to Friday) you seem to be finding it difficult, though manageable, the volume of business you get. Selling an average of 60 sandwiches a day, you raked in a total revenue for 20 days of Rs. 60,500. Wow! You now have a cool revenue of Rs. 75,000 or Rs. 65,000 in solid profit! Add 10 new flavours.

 

17. Hire two delivery boys for Rs. 8,000 a month. They need containers/bags to carry orders. No cycles though. You also have to buy more raw material and a slightly better portable stand. You will invest about Rs. 4,000 on raw material and Rs. 2,000 on your stand. Remember, the salaries will be paid at the end of the month.

 

18. Assuming your business reacts mildly to this upgrade and you are only able to sell about 75 sandwiches a day for 20 days for the month (excluding Saturdays and Sundays and public holidays), your revenue at the end of the month should be about Rs. 75,000. Excluding your cost of operation for the month, your final profit should read about Rs. 50,000 (approximately). You now have a corpus of Rs. 1,15,000.

 

19. Hire a guy who is good with computers and decently educated to manage the portable console and the online orders, allow online orders anytime between 10 AM and 6 PM. Give him a helper who’d help make sandwiches for all orders. You have 4 employees now. Three working on Rs. 8,000 salary and one working at Rs. 12,000. Your updated monthly cost of operation is Rs. 46,000 (Rs. 36,000 salary and Rs. 10,000 raw material and maintenance).

 

20. Let’s say your 15 flavours of sanddwiches, sold 8 hours each day, online and offline rake in a daily order volume of 110 sandwiches, you should be able to make a revenue of Rs. 1,10,000. Your solid profit read Rs. 64,000. You now have made yourself Rs. 1,81,000 in pure profit. From investing Rs. 70 to ending up with Rs. 1,81,000, your return on investment (%) is a whopping 2,58,571%.

 

P.S: The above scenario has been assumed. Multiple factors will improve, depreciate your final outcome. As an addition, you may also consider broadening your product portfolio and invest in various marketing options to generate higher revenue. Opportunities are endless and this is tough to achieve but surely not impossible!

 

EDIT: Your Actual profit will be Rs. 1,81,020 (forgot the Rs. 20 left after you paid the shoe shiner Rs. 50.). Your final return on investment (%) will be 2,58,600%.

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Time for my Third Tightening

Hello everyone!

Finally the day came for my third tightening. Before I proceed further, I would like to tell you that I have found major changes in my teeth and I am really happy with the result.

So moving further, I had my third tightening yesterday on 18^th November, 2015. In today’s post, I will give you an update on how my third tightening went.

My 3^rd Tightening

When I got there, my ortho asked me about how I feel and how were things getting on. I told him that I am really happy with the changes so far and this time I didn’t have any problem. No itching, no pain nothing.

My ortho told me that the progress is really good as per the usual time taken at this age. I was like Really..!! Yay..!! Yay..!! Yayy..!! My ortho was happy with the progress my teeth are making. I asked him about the timespan it will take to get all done. He told me that there is still time to go yet.  He did not mention any issues with cleaning stuff. Well, I was taking good care of it.

After looking long and hard, he set to work removing all my current ligatures from my teeth using a hook, then popped out the wire from its grooves in my brackets. The ligatures weren’t as painful this time. It just felt little tight else there was no pain. This makes me feel good as it shows that something is going to change, even if it does hurt a bit haha. Nothing was digging in the side of my mouth this time so it felt quite better.

The whole thing took about 15 minutes this time. I was feeling fresh and was expecting having a pain in 2-3 hours. He told me to keep up the good work on the cleaning and booked another appointment for 4 weeks of time, that is, 9^th Dec ’15.

Conclusion

I am pretty pleased with the amendments so far!!! Really pleased to see changes in my top front teeth. Having a less pain is a definitely win. It’s really inspiring to see how my teeth move so well on the earlier stage. All my efforts are worth it.

I want to get things done sooner and I am excited for my next appointment that is after 5 weeks.

Pain

Before I went for tightening, my pain had stopped completely. Once I got my wires trimmed, there was nothing pricking my mouth and the aching completely died away. As my ortho said, I got minor aching for a day or two after the tightening for a particular tooth that was tightened but that was not at all a case of worry. Really, I didn’t even need pain killers. But yes having an ice-cream did help me feel good. I managed to eat normal food without any problems so all was good.

Breakages

Till now I didn’t face any issue in this. Thank God for this. I have been careful with what I eat and drink and also on cleaning.

Eating and Drinking

Well now, I am able to eat mostly all the things. I am a vegetarian and I am able to eat hard foods as well. Yes even Pizza. 😛 But still I try to stay away with hard things and avoid having cold drinks. I do not have the habit of cold drinks so that is not an issue for me. But if you are really addicted to it, you can avoid and in unavoidable times, try to drink with the help of straw to avoid its direct contact with the teeth. I am sticking to the rules of if I am going to have sugar then I would have few sweets, chocolates etc straight after my evening meal before I do my tooth brushing. I drink more water as my mouth gets dry fast and it’s good to drink more water. I don’t drink alcohol so no staining issue for me. If you have alcohol, then try to drink only shots of clear alcohol accompanied with a (separate) glass of water to avoid any sugary drinks. This might make your mouth more dry the next day so be cautious before you go for it. I avoid having tea and coffee and yes I miss them badly. I do intake coffee with the help of straw. But yes doing all the care is worth when you get such good compliments for your clean teeth. What do you think?

Cleaning

I do the regular brushing as mentioned in my old post and it takes me 5 minutes to clean my teeth. Try to keep a brush and a handy paste with you in case you want to brush after every meal you take at public places. Cleaning my teeth so often especially in the evening when I floss as well is a pain in the bum. Sorry I need to be honest, but I keep focusing on how worth it is.

So, this is it till now.. I have tried to update you everything I have been experiencing so far. My next appointment is on 14^th Oct so I guess I might be writing you my further experience after my second tightening visit.

Should you need any further assistance or if you have your own experience, please do not hesitate to write me on comments. I would like to know your experience, tips and that would be helpful for other readers as well.

Thanks for reading! Speak to you again in few weeks..!!

Till then, Stay Wow.!!

Lots of Love,

Khayali Shah

{Instagram : Khayali29}

 

 

 

5 Weeks in Braces.. My Second Tightening..

Hello everyone!

So I have had my second tightening on 14^th Oct ’15. After my first tightening, I was aware of what is gonna happen and what can I expect, but was bit nervous and worried about it being painful.

So today I will be giving you an update on how my second tightening went.

Here it is..!!

My Second Tightening

As usual, my ortho asked me on how I was feeling and if I had any issues. This time I could say that there were few issues, although none he wasn’t already aware about.

About 3 weeks previously, I had made an impromptu visit to him as back molars started angling themselves in towards my tongue. I was concerned as the brackets were hurting the skin of my mouth and also I felt as if the wire was little out which was pricky. So he told me that the brackets were strong enough and would be ok, though he molded the wire that was pricking my skin which really relieved me. He cleansed my teeth and told me to gargle. That was it.

Today, he had a look at my teeth and seemed happy with the progress so far. He had no issues with my cleaning or the way things were moving so that’s made me feel positive. He started working on removing the current ligatures from my teeth using a hook, then popped out the wire from its grooves in my brackets.

He pressed my teeth and tightened the teeth. This time as the wire already hurt my mouth, it did hurt me little.

The whole thing took about 15 minutes this time. I was feeling fresh and was expecting having a pain in 2-3 hours. He told me to keep up the good work on the cleaning and booked another appointment for 8 weeks of time, that is, 18^th Nov ’15.

Conclusion

I am pretty pleased with the amendments so far!!! Really pleased to see changes in my top front teeth. Having a less pain is a definitely win. It’s really inspiring to see how my teeth move so well on the earlier stage. All my efforts are worth it.

I want to get things done sooner and I am excited for my next appointment that is after 5 weeks.

Pain

Before I went for tightening, my pain had stopped completely. Once I got my wires trimmed, there was nothing pricking my mouth and the aching completely died away. As my ortho said, I got minor aching for a day or two after the tightening for a particular tooth that was tightened but that was not at all a case of worry. Really, I didn’t even need pain killers. But yes having an ice-cream did help me feel good. I managed to eat normal food without any problems so all was good.

Breakages

Till now I didn’t face any issue in this. Thank God for this. I have been careful with what I eat and drink and also on cleaning.

Eating and Drinking

Well now, I am able to eat mostly all the things. I am a vegetarian and I am able to eat hard foods as well. Yes even Pizza. 😛 But still I try to stay away with hard things and avoid having cold drinks. I do not have the habit of cold drinks so that is not an issue for me. But if you are really addicted to it, you can avoid and in unavoidable times, try to drink with the help of straw to avoid its direct contact with the teeth. I am sticking to the rules of if I am going to have sugar then I would have few sweets, chocolates etc straight after my evening meal before I do my tooth brushing. I drink more water as my mouth gets dry fast and it’s good to drink more water. I don’t drink alcohol so no staining issue for me. If you have alcohol, then try to drink only shots of clear alcohol accompanied with a (separate) glass of water to avoid any sugary drinks. This might make your mouth more dry the next day so be cautious before you go for it. I avoid having tea and coffee and yes I miss them badly. I do intake coffee with the help of straw. But yes doing all the care is worth when you get such good compliments for your clean teeth. What do you think?

Cleaning

I do the regular brushing as mentioned in my old post and it takes me 5 minutes to clean my teeth. Try to keep a brush and a handy paste with you in case you want to brush after every meal you take at public places. Cleaning my teeth so often especially in the evening when I floss as well is a pain in the bum. Sorry I need to be honest, but I keep focusing on how worth it is.

So, this is it till now.. I have tried to update you everything I have been experiencing so far. My next appointment is on 14^th Oct so I guess I might be writing you my further experience after my second tightening visit.

Should you need any further assistance or if you have your own experience, please do not hesitate to write me on comments. I would like to know your experience, tips and that would be helpful for other readers as well.

Thanks for reading! Speak to you again in few weeks..!!

Till then, Stay Wow.!!

Lots of Love,

Khayali Shah

{Instagram : Khayali29}

 

 

2 Weeks in Braces.. My First Tightening..!!

Hi guys,

Today I will be providing you an update of my first tightening..!!

Yes it’s been 15 days after I had braces and yes I must say I could feel the difference.

So I had my first tightening on 23^rd Sep ’15. Frankly, I was really nervous due to the pain it may cause.

Below is the post on how my braces were tightened and what my experience is so far. Let’s roll down..!! 🙂

How the braces are tightened

The foremost thing my ortho did was made me relax and settle down and asked me how I was getting along with the braces. I told him that my braces were absolutely fine. I experienced the pain in the beginning of the week but then it was perfectly fine. Nothing much to report.

He had a look at my teeth to see how things were moving and happily he told me that he could do very good changes in the position of my teeth and also commented on how clean my teeth were. He told me that so far it was really a good progress and also I might be able to get my braces off earlier. (This was a “WOW” feeling for me, internal high five to myself at this point). So all over very happy and positive new to start my appointment.

He set to work removing and cleaning my teeth. Had a flow of water in my mouth which was little cold but it didn’t cause me any sensitivity so it was okay. He remove a ligature from the left of my teeth with a hook. He popped the wire into the grove on the bracket and began attaching the lig. He tightened my left side of the bracket and I could feel the pressure little bit. He told me that I might feel the pain for a day or so but not like before so I was little relieved.

So the whole thing hardly took 5 minutes in total. He told me to keep up the good work on cleaning process and booked another appointment after 5 weeks of time. That is 14^th Oct ’15 and that was it!

Conclusion

I am pretty pleased with the amendments so far!!! Really pleased to see changes in my top front teeth. Having a less pain is a definitely win. It’s really inspiring to see how my teeth move so well on the earlier stage. All my efforts are worth it.

I want to get things done sooner and I am excited for my next appointment that is after 5 weeks.

Pain

Before I went for tightening, my pain had stopped completely. Once I got my wires trimmed, there was nothing pricking my mouth and the aching completely died away. As my ortho said, I got minor aching for a day or two after the tightening for a particular tooth that was tightened but that was not at all a case of worry. Really, I didn’t even need pain killers. But yes having an ice-cream did help me feel good. I managed to eat normal food without any problems so all was good.

Breakages

Till now I didn’t face any issue in this. Thank God for this. I have been careful with what I eat and drink and also on cleaning.

Eating and Drinking

Well now, I am able to eat mostly all the things. I am a vegetarian and I am able to eat hard foods as well. Yes even Pizza. 😛 But still I try to stay away with hard things and avoid having cold drinks. I do not have the habit of cold drinks so that is not an issue for me. But if you are really addicted to it, you can avoid and in unavoidable times, try to drink with the help of straw to avoid its direct contact with the teeth. I am sticking to the rules of if I am going to have sugar then I would have few sweets, chocolates etc straight after my evening meal before I do my tooth brushing. I drink more water as my mouth gets dry fast and it’s good to drink more water. I don’t drink alcohol so no staining issue for me. If you have alcohol, then try to drink only shots of clear alcohol accompanied with a (separate) glass of water to avoid any sugary drinks. This might make your mouth more dry the next day so be cautious before you go for it. I avoid having tea and coffee and yes I miss them badly. I do intake coffee with the help of straw. But yes doing all the care is worth when you get such good compliments for your clean teeth. What do you think?

Cleaning

I do the regular brushing as mentioned in my old post and it takes me 5 minutes to clean my teeth. Try to keep a brush and a handy paste with you in case you want to brush after every meal you take at public places. Cleaning my teeth so often especially in the evening when I floss as well is a pain in the bum. Sorry I need to be honest, but I keep focusing on how worth it is.

So, this is it till now.. I have tried to update you everything I have been experiencing so far. My next appointment is on 14^th Oct so I guess I might be writing you my further experience after my second tightening visit.

Should you need any further assistance or if you have your own experience, please do not hesitate to write me on comments. I would like to know your experience, tips and that would be helpful for other readers as well.

Thanks for reading! Speak to you again in few weeks..!!

Till then, Stay Wow.!!

 

 

 

Got My Braces Done Today

Hi everyone!

I got my braces done today. And to be frank, I am hating it. Feeling like snatching it out haha, but more on that later.

Process Of Getting The Braces On

I went to my appointment at 9:15 today. I went and met my orthodontist. He explained me that my mouth needs to be completely dry. To start with, he put some cotton in the upper part of my teeth inside and widens my mouth with his gloved fingers. Then, he paints my teeth with something to clean my teeth and wash it off to make your teeth prepared for the glue. He told me that I am not supposed to taste that thing as it doesn’t taste good and luckily it didn’t hit my tongue. J

Then he dried my mouth to start the bracket fixing process.

My orthodontist told me to get braces on my upper part of the teeth only because there was no space if I get my braces on my lower part of my teeth and that will knock off or damage my bottom braces with my top teeth. So he advised me to get braces on the bottom part of my mouth after 3 months.

So, to begin with, my ortho started working on my left side first (top). Foremost, they stick the bracket to your teeth one at a time starting from the back teeth with glue. Once all the brackets were sticked, he removed any excess glue. He used a little blue light to fix the glue which he hold over each of the brackets in turn. The same thing was done to the right side of my upper part of my teeth. Eventually all the brackets were place to my upper part of the teeth.
Once this was done, they removed the cotton wool so that I can move my mouth. He then started preparing for fitting the wires. He then fitted the ligatures. Ligatures are basically the elastic bands that go round your bracket and hold the wire in place.

To put the ligatures in the wire, they basically clip it into each bracket individually. The back brackets have holes in them in which the wire is posted through and all the other brackets have a groove that the wire pops in to. The ligatures are then put over the bracket so that the wire stays where it should. Once all the brackets are attached, they trim the excess wire off using little plier type thing so that it doesn’t trouble your cheek.

Quick Tip: Move your mouth around and suck your cheeks in once this is done to check that nothing sharp digs in.

That’s all. The braces are done. I was told to gargle some water to help my very dry mouth and then was given a mirror. I was shaken when I saw my face in the mirror wondering what they’d done to my face.

Well.. Well.. Well.. I would say that getting braces on is nothing to worry about at all. It doesn’t hurt at all. It’s just little uncomfortable from the dryness of your mouth and the weird feeling that you feel after the braces are on. It feels like someone has binded your teeth haha. No doubt the braces are not at all heavy, but to your lips, it does cover them that feel massive and hefty.

After Care Instructions

 

My orthodontist advised to make an appointment after 15 days (next appointment is the 23^rd Sep 2015).

Then he provided me some information on what to expect during the initial days which are as follows:

Pain

 

My orthodontist told me that as an adult, the initial pains could last up to 2 weeks, but may be less or none at all. If the braces are done at an earlier age, it would give less pain or no pain. The foremost type of pain is aching of the mouth as the idea of braces is to move the fibers that hold the teeth in place. To get this done, the force is exerted on the teeth which will obviously cause pain. To overcome this pain, he advised that some pain killer will help ease off the pain. Also, he told me that this would make eating harder for the first few days as any extra pressure will cause more pain. Another type of pain is sores and ulcers caused from the braces rubbing your mouth. To overcome this, he advised me a tube named Dologel-CT. We need to apply this gel on the affected area and gradually it should be fine.

Breakages, Staining and Sharp Wires

 

It’s not habitual for braces to break, stain and for the wires to dig in. My ortho told me to call him straight away if my brace breaks or brackets pop off. He told me that it will hardly take 5 minutes to trim this off and he has no issue doing it as often as needed.

What Not To Eat / Drink

 

Well, there is a pretty big list haha. My ortho said that in the initial days when there is pain, I should treat myself with liquid and soft foods. Hard/crunch foods are a BIG NO during this time as this could easily break wires and pop off brackets, as well not to eat sticky things like sweets, chewing gums and toffees as it would stick to your brackets. He also advised to avoid sugar wherever possible as this will stick to the braces and may cause cavities. He insisted me to brush my teeth twice a day daily. He told me that eventually when my mouth will get used to braces, I would be able to eat everything but during the early days, I need to take care. I was told to cut into small pieces as it would be easy to eat and will avoid any breakages.

As far as drinks are concerned, I was told to have lot of water, milk and unsweetened tea. It is a must to stay hydrated. I feel that my mouth gets dry often so I try to keep myself hydrated as much as I can. A Big No to cold drinks or any drink that contain soda as this does not really help your teeth so you need to be very careful with these. If in case, you have a craving to drink this, you can use a straw and drink as this would limit the contact of the liquid with your teeth also prevents staining. Also, a big NO to alcoholic drinks. I am trying to think of clear drinks without much sugar that I can drink so I will keep you posted if I find any. J

Cleaning

 

This is the most important part after having braces. My ortho advised me to clean my teeth thoroughly after every meal where possible and not to snack between meals. He recommended me an orthodontic cut toothbrush that contains a little brush to clean under the wires on the other end. I was told that it was important to brush concentrating on each tooth at a time. He said to brush along the gum line of all teeth first, then to brush the bottom of the teeth. Once the brushing is done, I could then use a fluoride, a non-alcohol mouthwash to rinse out. I asked my ortho if he could recommend me specific tooth paste, but he said that it didn’t really matter and I was free to use any tooth paste I like.

Today is First Day

 

It’s almost an end of the day and this is what I am thinking…

I have gone for metal braces as it was cost effective and it’s so visible. And I really dislike them.

Painful? Yes, it is. Since 3 hours after the braces are fitted, I could not feel any pain. But after that, I had a nonstop pain. It had pained a lot but not unbearable. It did get me little crabby with everyone around me because of this niggling pain. Combiflam did help reduce the pain to 70% and I was really relieved but yes it does not go away completely. So far, no ulcers have been formed so no need to apply the prescribed gel and also am trying to avoid as much as I can so that my mouth get used to it as early as it can.

Eating? Oops. I had khichdi, soup and bread today as thought this would be easy to eat. I tried to eat chapatti/roti, but it hurt so much. Managed to eat yogurt and yes ice-cream did help. Though ice-cream is cold, but it really relieves the pain. So it’s a big YES for having n number of ice creams haha. Having a glass of milk helped me fill my stomach. Tomorrow I am thinking to have porridge with banana in it or will make a banana shake for me. I really like having soup as it is tasty, healthy and also it does not require tooth work.

Brushing? Well brushing is not really hard. I have been taking 5-7 minutes and I am through. Don’t do it too hard as it will hurt you on gum line and it will definitely be very painful.

Look and feel? Hating it today.. but trying to get used to it. I don’t think they are as bad as I see them as everyone else is also amazed by them. I prefer smiling while taking pictures to avoid showcase of my braces which is really funny. Sometimes I just burst into a laugh but that makes me feel good so its really OKAY. But I noticed that if I take pictures from far, it does not really matter.

Conclusion

I am really happy that I took this decision to get the braces on. I know the initial days are going to be hard but I am sure that the end result will be fantabulous (fingers crossed) and yes I am excited to see some progress. The thought of the beautiful teeth I am going to have at the end of this makes it all feel worth it.

So this is it for today..!! See you in few weeks..!!

Lots of Love,

Khayali Shah

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All About Me

Hello guys,

This is Khayali. This is my first post ever. So please go easy with me.

I will be posting on varied subjects that comes across my mind.

To describe myself in 1 sentence, I would say

“I am a girl with million ideas going on in my mind at a same point of time”.

So let’s  catch up.