Okay I will do it. For those of you who dont check this thread often this is a continuation of a previous thread that was just taking to long to load for some.

Well, I still have my teeth in, not suppose to take them out for 2 days. But I aint promising Ill make it. I have a slight sore on the bottom right where a new bone spur is really hurting me. And from what I have been able to discover on the bone spurs is that the longer your roots extended into the jaw bone the higher the chance of getting bone spurs. Bone spurs are the tiny fragments of bone that are between each tooth supporting it and holding it in position. The deeper your root extends the more bone fragments the larger the possiblity of bone spurs.

Chatty, you are just never happy. First they are to loose, now you cant get them out. Boy you canadians are picky people. JK you know I love ya.

Dee, what exactly is old lady music???? The sixtys???? Tread softly here when answering that. LOL

Pam welcome back, I am so glad that you were able to enjoy the wedding and eat. I still cant eat steak, but I do dream of it alot. From what I have been able to understand I guess the issue with lettuce is that with dentures you chew with an up and down motion to break up the food, with your natural teeth you use a tear and rip type of motion. I am not allowed to do the lettuce thing, so I haven't tried it YET.

OHOHOH, I got the call, NO MORE ANTIBIOTICS for me. Yahoo. I can go later tonight when hubby gets home to have the port\pikk line taken out. I am so happy for that. Now maybe people wont give me a double take when it looks like my left boob is up in shoulder. LOL


Hope all is great with everyone.

Casey

Hi Carat:)

How r you today:)

Good idea to start new thread, way to long:)

Ok talk to you later:)
Hope everyone is ok out there.

Chatty8484

Good Morning! :D

Only problem I seem to be having (other than a few sore spots that need to be adjusted) is the one area where dentist said he had to cut open gum a bit and go after the root of one tooth .. it's there that he took a stitch up into the gum itself ... and now it's starting to hurt a bit.

The dentist that was filling in for my regular dentist took the stitch out of it, and the oral surgeon said the stitch was suppose to stay in and disinegrate on it's own. Hmmmm??? I just might call oral surgeon today and have him take a look at it.

Cleaned house last night, colored hair a really sexy dark brown (shows off my green eyes better), and this week and week-end will be much cooler and low humidity, thank goodness!

Ya'll have a great day!

Dee

Oh, that was sooo much faster to look at this page! Love that! Thanks Casey. Congrats on no more anti-biotics!!! I hate taking that stuff, makes everything taste funny when I have too, and I always feel yucky too. That port must of been a big bummer to have. You'll just feel like a free women once again! Good for you.

Chatty, hope everything goes great for the wedding. Your smile will be lovely, think positively or you'll just stress yourself needlessly girl. lol

Someone said on our last post....(Dee, or semperwife?) they went and bought some paste to glue in there denture, I heard it gets pretty messy and the fixadent powder is better, don't need too much of it either.

Dee, I hope they didn't take out a stitch too many! If it was starting to heal good, maybe it was time even though they were the dissolving ones. Not sure how long it takes. Yes it is finally cooling off here too. I can't take the heat too well. What good is summer if your stuck inside with the air on.

My dentures are still doing good. Hopefully I can keep these temp. ones for a while yet. It's going to cost me a bundle to get the permanant ones made, right now it would be awfully tough to do. I'll have these 1yr. Oct.27th. So I do have a ways to go. Bet my dentist is wondering when I'll call for a reline....lol.....have managed to use just the right amount of glue to keep them in good. Hopefully I won't have to go for awhile yet.

More running to do today, every have a great day. Love this new faster post.Diana

Diana:

I did buy Fixodent paste ... but after talking to my sister who was a nurse, I've decided to go with Sea Bond. They're the whole piece that just fits inside the denture and work really well. She said most of her patients used that and loved it.

I'm buying some today, will let you know how it goes.

Dee

Ok, Dee, thanks, might have to try it if you like it. So far I do like that powder I know. We just bought a little campsite and are looking in an RV to put on it. I want to have something for my dentures at both places, so I don't forget it at either place. (winks) Diana

Diana,
Thank you, I hope I am ok for the Wedding if not maybe I'll be one of those run away brides, just joking!!!

Ok hope everyone is ok, I'm off for adjustments from my reline that I had on Monday and then maybe out for staek dinner at The Keg!!
Wish me luck!

Chatty aka Robin

Ok, Dee, thanks, might have to try it if you like it. So far I do like that powder I know. We just bought a little campsite and are looking in an RV to put on it. I want to have something for my dentures at both places, so I don't forget it at either place. (winks) Diana

Hiya Diana,

Well, I tryed the Sea Bond wafers as they call them, and I didn't like them because:

They added too much 'bulk' to the inside of my dentures, and made them fit tighter ... therefore pressing more on my all ready sore spots. OUCH!

They just didn't feel right at all ... so I took it off and used the Fixodent, just a LITTLE BIT, and that worked much better. Dentures fit good now, and are holding good so far. I'll let you know how eating goes! LOL ...

I do taste a little bit of a flavor .. but it's not very noticable.


Hugs,
Dee

Hey all, I am already behind and its only been a day. Jeez

Boy Dee, kicked the ol man out, new teeth, new hair color, lost weight, and green eyes. What on earth are you holding on to that ex for???? I think its time you went and got yourself a real man to make you happy and show him that he gave up the best thing he ever had.

Dee, I will tell you all my experiences from the glues and such, please do not try any poligrip where you have open holes or stitches. This is speaking from experience. Just dont. For the top just use it in the middle on the roof or where you dont have a sores. It is a pain to get off the roof of the mouth afterwards but it works really well. I didn't like the extra tastes with the flavored ones so for me its only unflavored. The powder works great on my tops. Hardly needs anything and gives just enough so I dont get the air pockets or saliva build up that bothers me so much. Plus it is easier to remove the dentures and the powder comes off when I brush my gums. The gel stuff doesn't. These bottoms I need to use the gel stuff because of the gap where the implant receivers are going is empty and I cant keep them in with out it. 5 1/2 days left to deal with that issue.
Those wafer things, oh my I used it once. I got one from the hospital in my bag of stuff they piled on me for an addition inflated price. I put it in and the directions said to bite down and or apply pressure on the roof of mouth for 2-3 minutes. I do this, and because of my wonderful gag reflexes I stay real still with my head over the sink just in case. Well I put my head up, the dentures are to thick in the back, I start to gag, and the panic attack sets in and it was all down hill from there. It took me over twenty minutes to get them out. And my mouth was bleeding from my nails. Not ever going there again.
The little strips might have worked if the gaps between the dentures and my gums werent so big by the time I tryed them. They were really sticky to put in, and easy to clean out so those are plus's that if I need to use something I will try them again with these dentures.
Hope that helps you out, Chatty did her own experiment with the glues and such and I am sure she can add to all that.

Okay, Diane I am moving in with you. Campsite??? Oh I would be in heaven. I am so sick of the city and its inhabitants. People are so rude and in such a hurry to get no where that I want to be. Driving here is a risk each time.

Chatty dont forget to take the first bite for me. I have waited longer then you.

Hubby home, so I will go for now, I will catch up with the rest in a few.

Casey

Hi All,

I'll throw in my two cents about adhesives. I don't go in for a complete soft reline until August 10 so I have been using the adhesives. My dentist did do a partial reline in a couple of places on the top and bottom to make them feel better. I've found that the Fixodent Control works best for me...really sticks!! Sometimes too well! The Fixodent Complete also works but I find that the Fixodent Control is easier to remove, at least for me. I can start peeling it off the roof of my mouth with my fingernail and then it seems to just come out in one piece most of the time. I probably wouldn't need to use as much as I do on the top but I feel more confident about them not slipping when I do. So far I've just put it on the palate area. I have to use quite a bit on the bottom because I already had quite a bit of bone loss from extractions I had done over 40 years ago. If I didn't use it, they would just fall out but maybe the complete reline will help a bit with that.

I haven't used the strips or pads and from what I've heard, maybe I won't!! I did try the powder, but I didn't feel that it was staying as good as the paste. Maybe I'll give it another try since I don't think I gave it a fair chance. So, that's been my experience, but I'm only about 4 weeks into this!!! Hope everyone is having a good day.

Chatty, I'm so excited for you with the wedding coming up. My daughter's wedding was last weekend and it was so perfect that I still can't stop thinking about it. I hope yours is just as beautiful. Take care and don't be nervous...you'll want to remember every minute. Oh, I hope you had that steak. I had steak at the wedding at it was the best thing I'd ever tasted!!!

Pam

Hi!!!!!!

Steak was great/awesome/wonderful...I'll shutup,lol:)

Thank you for wonderful wedding wishes and congrat's to your daughter and that you made it through the day!!

I just need to apologize to everyone if I seem here but not here:) I am just stressed and tired and stressed. Once the wedding is over I'll be able to go back to normal, i hope.

Ok everyone take care, me read and write more tomorrow when I can see clear, me eyes are tired!!!

chatty

Sure Chatty blame your blonde moments on the wedding now. ROFL You are to much.

Hey everyone, I have a really strange question for ya all.


Can your tongue reach all the places in your mouth that it use to before the dentures. I cant figure out if my tongue got shorter, or if the dentures are fatter then my real teeth were and so it cant make it around them. Boy that sounds so strange. Okay, I use to be able to clear any deprie from from mouth like up in my cheeks or on the front of my teeth with my tongue. Now my tongue barely reaches the top of my teeth, and my lips come together just as before so I know its not the dentures sticking out bubbly like, as Chatty would say. And the same with the side of my mouth by my cheeks.
Umm as I write this I wonder if it because of the way the bottom denture fits so far down into my mouth on the inside by my tongue. It could be restricting its reach.

See what happens to an OCD patient when we get insomnia while have dental procedures done. We obsess about our tongues and keep ourselves awake thinking about it.

Good Night.
C

Hi Casey,

I'm right there with you...my tongue doesn't reach those places either, but I haven't got an answer as to why. I thought it was just because my immediates were so thick or something. It drives me crazy that I can't dislodge foodstuffs that are stuck in the cheek, etc. And my mouth closes ok, too. Maybe someone else has an answer. Hmmm, I don't think I can "pucker" as well as I used to either...LOL!!

Pam

Went for another adjustment and she said I was way ahead of my time for a soft reline, so she didn't take too much off, didn't wanna ruin them she said. So I go in August 10th for the reline.

I still have a really really sore spot on the left front of my gum and there's a blister forming .. or so that's what it looks like to me. Anything I can put on that to make it feel better when I have teeth out to rinse? OUCHY!

It still tends to 'hit' on the middle front when I bite down, first place it hits, and that's annoying .. but again, she didn't want to do too much to it.

About this adhesive! I'm finding that the fixodent paste works best for me, but it makes me gag to get it off! UGH! I've not gagged once with the dentures, but taking that stuff off does it to me. I tried the paper wafers ... too much bulk for me, is the powder better ya think?

Mouth seems to be getting dryer now that I use the adhesive .. for some reason.

I can see that I'll be able to eat allot more once they fit better and that area doesn't hurt anymore.

HEY ... I finished an illustration of Oprah Winfrey and her friend Gale ... wanna see?

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I e-mailed it to her, not sure if she'll ever see it, but what the heck. :)

Huggles,
Dee

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Hello everyone

Carat:Leave my blonde moments alone, that's all I have irght now,lol, I lost my patience, my sanity and my freaking mind so please go easy on me!! LOL

Pam:Give it time, if your dentures are shaved down in the front like above your four front and four bottom teeth then you shouldn't have a problem also if you are still shrinking or not far enough in healing then they can effect your lips, tongue and cheek room. Mine are so much better I can make fish lips again...just like my daughter where a week ago I couldn't. I am 2 months post op now and they finally now like this week sit back and up and the bottoms sit now the best they have, I can pucker up like no tomorrow now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's why I did that little pole about lips looking bubbly, more what I meant was about the puckering and biggness in the front but once anyone gets heaeld enough and the outside of the denture can be shaven down to a minimum you'll notice a huge difference in appearance and in the room in your mouth, my mouth actually feels bigger then the dentures for once! LOL

If I could, I'd show you a picture of me Sunday without the reline they were ill fitting and I was still not exactly happy with them and then Monday's pic from after the reline you'd think they gave me a whole new pair!!!!! They just sit better:)

Dee, Glad to hear you are well:) I'd be careful posting websites especially personal ones you may get banned, but then again I could be wrong:) Take Care:) I did check it out, awesome artist you are!!! Do you do that for a living?

Ok gotta run, my wrists hurt from typing all day doing stupid wedding timelines and seating plans and so on! I need help I am so stressed!! I could jump off a bridge:( Ok bye for now:)

Everyone take care!

chatty

Casey, you spin such a colorful tale...lol...I was crackin up.

Chatty, you sound pretty level headed to me...I'm surprised you even have the time to come here and post. I can just imagine how harried you must feel.

Great imput from everyone about adhesives and experiences.

Carat about that tongue reaching everywhere, it took a long time before it felt like I could, I know that. I happens though, eventually. I still have to use something to reach up high in the sides. It's been since last Oct. when I had my extractions. I think there is more of a ridge there where it was smooth before.

Dee, rinse with the diluted tea tree does help blisters heal faster. Might want to check into that. And it is a natural disinfectant for the mouth, don't ever swallow it. 1/4 Cup warm water and 5drops of oil, stir well, swish and spit. I try and swish for as long as I can, 2min. then do another mouth full and repeat till gone. Would of liked to see the picture, but it is not allowed. :(

Just got back from picking out our RV! Now I'm getting excited, we get the financing on Aug.8th and we close on the campsite Aug. 22.....No internet there for me....:( I'll be soooo far behind on posts. But I'll be in heaven in three weeks. Hubby is super excited, he never gets away for anything, this place is only 2 hrs. away, should be fun. Wish you could join us Casey, but no addy's allowed on here.

Better finish up the laundry, only got one load done today...two more are waiting. Fun, Not. lol Diana

Hi Everyone,
Sorry I have not been on, I have had so much going on with my husband being gone to conference, packing our house to move by myself (with both kids and both dogs under feet), dealing with doctors appts for both of my kids, myself and just going plain insane!!! Thank god this won't last forever, hubby will be back in time to move this weekend and he is taking leave to help put the house back together. He said it wasn't fair that he couldn't get out of the conference to help pack so he is going to be taking care of setting the house back up. I will probably be offline from tomorrow until next Thursday or Friday. These bone spurs are killing me, I have a few that just aren't coming out and the dentist is on vacation until Monday... yuck!!!


I hope everyone else is doing great.. keep me in your prayers.. between my mouth and my muscles (from the fibromyalgia) I am in so much pain.. and so much to do. Wish my kids were older and could help but at 6 and 8 there isn't a lot they can do.

Have a great week!!

Semperwife, all that stress isn't good for Fibro either! You do have your hands full. I hope you get some much needed rest after this is done. Good thing hubby realized it wasn't fair for you to do it all. Hope he is good at getting things set back up at the new place. I'm not sure I'd find everything if mine did that...lol. Hey, those 6 and 8yrs old can give great shoulder rubs..:) Take break often and have them dig in. Get a water pan out and soak those feet, have the younger one rub in some lotion....Awwwww, that would feel good as a break wouldn't it? Why is it that everything happens at once? Well, then again if it didn't a person could be stressed all year! lol Bet you'll be glad to have this move behind you and your spurs lazered or removed. My sister has Fibro. and she takes one benedryl before bed (along with her calcium mag. after dinner) she said it really helps her sleep and kind of takes some of the inflamation down. Just a suggestion in case you want to try that. The Calcium/Magnesium helps relax the muscles and decrease the pain. I suppose you already know this though. Hope you feeling better soon, see you on the post when you get back. Diana

Semperwife:

Good luck moving:) I dislike moving or any change I guess,lol:) Very considerate for Hubby to make a point to help out and ya didn't even have to kick his butt, lucky lady you are:) lol


DRS/Diana: Good advice fore semperwife's kids, lol, get them helping mommy!! lol
Thanks for saying I sound level headed, I don't feel it today!! LOL
I feel I have about 10 heads with different voices reminding me of where/what/when and then on top of all that I have to find time to get into work befor my butt gets fired,lol, I'm mommy by day, bookkeeper by night and scattered brained all the other times, lol!! I guess really I am doing ok, just so scared about seeing people and ya I keep thinking I am forgetting something for the wedding.....but I can't figure out what??? Oh well what can you do. I am trying to keep the attitude of "nothing is perfect, it does happen, expect the unexpected", and the best one I like is "it always could be worse" cause that is so true, so ya I just go with the flow,lol:) OK gotta run coffee pot beeping saying "come drink me!!!!"

Take care, thanks for letting me vent!!!!
Everyone take care, be safe and stay positive!!!

chatty

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Hi everyone. Well I finally got some real sleep. Crawled on the bed about 10:15pm last night and woke up this morning at 10:00am. I guess my body just gave out. I am wondering if my sleeplessness has anything to do with the antibiotics now. I just cant wait to have life go back to the way it was two years ago. I am so tired of all this.

Diana, I am so glad you both are going to get a break. My youngest would be thrilled to be out camping for 3 weeks. My daughter would believe she was going to die after a weekend, and my oldest son, he just wouldn't go that far away from electronic devices or girls for even that long.
Chatty, I promise your day will be beautiful so long as you and him show up. The other stuff really doesn't matter. Oh and your daughter too.
Semperwife, I am sorry you are having to do the move part alone but I am sure that once it is all done and hubby is helping with the unpacking you will be glad he didn't help. My husband helped me pack for about an hour before I sent him out. He emptied every utencil drawer in the kitchen and just dumped them all into the bottom of a box. I heard the noise and came running, I stopped him just before he got the chance to empty the junk drawer on top of the rest. He said that he had already marked the box as kitchen drawer stuff so whats the problem???? I just stared at him.
I had my oldest two pack their own rooms and unpack their rooms since they were 4 and 5. We have only moved once since my youngest was born and he had a broken rib and stitches in his head and was on complete bed rest for that move from a bike trick that went bad. But for our upcoming move to SC he will be packing his room and unpacking it. In fact hubby and I were just discussing that we are leaving the packing of the upstairs to the boys. Because the new house is also set up that way and they can unpack the upstairs also. My daughter doesn't want to move, so for now its not in the plans, but since she is prone to changing her mind often I am sure that things will be different. Especially when she realizes that my wallet and the credit cards are coming with me. LOL
Its Friday, and my surgery is in three days 20 hours. I have a dress to finish up for a friend, her daughters birthday is tomorrow, she is going to be 29. Her daughter is sending mom and dad (and us, too) to the top of the Palms Casino here for a dinner party that she put together in thanks for giving that special day to her. I thought that was the sweetest thing I have ever heard of. Twenty of the people her mom and dad have known and that helped out while raising her. I was eleven when she was born. Her mom (my friend) was our live-in nanny for awile, so she babysat me, I watched her daughter who is giving the party, she in turn babysat my children, and now my daughter and son babysit her twins. Amazing how things repeat over and over. I am really excited, she even with over the whole menu to make sure that there would be stuff that I could eat there. Oh, this is the same child who stuffed bananas in all her teachers gas tanks because she was busted for ditching. Stole her ex-boyfriends car and sent it off the ridge of a cliff because he broke up with her for some other girl she didn't like and lied about it.

Okay, well the elves in the house aren't getting the laundry done so I guess its up to me again. I hope all have a great day.

Casey

Chatty, best advise for that mind of yours that seems to say '' remember to this and remember to that." all the time. Have a small note book and small pencil with you at all times, even by your bed. If you write it down, it will automatically let your head/mind relax, it will take a day or two first for your head to get it that once it's on paper your not have to constantly RE Mind youself to remember something important. That's what works for me anyway, once it's on paper forget I about it. Now I just worry till I can write it down...lol.

Casey, I have an idea for your man to help pack too. He will need much smaller boxes though. He only gets one box per drawer/cupboard, then he can write, top drawer in kitchen, junk drawer in kit. etc....lol. He just needs to write which place and stuff was in the space he took it from but only one box per area.
Sounds like your friends daughter got all the naughty out of herself early in life. lol. Sounds like it'll be a fun time.

This campsite were getting will have lots and lots of things at the club house for kids or adults to do. Mini golf, theres a game room with a pool table, video games, TV lounge, swimming pool, hot tub, basketball court, archery, Crafts, card games, volleyball court, shuffle board, a small store with soft serve ice cream...there is other things too, just don't have the list in front of me. Also this place is across the street from one of the largest fresh water lakes in Mn. So, there is plenty to rent and do there too. After recovering from getting the teeth yanked out last fall, this will be a nice change for us. Our 11th grade daughter and our son who is out of the house, are very excited to go. Daughter can bring a friend, that always helps with boredom. Next week hubby will haul the new to us, but used camper home so I can get it packed and the bed made. I have quite the 'list made'...lol. And I have a Male, and Female check off list.

Casey, now tell me again, which surgery is coming up for you. Are they redoing the jaw for implants?

Good luck to you too Chatty.
Diana

Diana

Thanks for the idea:)
My problem is there's alot of things that I can't do till the day of the wedding and it's driving me bananas cause to me that's leaving it till last minute and I don't like it but can't do much about it. I do have to give us credit though I had all the major planning done within a month of deciding we're getting married:) So it's been ok and relitivley easy but I am having thoughts like what if my teeth don't fit that morning, what if our flowers die over night....we're making our own wedding party flowers and now I think I am starting to regret it!! LOL
I am worrying about everything that is out of my control, lol it sucks. But only 8 more days and I can go back to normal well somewhat normal.....lol:)
Oh you're so lucky, I wanna go camping, I haven't done that in years:) Enjoy.......soak up every minute of relaxation!!!!

I hope everyone is well, enjoy this wonderful weekend, it's a long weekend for us here, woohoo!!!!!!!!!

Ok take care:)

chatty

HELP! Please!!!

I can't stand to use this Fixodent paste anymore! UGH ... ICKY POO!!

It takes forever to get it off and I gag allot ... and the roof of my mouth is getting very sore and tender!

I've tried the SeaBond wafers and they're too bulky, make dentures way too tight and my sore spot kills me!

What else is there? I chose to stay inside all day today, just so I could keep them out ... now I need to eat, I'm starving .. yet without any adhesive, I can't. :(

What do I do???
Dee

Dee have you tried using benzdent on the sore spots to help some, and I have decided that I really like using the powder the best. It doesn't have the gooey thing going on when I take them out, and I have no weird tastes in my mouth. I have several spots that are really hurting alot also. So I know how you feel.

Diana, thanks for the ideas. I have discovered that it is much less stressful for all if I do the packing of items and he does all the furniture, and then when we get there he gets to unpack the boxes I give him carefully or I get to go shopping to replace the things that he breaks. The camp site sounds awsome. I am sure that you all will have a wonderfully relaxing time.

Chatty, you need to breath girl. Your new teeth are fitting great, and the flowers will be beautiful.

Casey

Casey,

Is the powder hard to get off? That's the part I hate the most.

Dee

Dee, it does leave some residue but nothing like the glue stuff. I just brush my gums and roof with a soft tooth brush and it comes off really easy.

Casey

Chatty, have you tried doing any sample flowers, just so you get the hang of it? Maybe even with some fake ones. Everything will be fine....teeth will be beautiful. Don't grind or clench the day before the wedding though. :)

Dee, my sister that has had dentures for 25yrs has discovered, fixident powder is her only choice of adhesive, get the denture wet, shake off the excess water, lay them on a napkin, slowly tap the bottle on its edge, not the bottom, too much comes out then. At first I only put it on the part that was the roof of my mouth, then I tried just the back teeth area, I tried different things to see what I liked best. Use only a small dusting, see if that works for you. Experiment a little. Maybe if your fit is really bad, you need a little more, but if it's rocking it'll come right back out easily, just add another dusting. I've never had it goop out the edges.

Casey, I hear ya with the heavy stuff when moving, for me that is exhausting, hope it all goes well for you. Right now we have lived in the same house for 11 1/2 yrs. Moving would be a nightmare, especially the attic!!! Need to really just bring it all down and go through it all. Good luck!
Diana

Morning Folks!

Well, going to a big art festival by the lake today ... hoping I have a good time, being that I'll be with my husband. *rolls eyes*

Went out at midnight last night to buy the powder, will be trying that today ... let ya know how it goes.

Hope ya'll have a good Sunday ....

Hugs,
Dee

I have found that if you leave your dentures in for a full day that at the end of the day you can forcefully swish water in your mouth and the Fixodent will completely release. When I do this it leaves no residue. I misapplied some the other day and had to take them out after a couple hours and the technique did not work at all. So it has to be at the end of a full day of wearing them. It works though.

Okay I just wanted to say HI to all, I will try to pop in as soon as I can. I hope that you all have a great week, and that all of the sores, bone spurs and other owies go away quickly. I will be home by 5pm they say, but will be heavily medicated for the first couple of days, so I may not be able to find the laptop never mind figuring out how to open it and turn it on.

Send me some good thoughts tomorrow morning, because I am scared to death again.

Casey

Casey, I don't blame you for being scared. I can just imagine. I hope it all goes smoothly for you. It will be fun to read your next post though...lol....Just type away, we will figure it out, maybe. :)

OOkieWS. Thanks for the tip with the adhesive.

I'm off to paint a girlfriends den today,I've already painted her kit. and dining room already, she hire's me to do it, I like to paint thank goodness. Good thing she has air conditioning! I've noticed that when I do something intensense, like triming in around stuff with the paint, my jaw gets sore coz I'm clenching my teeth all the time, gotta learn to relax my mouth when I do that, it's a mindless thing though.I catch myself doing it and next thing I know, my jaw and teeth hurt. Maybe if I kept gum or something in my mouth that would work. Today I'll just tape and trim, might not get to the rolling it out part. She has a big china hutch in that room and all those dishes need washing, plus she is moving that hutch to another wall, I will start painting that wall ( the one she is move the hutch to) first. We are making big plans to go camping together one weekend, hopefully this fall yet. Have to find a weekend that hubby can't go.
She wants to get dentures on the top. Her teeth are not that bad, she does have two caps in the front but they need to be redone, I would redo those now that I know what I do about getting dentures! She does have a partial on the top, but it is just for the back teeth and she doesn't always have to wear it. It bugs her to wear that, so I can just imagine how it would bug her to wear a denture!!!! :eek:

Dee, how was the festival with hubby? You would of probably had more fun alone. Huh?

Chatty, how ya doing with the with those jitters? Did you make that list?

Later, Diana

Hi

Carat, good luck, make sure to check in and let us know you ok:)

Diana, I am ok....oh jitters ya I think I am now getting nervous like really nervous. Especially with photos, I am scared I am gonna look goofy I still don't know if I am sure of myself 100% yet, it'll come with time but I am startig to regret getting surgery and these dentures done so close to the wedding date but oh well what can you do:)
Lists oh I have at least a hundred,lol well not that many but close. I am actually just now going through my lsits and organizing them a little better:)

And on a sadder note I just found out my grandparents can't make it and I am devistated I knew they were gonna bail:(

Ok everyone take care!
Talk to you soon!

chatty
5 sleepies!

Hi all, I am just checking in too let you all know I hope things are getting better for everyone. My surgery is coming up in 7 days, and getting nervous.
Got my rice pillows, and plan to go out and get tea tree oil before it's time. Glad to hear all the info on the different adhesives. And I used a lot of the ideas about different foods, like Dees green bean puree. Fixing up a bunch of soups to freeze in small containers, so I won't have to cook, and stocked up on TV dinners for kids! Now I just hope I can adjust to the dentures. Some of what I read on here scares me, but I also get great info, and can see how mine is much easier then some of you! Casey will send good thoughts your way! Dee, it sounds like you are doing great! And Diana, the camp site sounds awesome! And way to go on the paint job! I love to paint too! Always changing the color of a room! Anyway, haven't checked in for a while, so wanted to say hi. Take care all.

Hiya everybody ...

Wanted to jump in and fill ya'll in. :)

Went to festival with husband .. and YEAH, I would have had much better time with ya'll! That will teach me! It was hot and humid too, which didn't help .. but gosh, he hardly even talked and acted like he was having horrible time .... after going there and to dinner with him tonight, I've made up my mind to stay away from him for some time .... and perhaps start a legal separation .. I'm sick of being hurt and treated rudely and disrespectful.

OK .. enough of that. I'm doing pretty good, have to use adhesive now each time, cause dentures are pretty loose. OH .. and HEY .. I LOVE the powder!! Thanks so much to whomever told me, sorry ... I have a horrible memory lately ... but it works great and it comes off soooo easy.

I take them out at night now ... I really need to get it out of my mouth for about 8 hours, and besides I still have a really bad sore spot and the blister is still there, I like letting that rest at night.

Sometimes during day I have a really dry mouth .. it comes and goes. I sometimes get tired of having it in ... but I deal with it. I also noticed today that it hurt to eat french fries ... cause they weren't really in tight I don't think. I did eat sesame chicken and lo mein last night .. mmmmmmmmm good.

Have a couple of questions: Can I eat on my gums now if I want? There really not sore ... just the front area where the blister is. Would it hurt to get some food (I'm takling very soft as in cake) in the extraction sites, as long as they're closing up good?

Also: would it be ok to leave the dentures in for a whole week-end now? Just wondering ...

Chatty ... congrats .. I THINK! LOL .. I guess after 2 bad ones .. I don't believe in marriage anymore . from now on, I"m out to just have fun .. no strings. Sorry about your grandparents not being able to make it. :( HEY .. can I take their place? I haven't been to a wedding in a long time .. I especially like the reception (food). LOL!

Betty: keep me posted on how it goes hon .... I think you'll do just fine!

Hugs to all,
Dee

Dee:
Thank you Dee:) I'm so sad, way more sad tonight about them not coming and I'm sad:( They are saying it's due to health, but actually they are doing ok, I just seen them last week and at that 2 months after my grandfathers heart attack he went to my sisters wedding so why not mine, oh well whatever, what's gonna happen next my maid of honor stubs her toe so she can't come, lol, oh gosh I should go knock on wood for good luck, ok I'll stop jinxing myself.

I'm happy to hear you like the powder, my fiance is out right now at a place we think we might have tracked it down too:)
Hey that blister maybe you should go get it checked out, are you still rinsing with salt water? Anytime I have had a little bubble type thing on my gums the denturist guy said it's infection forming so I'd get looked at if you haven't already:) I will admit since I started feeling better I have been slacking on the rinsing and my healing has kind of slowed down and I know thats why...bad me,lol:)

I'm happy to hear you are considering moving on....life is too short to be with someone who doesn't love you...the good, bad, ugly, ups and downs, the whole nine yards. If I was in your shoes I wouldn't say I don't believe in marriage, I'd say "next time in a mate I am not gonna settle for less, I deserve it", a more positive attitude, there is a positive in everything 99.9% of the time, lol:)

I know I love food right now too it is so good!!! Last night I had Indian food, Butter Chicken, Nan Bread and Basmati Rice at 10:00pm, oh wow my belly was hurting!! LOL

Ok take care.......Big Brothers coming on soon and I am addicted,lol!!!

Carat414 hope you are ok:)

chatty

Hi Dee
Just re-read your post. As for eating on your gums I don't see why it would be a problem unless you had orders not too. I can eat almost anything on my gums and I am 2 months post op.

Also what type of powder was it Poli Grip or Fixodent?

Thanks

chatty

Hi Dee
Just re-read your post. As for eating on your gums I don't see why it would be a problem unless you had orders not too. I can eat almost anything on my gums and I am 2 months post op.

Also what type of powder was it Poli Grip or Fixodent?

Thanks

chatty


Fixodent Powder ... regular hold

Dee

Betty, so that is where you've been...it's like your nesting or something...at least that is what I thought of, but really I like to be prepared too. Good for you! You'll do great! You have the advantage of all this good information before your procedure.

Chatty , I'm sorry to hear about your grandparents bailing on you. I know it's a bummer. The most important part is the 'new hubby' and the people who do show up. Keep that in mind.

Dee, glad you liked the powder better, that all I've used and I like it. No gooping out the edges at all. That was me that said to take it...

I can't remember if you had really bad jaw degeneration or not, if not then you could eat with your gums, as long as it was soft and there were no exposed holes. Glad your realizing that hubby is not doing you one bit of good. Keep us posted in the steps you are taking with that so we can support you. Way to go girl!

Yesterday after getting home about 8pm with a sore jaw from clenching while I paint(even when I tried to catch myself and not do it). I notice a bill on the table for a gasteroscopy I had done on 5/30/05, this was the first bill to show up so far. I thought, I'll wait till morning to open it. Well I did and I just about fell over!!!!!!! I had a simple procedure and they want 3,420.00!!!!!!! I did receive something from my insurance stating that they paid 463.00 and my part of the bill was 463.00 so I figured I pay for 1/2....then I get this!!! They are not open in the bill dept. yet, I have to wait for another hour and 10min. or so, but you can bet I'm going to ask for an itemized statement, this bill didn't even state what procedure they did it just said it was a bill. What kind of crock is that!!! Something isn't right. It shouldn't of been that much. Boy am I ticked off, and upset!!! It doesn't state that they contacted my insurance or received a response or anything. I'm definately going to be calling them up.

Gotta run and do house chores that I didn't get to yesterday, work off some steam. Diana

Thanks for the advice Diana:) It just sucks but like you say be happy for who makes it!

Hope everyone is well and adjusting well:)

Chatty
4 sleeps

Diana, I know exactly how you feel with the medical bill. I have been going back and forth for months now for what is dental and medical, and who is suppose to pay what. They are in the same office so you would think that at least one person could get up off the seat and talk to someone on the otherside and help me straighten this all out. But NNNNOOOOO.


Dee, I was eating with just my gums for two months, and with the amount of bone loss I had I don't see what you couldn't. I was told it would help with strengthing the gum tissue. Just becareful to rinse really well if you have any openings at all.

Robin, I am sorry that your grandparents wont feel up to going to the wedding. Heat is really hard on the elderly and if they have breathing or heart problems it makes it very hard for them to travel. I am sure that all the people that truly need to be there will be. Dont let it bother you or get you down.

Betty, glad to hear that you are still with us. Good Luck


As for me, I am swollen, black and blue again. The implant part went well I think. the added on some of the wax reline stuff on the bottom inside where my tongue goes and it is really agrivating. My tongue doesn't like not having room, and I can now reach even less places. Figures.
The top where they put the bone graphing is okay, it hurts the least of all the areas. The inside left where the harvested the bone from hurts more then anywhere else. They also had to do a gum graphing on the top right. So I had some of the top palette removed and placed there.

I cant wait for all this to be over for a while. I am tired of feeling down and hurting.

Hope all is having a great day.
Casey

Hi Carat

Hope all is well, you'll be back feeling good in a while don't you worry!!!

chatty

3 sleeps!!!!

chatty

Hi everyone,

Well its been two days now and I think I want to go back to the way it was before. I am in incrediable pain. They created some sort of dam so I can't move my tongue near the front of my mouth. Well it is cutting into the bottom of my mouth so bad I went in yesterday for a follow up and he tried to trim some of it but the denture piece cant be removed for 2 weeks and he didn't want to risk cutting me. So I am basically screwed. I get to rinse my mouth with lidocaine to help with the pain. Yippee.
I had 5 of the implants go really well. One didn't sit well so they did some more bone graphing to help it. All except that one are above the gum line. The one is below and in two months they will uncover it and set the post and then add the receiver part.
I dont know if any of you have had to need a gum graphing done or not but really think about it before you do it. I think that pain is more then the rest. They had to use a piece from the roof of my mouth for that and wow, it really hurts. Its only like a scraping and it burns at the slightest touch of my tongue or anything else that I put in my mouth. The place where it was placed on the upper right doesn't even hurt anywhere near as much.
My face is swollen again pretty much from the temples down into my neck. I am beginning to get stretch marks on my face from all this swelling after each surgery. Well its time for me to get up and start getting ready to go in for the follow up with my GP. And get the results of the last tests.

Hope all are doing well, Chatty you are going to be a beautiful bride so stop stressing.

Casey

Hey my hubby is a painter by trade and I do all the painting in my house.

Oh Casey, how awful all that must be for you!!! I hope they are giving you something besides the lidocaine. I will put you in my prayers! I can't even imagine. Take care and get lots of rest!

Dee, lol, yes nesting is a good word for it. And yes, I am so glad I found this site. I really like my dentist, but he doesn't really tell me much on what to expect. Probably afraid of scaring me off! And I feel way more prepared after finding this board.

Dee, hang tough about some time away from hubby! You might be surprised to find yourself feeling better about things. You deserve better. Anyone would! And glad to hear you're doing OK.
Good luck to you Chatty!
And best to all! Betty

Oh Betty, dont you worry, I have a regular pharmacy going on over here. I just dont like taking them is the problem. I hate being drugged up all the time. The fuzzy headed and nausea are just to much for me. The lidocaine is just for the topical sores from the denture appliance.

Dee, I think that you should take those new teeth out for a night and enjoy yourself without the hubby. With the new hair do, new teeth, and a new outfit you should be ready to learn a new dance step. Go for it. And have some fun for me too.

Casey

Thank you Betty & Casey:)
Have a great day, let us know you are ok casey:)

robin

Casey, what a shame to have choose between fuzzy head, or pain! Maybe a glass of wine? Always puts a smile on my face!

And Dee! I second what Casey says! A new dance step would do you good! And don't forget there are a lot of fish in the sea! Or maybe just being able to be happy with your self! Better then being miserable with a man! Betty

Casey, You poor thing! Good grief! I feel for you girl. The mouth is suppose to heal the fast, but when it's bone or gum graphing, I wonder if that is true. What do they expect you to eat? Or how are you suppose to do it? I sure hope this is the end of it for you. You've been through enough! (funny about your hubby painting for a living, and you do it all at home!) If you need the drugs for pain, take them, your body has a hard time relaxing at all without them, then you just get other problems like sleep depravation and everything that comes with that. If you don't deep sleep your body leaches calcium from your bones like crazy, that is how shift workers get fibromyalgia(spelling?) their body never seems to get to a deep sleep.
Fuzzy headedness is better than the alternatives. Have I convinced you yet? lol. Now, in my case if I take pain meds at all, I get major constipated, there is a tea that works good for it, it is usually found in a walmart or groc. store, if not there then a health place, it's called smooth move, and it works great, it has senna in it. Thought I'd tell ya that just in case you get that too.

Chatty, your day is coming up fast now. Try to enjoy the moments before, during and after, sometimes the little hitches are the best memories. What you worry about just brings it to you. Think positive. Practice in your mind how beautiful your smile is going to be and how everything went so well. You'll make it through just fine, have a wonderful wedding day. :)

Betty, when is your big day again?

Dee, God doesn't make junk, so don't let any man treat you like you are, your on this earth for a very important reason, this guy is keeping you from realizing what that reason is. Spend some time building yourself back up to the person you are and should be, the right one will appear. Keep us posted on your progress.

Yesterday I went to my dentist to have my temp. denture repaired, the back left side broke. I went in, showed them where the repair needed to be done, told the receptionist ...here's my cell phone number, call me when it's done, then sat in my car and waited for the call. Man was that nice, no one trying to talk to me with my teeth out. I took my sewing along with me, I'm working on a 85yr. old hand sewn patchwork quilt, I trimed off the out side of the quilt, hemed that, and I'm using the trim for stuffing that's needed and the white cotton for repairs, then found material for patching the squares. I've done quite a bit already and there is a lot left to do. I'm doing everything by hand, but I like it. It's neat to know that the lady that did it was 14 at the time and did it all by hand herself. I don't even know how many squares I've sewn on it so far, I should count them. So...anyway, I get the call that the repair is done, and I go in to get it. My dentist say's now I had to build it up some, does it feel ok or do I need to grind some off? I said actually it feels better than before because my upper jaw is slanted and my bite didn't quite match on that side. He says, well that is why it keeps breaking then! (I've had that spot repaired before.) So now I'll be able to eat better on that side and I won't have a space there when I close my mouth. It doesn't touch the whole side but at least it does in the back. Whoo hoo!!!! I'm liken that! My dentist is someone I graduated with. I was a little aprehensive at first to have him as my dentist. Glad I went with him and not my old dentist. This one really cares. Talk to you all later, Diana

Diana:

You always seem to say just the right words when we all need to hear them most!!!!
Thank you! You're a kind lady:)

chatty

Chin up...Think positive, you'll be beautiful!!!!!!! Keep us posted, let us know if you need some encourgement. Were here for ya!

Diana, My big day is this coming Wednesday. I have been kept busy all week with vacation bible school, so haven't been dwelling on it too much. But that ends today, so have a long 4 days with nothing to do but think about it. Guess I will try to clean my house really good to have something to do. And the quilt sounds awesome! I don't quilt, but I go to the quilter meet at my Church. It's fun to watch them at work. And I love quilts! Betty

Hi Everyone!! I am back online.. in the new house.. it is definately taking alot longer to get everything back in place. Maybe it is just because I am so tired and sore but it will get there eventually.. mainly all that is left is our clothes, the kids clothes, pictures on the walls and drapery, and organizing the kids toys in the new hall closet as their bedrooms don't have enough room for all the toys and beds and such. Just have to go to walmart and get some clear storage bins and put all the kids toys in them, that way they can get out the bin they want to play with, take it to their rooms, play, then put it back in the hall closet. My husband has had to go back to work since yesterday and things gone done alot faster without him here.. LOL
We finally got all the stuff moved here on Monday .. so I feel like I have gotten alot done since Tuesday but the OCD is coming out and I am stressing over everything not being perfect.

Went to the dentist yesterday and explained the problem with the top not fitting correctly and he did a partial reline on the top front area to fill in the space.. now it feels like it doesn't want to come out at all. It was painfull to take it out to clean. It still feels like liquids are getting into the back of it.
He also said there were quiet a few bone spurs but he wants them to work out on their own, then if they don't he can take care of them. I had quiet a few spots that were killing me on the bottom so he adjusted them and so far they are okay but I feel 2 more places where they are rubbing.


Casey.. I am so sorry you are having such a hard time!! I will add you to my prayer list!! Is this the last surgery for you? I sure hope so, you don't need to go through anything else!!

Robin... Good Luck tomorrow.. you are going to be a beautiful bride!! Enjoy your moment, sharing that special day with the people who want to be there will be so much more special that to share it with people who don't want to be there. Don't let your grandparents put a black cloud on your beautiful day!! The flowers are going to be beautiful~~ your teeth are going to be beautiful and well fitting~~there will be love in abundance and you are going to outshine them all!!

Dee.. I sure hope you stick to your resolution.. don't be there for him to treat that way and he may realize what he is losing. You deserve happiness!!

Betty.. I am glad you found this board before your surgery.. I was so ill prepared with the rush of everything that I was not prepared and it made it harder. Let us know how you are doing.

Diana, that quilt sounds beautiful.. I love old quilts. One time I remember holding my grandma's old quilt thinking to myself.. if these squares could talk... if only they could tell of all the secrets they possess. It is still in my family.. maybe one day I will get it. I hope your teeth are working better for you now.

Everyone else.. sorry if I missed you.. it isn't because I meant too.. just scanned through the posts trying to play catch-up.. I hope everyone is doing well. Tomorrow we have a Family Picnic with the truck clubs and it is going to be a blast!! We are celebrating Brandon's birthday there with all his buddy's from the get togethers.. he loves Dodge Trucks.. and he says that one day Daddy's truck will be his!! It should be quiet a blast!! So I will see everyone on Sunday!!

<Muahhhh> Brandy

Good luck Betty, I'm sure everything must be spotless in your place with you trying to keep so busy NOT thinking of what is coming up!

Yes, the quilt is busy work, like to do it when just sitting and watching tv with hubby or waiting at the dentist office. Have a big bag to carry everything in. It's coming along nicely.

Busy with getting all the laundry done for the bedding in the camper we are picking up tomorrow. Whoo hoo! I have almost everything ready to go. Will bring it home to load up, then take it to the campsite when we close on the property.

Had to get my denture patched up before that, don't want to take away from camping time once we get the property. Winks. Diana

Semperwife/Brandy....boy you have been one busy girl!!!!!!! Remember when that nasty ole OCD surfaces it's ugly head, that everything does not need to be done at once. It will get done, do one section at a time, make that list and do only so much a day, or it's too overwhelming. I have a girlfriend who has OCD. She said that it helps a lot to tackle one or two things on her list a day, then spend some time doing something fun too. Be good to yourself, it benefits your whole family when you do.

Yes, about that quilt, I sometimes feel very reverant about it. Like it is precious and hope I am doing it justice with my work on the top of the old squares.

Just thought I would check in. I am doing okay, still in quite a bit of pain. I am taking the pain pills just not smiling about it. The thing that gets me is I start to gag from some of the smallest things and they give me these huge pills.

Okay a big question again, dont laugh if this is the meds asking just fake it for me KKK???

Does anyone feel as though when they are laying down on your back that your face feels heavier with your dentures in???? OH please tell me its the dentures and not all this metal in my face.

Okay, getting sick sitting up, so got to go,

Casey

With all the swelling you have, your probably feeling any shift or movement in the extreme, I know after my extraction I felt like that. It will probably disapear with the swelling. Is this what you ment?

Everyone:

Thank you for the encouraging words:) I need them, I am about to run real far real fast. Why does everyone have to come out of no where and complain about everything we are doing that day!!! I don't get, it's like weddings bring out the bickering in people and it's too the point the next person who complains/bickers I am gonna look at them and say DONT COME THEN!! Yesterday was a bad day, my dentures are loose to the point of talking isn't the easiest, 3 family members bailed on plans we had, my bro didn't pick up his tux...father inlaw bitching about something too, actually it's the men in our lives who are giving us a hard time, geesh eh!!

Semperwife...Happy you got moved and somewhat settled:)

Carat: No I haven't really noticed that but it's likely just from your swelling:) You'll be better in no time:)

Betluu: Good luck, you'll do great!!!!!!

Ok 2 sleeps!!! I'll check in tomorrow before I go off to hotel for the night with the girls :bouncing: :D :)

ok take care,
Robin aka chatty8484

Just thought I would check in real quick. Daughter took me to my follow up appt today. He says I am very swollen, but all looks well. The swelling in the back of the jaw is causing internal pressure on my inner ear and that is why my balance is off. I am not to walk without assistance until the swelling goes down.
And my heavy feeling is from both the amount of metal I now have in my face, and the large amount of swelling from this last surgery. More then likely I will not notice it as much when the swelling goes down, but some people have said that they still get the sensation years afterwards. Yeah, just what I needed. LOL
I am back to the pain pills so I will close. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.


Casey

Chatty, just what you need is to hear others complain after all you've been through. The next one that does it, say, "Oh, I will trade places with you". Maybe they will think a bit. Get some fixident powder, works great on keeping those buggers in, it just takes a dusting, I use the the extra strength, the reg. works fine though too.

Casey, I hope your swelling goes down soon, takes about a week and a half sometimes, let others pamper you for a bit, it won't be forever. Your probably one of those people that does everything for everyone else and it feels strange for someone else doing for you. Just let them, it's best right now. You'll be back to your ole sassy self soon enough. Take care, Diana

ok everyone 1 SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One sleep....1 sleep!! lol

Thanks Diana, I have poli grip powder and 2 other type glues but I think I am gonna try the powder tonight and get a feel for how it feels and works so I know what to expect:) Have you tried Poli grip powder?

I hope everyone is well, take care and if I don't surface for a bit you guys no why and if ya don't it's cause 1 SLEEP I GETTING MARRIED!!! OK thanks for letting me vent my excitement:)

Robin aka chatty

Hey Ladies
It has been a while since I have checked in so sorry, I just have been so tired since I have started my job, still not wearing my teeth, but I am okay with that for now until I can save enough money for implants, my gums get a little sore but hey that is okay,
Yo Casey I have lost 13 pounds since I have started my job, I went from a size 10 to a size 7 happy dance,,, :) :) :) :)
everything else seems okay I am feeling real good I go back to the heart dr on wednesday for a follow up, well ladies have a great weekend I am going to try and check in more often, I am glad to hear everyone is doing a little better.
Susie :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

Susie that is wonderful.. I am so glad that you are doing so well. Those implants are going to be a blessing for you. Well deserved and earned.


Diana, yeah I am one of those people all right. I have OCD and usually its not to bad, but boy does it show its nasty little head when I am tired, cranky and in pain. So its basically all the time right now.

When doc called today I asked how long this pain is suppose to be. Told him about others having implants and not in much pain after a few days, I am 5 days post op and still in extreme pain. So I am now informed of the problems during the surgery. They talked to hubby during and after the surgery and decided that they would wait before telling me. Oh I am so mad. One of the clamps that holds the rod that is now my jawbone in place had slipped during the surgery so that had to be repaired, I had a large amount of bone graphing from two sites instead of one to the front bottom and they also used a synthetic bone material for the bone graphing on the top. But the part that got me, they had to dislocate my jaw bone, in order to do the bone and gum graphing on the top in the back. No wonder my face is so swollen and hurts so dang bad. HELLO!!!!

Okay I am done venting. Just needed to get that out and since moving my jaw to yell is out of the question right now I had to do it here. Sorry

Casey

Hi Casey! I am SO sorry what you are going thru! I can't even imagine! I just sat and pictured it this morning when I read it, and was horrified! Can't imagine how you felt! I hope you are finding some relief somehow! I sure will not whine about mine now, as it so simple in comparision! You hang in there! I'll say a prayer! Betty

Betluu, you whine and cry all you want with yours. Any pain in the mouth or ear is hard to handle for anyone.

Today was a bit better for me. Hubby is still in the dog house though, and my team of doctors is going to get the full blunt of my fury tomorrow. Its not even the fact that it happened and I had to go through all that, but they all discussed it, without me and decided that they were going to try and wait before telling me. I truly wish to cause each one of them the pain I feel for just one day each and see if any of them could handle it. Heck I handled natural child birth twice. Give me a break.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Especially Chatty, who is now an ol' married broad. LOL I am so happy for you.

Casey
Casey

chatty, how'd the wedding go? Let us know!

Casey, good grief! What a shocker! Why did they bother put med. in you to go to sleep, why not just punch your lights out. Oh, they did that WHILE you were sleeping, didn't they. What a freaking trip. I get all antsy when I'm in extreme pain, like a nervous bug, hard to just sit it seems. You do what you have to to survive and make it through. Glad to hear your starting to feel like the pain is easing up a bit anyway.

Hey, AZ/susie....are you still liking that job? Hope your implants go smoothly.

Betty, when others whine it takes our mind off of our own problems. So, you go ahead and ease our troubles with yours when your time comes. :)

I had that repair done to the back left side of my temp. denture, well it broke again last night, I wasn't eating anything hard either! Shoot, I sure didn't want to turn around and go back to the dentist for another repair. Maybe it's because he is repairing it without taking the soft reline out first, just a patch job on the outside. At least he doesn't charge for patching.

Went and picked up the camper, did some major cleaning, vaccumed and shampoo'd the rugs and furniture, cleaned out all the vents and little light plates that had dead bugs in them. (how do they get in there I don't know.) Made up the bed and slept in there with hubby for the last two nights. Yesterday I washed all the window's and casing inside and out, boy what a difference when they are all clean. Checked out everything to make sure it works, and how to work it. Everything works great! Kinda fun sleeping out there too, even though it is only in our front yard right now. Started loading stuff in the camper after everything was cleaned up. We really like it! Made some coffee and ate out there last night while watching 1 or the 2 channels we get on the little tv. I've got the antenna book out this morning to see how to best tune the tv in. Had to clean up in house this morning, funning how things get so messy and your not even in the house? Better run and finish up, talk to you soon, Diana

Boy, I tell ya, my Doctors and Dentists are rethinking the hiding of the info from the patient idea now. I get the not wanting to upset me more thing. But I am sitting here in extreme pain while others are saying they had so little pain from the same thing and wondering what the heck is wrong with me.
My mouth is healing well, they are a little concerned about the low grade fever, and the equalibrium issue but we are all hoping it is just a minor thing from the stress my face has been through lately.
Diana, I am so glad that you are enjoying the camper before you even leave the yard. Did you buy the camper also or are you renting it??? I think I might have to get a new one for a secret place to hide.

Chatty, is probably out of the loop for a few days. Either honeymooning or in jail for killing someone for complaining at the wedding.
Well time for a nap for me.

Hope all is well for you all
Casey

I am back, nope didn't kill no one.....no complaining and if there was I soooooo didn't care!!
I have to run and haven't read any of the posts since Saturday so I go and I will read and post tonight!

Also for anyone suffering from not enjoying denture glue, oh my lanta try Poli Grip Powder!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok bye for now!

chatty

Hello everybody!
I am just checking in to say I am still alive. Congratulations Mrs. Chatty!!!!!! LOL May you and Mr. Chatty have a lifetime of happiness together!
Casey, I am so sorry I missed that you were having yet another surgical procedure. I hope you are feeling better. You poor lady, you have been through so much.
It would be impossible for me to catch up on the posts. I haven't even made a dent in my e-mail. When I actually have a few minutes to sit here I usually play a game or two.
Dad is doing pretty good! One month ago today we were told they didn't think he would make it and he was put on life support. Now he is in a rehab facility and actually stood on his own two feet today while holding onto a walker! It's been a long hard struggle for him and he has a long way to go but he is definitely a fighter.
Hugs to all! I hope to keep up with new posts from now on.
Carol

Oh Carol, I am so glad that Dad is doing so much better. The powers that be were listening.
Dont worry about not knowing about my surgery. At the rate I am going there will be plenty more. LOL
Today was better, I actually was able to eat some spagetti today, I am about as sick and tired of this liquid diet as can be. Felt good to have real food in my stomach.
Hopefully it wasn't a fluk thing.
Hey Dee how are you?????? Tell you to go and kick your heels up a little and you disappear for days.

Well I need to get a couple of things done before the kids get home from the movies.

Hope everyone is doing great.
Casey

Hi everyone! Hope all are doing well. My last night, and I am really nervous. Thankfully the dentist gave me a sleeping pill for tonight! I have tried to stay busy to keep my mind off it. My house sure is clean. Even shampooed the carpet! I have to be there early tomorrow. Sure will be glad when it's over! I think.... And thanks again for all the support, and helpful info!

OH! Question! How soon can I try the stuff like fixodent powder if the dentures are loose? I am just doing the tops. Thanks! Betty

You cant use any of the glue products on the gum parts where you have extraction holes until they close. But if they start to get to loose really soon, you can use it on the roof part to help hold them. I also used it on the top to stop the slight movements that were causing me to gag.

I will be thinking of you tomorrow. Check in and let us know how you are as soon as you are up to it.

Casey

Thank you Casey! I am one tough cookie, so I am hoping all will be well. I just hate the waiting. And I know I can get thru tomorrow. The most worry I have is adjusting to these. But I am gonna have faith that all will be fine. I am a weiner when it comes to drugs, so will let you guys know when I can function again. I am curious if anyone had a feeling of mourning for the loss of the teeth forever? Am I just weird, lol. Betty

Okay, I talked about this before, I cryed over loosing my teeth. I still really miss them alot. I think I look so much different. Although everyone says I look the same.
Good Luck tomorrow,

Casey

Carol, glad to hear your Dad is on the road to recovery! That is good news! Nice that your back on hear too. :)

Chatty...Way to go. Sounds like you made your mind up to have a good time at your wedding, glad the poligrip powder works for you! I like the powder type glue too. Fill us in on how things went, anxious to hear it. :)

Carat...We bought the camper, and combined that with the property loan so it is just one payment. Been having fun sleeping in there at night and cleaning the little detail things up. Bought two of those memory foam mattress pads and put one on top of the other, they were only 1" thick each, had a great sale on them at Target this week, they feel so much better on our bed. Love that!! The news said there was a big storm down by the property we are getting, hopefully everything is ok, haven't heard anything as of yet, might have to make a phone call to our realitor today. I hope your doing better every day with your surgery. Nice to even eat noodles isn't it. Who would of thought that would be classified as a hard food to eat, huh? Well, sort of hard considering liquid is your main staple.

Betty, good luck to you! Carat answered your question. That's what I was going to tell you too(about the glue). I'll be thinking of you today/tomorrow. I mourn over the foods I still have trouble with, but not those ugly teeth! lol.....I think Carat mourns her teeth because her problem if I remember right was with her gums and jaw, not with bad looking teeth. Right Carat? Or did I mess that up?

Well, I talked to my dentist's nurse, I drop off my temp. denture tonight at 4pm, the guy that makes the denture, (not my dentist) will redo it and cook the mended denture in his little pressure cooker overnight so it stays fixed after he glues it. The next morning(tomorrow) I will be there by 7:50 am and my dentist will put a soft reline in it for me. Whew, that was a relief to hear! I thought they were going to just mend the outside structure again, and leave this lining in there, which to me didn't make a bit of sense since the denture is cracked all the way through, that is why it wouldn't stay mended before! Hello! Hopefully this will solve the problem for a while. I haven't had a new soft reline since the middle of Feb. That is a long time, the glue has helped a lot! I'm NOT looking forward to having NO teeth tonight....Might have to put some rolled up cotton under my lip so I don't have that granny face tonight. UGH! Then I talk all funny too! Gotta do what ya gotta do I guess. Sigh.

Look forward to reading the posts. Bye for now, Diana

Diana.. I am trying to control the OCD.. and I did make my list but unfortunately I feel like I am going insane with boxes everywhere. It really got to me yesterday and I pushed myself too hard and I am paying the price for it today. I only have 2 more boxes in my room, 2 more in my son's room, 3 in the dining room and a couple small ones in the office so I feel like I am finally getting it under control. The trash runs tomorrow morning so I would like to get these out of here so I can relax a little. It has been a very trying 2 1/2 weeks.. but I will be okay. And I am sure you are doing a beautiful job on the quilt.

Casey, I sometimes feel like my mouth is so heavy with the dentures in place. And I feel like my mouth is huge and unnatural looking. I sure hope you are feeling better. I think you will be much better once the swelling goes down.

Robin.. I hope your wedding went beautiful!! I think that it is the stress of the upcoming event.. everyone gets a little high strung!!

Susie WTG!!! That is awesome that you have lost 13 pounds. I am glad that you like your job.

Oh you poor thing Casey.. I would be so upset with them for not telling me. That is just not right considering how much pain you were in and not understanding why. Big Hugs!!!

Wow Diana.. you were busy over the weekend.. but I sure bet it was nice in the camper.

Robin.. I am so happy for you!!!

Carol I am so glad your dad is doing better!! Don't worry about us.. we miss you and we know all the things that you have been dealing with.. so take care of your family.. and we will be online anytime you want to join us.

Betty.. I still mourn my teeth.. I still cry when my mouth hurts or the bones hurt for no reason.. everytime I clean these things I get sad and frusterated. Everytime my hubby wants to kiss I get sad because I can't kiss him the same way anymore. I just get sad when I look in the mirror and realize they are not my teeth anymore. But I guess I will get used to it.. everything happens for a reason even if we don't know the reasons.. I have to have faith that there was a reason for this to happen.

Diana.. I sure hope your teeth get fixed this time!! I can't stand having my teeth out.. I look like a droopy dog !!

Hope all is well with everyone.. sorry for the long post.. was trying to get everything in .. haha

talk to you ladies soon,
Brandy

HI Diana and anyone else curious!

Well Sunday was the best day of my life!! Nothing bugged me, except losing my dads camera and almost being late for my own wedding but hey stuff happens! LOL

My teeth were so good to me....so was mother nature, I was pms'ing the week before and was supposed to get my "friend" on our Wedding Day well thank gosh mother nature loves me (this week anyways) and it didn't come till yesterday, ya know pms'ing a week before a bride to be's wedding isn't a good time to pms!! LOL

I had no issues with any family at all, they all seameed to enjoy themselves and if they didn't they sure faked it well!! lol
Food I didn't eat, but it looked good, my teethies would of been fine to eat I was just not hungry. My step mom was holding/doing the reception for us and oh my lanta I would of never had such a beautiful reception if it wasn't for her, she cooked, decorated, cleaned, bartended, my mom made the cake just so much help from Family, what would we do without them eh:)

I soooooo wish we could share pictures on here or web addresses:( I was so scared of getting my picture taking and in everyone I am just beaming!! Not all show my teeth but I'd say 50/50 of no teeth and teeth showing, I may be ok with the dentures but I am still adjusting to my llook being a little different then before, some people were like whats different about you and couldn't figure it out, my own little secret!! Ya know my motto for the day was Nothing could wreck this day and I don't care! ANd oh my it helped, nothing bugged me, I'm sure there was mishaps I just didn't care!!! and still don't!!! Oh ya one more thing our daughter did soooooooooo good!!! She walked ever so slowly down the isle and stepped up to front almost bailed but recorrected her footing and she did great!

I wanna thank all of you here, you guys have given me sooo much support way more then I could of ever imagined!! THANK YOU! Everyones encouraging words really helped and I thought of all of you throughout the whole day!!!! OK I am very emotional today for some odd reason, but I never cried on my wedding day at all!!!! So maybe thats why I need a good cry,lol.

Ok take care!
Everyone of you have a special place in my heart and wedding even if you weren't there!!!

robin/chatty

Semperwife:
Thanks, yes high strung is a good word,lol:)

Don't worry your boxes will get sorted out and takea deap breath and say one day at a time, we have today don't worry about tomorrow we don't have tomorrow yet so just take little steps and everything will work itself out!!
Keep up positive attitudes, tell yourself "ok I am almost done, I am great, I did such a good job", do reverse psychology on yourself, it really helps:)

Take care,

chatty/robin

Hi all.... I am really stressed tonight... I took my meds this morning, and went in to the dentist in a huge fog at 7 am this morning.... Well, my dentist called in sick.... I was devastated.... At the time I was calm, and hubby drove me home, and I slept for hours.... Then I had to wake up and realize I have to go thru the heebie jeebies all over again till next WEDNESDAY! I am so upset. I am sure you all know how hard it is to work yourself up to it.... So a wasted script (4 pills for 10$ after insurance), a wasted morning, my husband had a wasted day off work.... Sorry just so frustrated... Now I have to start the being ready all over again. I am trying to tell myself it will be fine, but was a tough day. Thanks for letting me vent, and hope all are well. And thanks for your kind words!!! Betty

Oh Betty I am so sorry you had to go through all that. I know how you feel. I really didn't like getting myself prepared for a month for my last surgery and then a week before they tell me that it has to be changed because of my blood pressure, like that was going to help bring it down.
My oral surgeon gives me the pills directly, I dont get a script for them. You should say something to them about that. Good thing he decided to call in sick, I wouldn't want someone not feeling quite up to par working in my mouth.
I do hope you enjoyed your sleep and hopefully hubby managed to at least enjoy some of the extra day off.

Casey

Yo ladies
How is it going???? I am doing great went to the heart dr today and all my labs are back to normal finally after 2 years of dealing with this. he had to decrease my b/p med because my b/p is now to low 98/60 went clothes shopping for work and went from a size 10 to a size 7.
Carol I am so glad to hear your dad is doing much better,
Robin congrats on your wedding ;) ;) ;) I hope you have a wonderful mariage
Casey keep up the spirits. you will get there you are a very strong willed person, what is that saying "YOU CAN DO IT" ;)
well ladies have to make it short i have a killer migraine, oh yeah I really love my job.

Susie :wave:

Betluu: I am so sorry to hear of your situation, poor thing!!! Keep head up high keep your strength up and it will all work out!!!


Azblonde: Congrats on the major weightloss!!! You go girl!!! Hope your migraine clears up, I always get migraines too...yuck....go have a nappy!

Take care!

chatty

Thanks Casey, and Chatty! I am better today. I will get thru this. And yeah I don't want a sick dentist working on me. They said something about his blood pressure! Scared me! And I did get a very nice long nap, lol, and hubby actually relaxed, so there was some good in it! All of you ladies are a great inspiration to me. I am just gonna keep myself busy, and deal with it. It could be worse. And congrats Chatty! Sounds like a wonderful wedding! And hope you are doing better Casey! And thanks for all the reponses on the mourning of the teeth question! Now I don't feel so weird, lol. Anyway, I better get busy and get teeth out of my brain! Best wishes to all! Betty

Hi everyone.

Semper, you are alot further along then I would be, and I also have OCD. Try not to stress over moving. Trust me, those boxes will still be there if you were to sit down with a cup of tea and a magazine for short while to destress. It took me many years and many moves to figure that out. I still use this method with my cleaning. I will vacuum, dust and get the morning dishes out of the way, and then have a mug of tea and look through some of my magazines or cookbooks in deciding what I might make for dinner. It helps me have a little bit of sane time.
Drs, are you taking a computer with you camping??? If not let us know so we wont worry while you are enjoying the season with your family.

Suzie, great job on the downsizing. I found your pounds though. I am wearing a size 7 for the first time in my life, although I have gone from a size 5 to the 7. I am kinda enjoying having a little bit more meat on me, especially in certain areas. LOL

Well I am doing alot better today. Quite a bit of the swelling has gone done in the last couple of days. The bruising is still yellow but improving. I can actually wiggle my jaw back and forth a little bit again with out major pain, and I managed to work my way through a grilled cheese sandwich, with no crust for lunch today.
Thank you everyone for the kind words and special thoughts. They mean alot to me.
And the prayers are working, cause I am feeling much better.

Thursday is animal cleaning day, dog and cat beds and condos all get a washing so I better get off here and get going.
Hope everyone is doing wonderfully,
Casey

Betluu: thank you:)

Carat: Happy you eating somewhat and getting up and moving, even if it's cleaning it's better then lieing in that bed!! lol :)
Happy all is well!

chatty

Hi Everyone,

It seems like forever since I've been here! I hope all of you are well and I'll have to get busy catching up on posts. I did see that Chatty had a beautiful wedding. How wonderful!

Since I was last here, I've been in a very serious car accident. It was 2 weeks ago tomorrow. I was driving on the interstate and whether something hit my car or I hit something or a tire blew...I'll never know. Anyway, I lost control of the car and went through the guardrail airborne into the opposite lane of traffic (no others injured) and rolled 8 times down a 50 foot embankment. I am one VERY lucky lady. I never lost consciousness, was transported to the hospital and spent 4 days there. Nothing was broken, no stitches, but I have one very bruised body, a lot of aches and pains and the most irritating problem is vertigo from a head trauma. I have an appointment with a local ENT here at home to hopefully resolve that. So, I'm home recuperating...my bruises are becoming technicolor and just trying to get back to normal which may take awhile. My H has been a real trooper about it all and has been waiting on me hand and foot and cooking me gourmet meals everynight. It's going to be awhile before I'm my old self, but I feel lucky just to be here.

So, in case you were wondering, my dentures came through the accident with flying colors. Nothing happened to them, but I did bite my tongue pretty good in a couple of places. They even let me keep my dentures in during the entire hospital stay. I was supposed to be getting a soft reline this week but that's been postponed for awhile. I have a lot of swelling on the left side of my face and I can't lean back in the dentist's chair because of the vertigo right now so the reline is on hold. After all I've been through, I can't believe that my dentures is one thing that isn't giving me problems right now. It's been less than 6 weeks now since my extractions and everything feels pretty comfortable. And to think that 2 weeks ago my biggest complaint was a sore spot or two from my dentures rubbing!!

So, everyone, that's why I haven't been around for awhile! Now that I feel up to reading a computer screen, I'll be catching up with you all. Take care.

Pam

Pam, you poor thing, I am so happy to hear that you came out of it as well as you did. Lucky Lady you are.
I dont have vertigo, thank goodness, I am just now getting my equalibrium back from the swelling around my right inner ear. That was really hard to deal with, so I know you really must be having a hard time. Hopefully they can find the issue and get it cleared up for you.
So glad that you are back, and I will be having you in my prayers for a real speedy recovery.

Casey

Great wedding story Robin, congrats again! It's nice that you could smile in some pictures, I bet they will look great!

Betty, so sorry your surgery was delayed:( what a bummer. Now you'll just have to gear yourself up for the next big day. Maybe there was a reason it was delayed, sometimes we just don't know why.

AZ..hope your migranes don't last too long, those are awful, I don't get them, I have friends that do though. Good job on the weight loss and Job.

Carat/Casey...we are not taking a computer with us as of yet, might talk the hubby into getting his laptop from our store hooked up for wireless though. They are suppose to be getting a wireless signal at the campsite soon. We don't close on the property till Aug. 22, we are talking about going down there on the 21st and staying that night then signing the papers and moving the camper on the site after that. Fun! I might stay for a bit, hubby has to come back though. I'm glad to hear your feeling a little better everyday, prayers and hugs for you on your continued recovery.

Pam, I'm just now reading your post, a car accident!!!!OMGosh! I should say that was quite the accident, a miracle your on here typing at all!!!! I hope your dizzy's go away, makes a person feel kind of sick when your spinning like that. Good that hubby is there for you. And your new teeth are still good to go. Get well soon!

Got to run and cook breakfast....Diana

Just checking in, today is the best day so far. I actually believe I just might live through all this. First 24 hours with no pain killers or even Tylonel. I even had a soft boiled egg and the center of a piece of toast. ( I know exciting breakfast)

Hope every one else has as great a day or better.

Casey

Casey,
I am so happy that things are getting better and you are healing well. How wonderful, no pain pills. That is so encouraging. Continued speedy recovery.
Sae

Hey everyone, day two no painkillers and I have had the tops in all day. Whoo Hoo. Wish I could take the bottom out but they are locked in, and aint moving until the 18th. The slightest bit of pressure on the bottom plate and I can feel it where they did the bone graphing and the fixed the clamp.

So how is everyone else doing?????

Casey

Casey, How wonderful to hear how much better you are doing! Really happy for you. And wow! Pam. Sounds like you had your guardian Angel with you when the accident happened! Hope all is well with all. 3 more days till I go in... Sure hope the dentist makes it this time! lol, Best wishes to all, Betty

Hey Ladies
I can see alot of you are doing much better congrats, there was a flyer on my car at work about a new dentist that opened in my very small town they do cosmetic dentistry and a bunch of other stuff, I am going to really start researching the implants, I am just scared about the ones that I want is the one that screws into the bone and the tooth screws into the that. My bp is still running way low tonight was the lowest 92/60 I had to buy a moniter a couple of weeks ago to keep track of my bp I go into the dr on wed for my headaches I think it from the low bp. Well I want everyone to keep up the good job, you guys are still a BIG inspiration to me, and one day I will have my teeth, oh by the way my poor dentures are just sitting in the bathroom :eek: oh well have a great rest of the weekend.

Susie

Susie, you are going to try for the individual implants for each tooth??? Wow!!!!
I looked into that when I first had my surgery. Here for me to have all lowers is 32,000.00. The uppers were 36,000.00. And if I did it all at one time and paid cash up front they would do it for 58,000.00. That is 14 uppers and 14 lowers. I did hear that in Mexico, you can have the same full implants placed at less then 800.00 per tooth. But then you would also have to add the travel expenses down there at least 4 times for the whole treatment.
Have you been trying to wear your dentures or did you just give up on those??? My facial structure is so different with out my dentures in, I look completely different.
Your low blood pressure is my normal pressure. I hope the doctor appointment goes well for you.
Glad to hear you are doing well otherwise.
Hope everyone else is doing great.

Casey

Casey, you sound so much better, soon the bottoms will start to heal too.

AZ, I hope you find a solution to your teeth problem. How awful to go through everything and not be able to even wear them!

Betty ....sure do hope the doctor shows up this time.

I'm trying to get everything ready, we leave for camping next sunday. I'm painting the stove hood vent, can only put on one coat every 24hrs. I'd like to do three. Sanded, primed and painted the back bumper. Looks way better. Stitched up a few area's on the curtains where it was needed. Tore out that stinky run in the out side storage area, which is under our bed, put a new rug in there. Whoa, way better too. Better catch up on my emails. My teeth are great by the way. The mending is much better now. The dentist said I could wait till after the first of the year to have my permant ones made so my insurance will cover more of it. Later, Diana

Diane, wow you have really been busy. Yeah, I feel really good again today so far.
Hope that you have a really great time relaxing up there. You are using a paint that is made for heated appliances or for an engine I hope. My cousin painted her kitchen stove hood with a latex spray paint, when she cooking a couple nights later the steam activated the paint chemicals and it caused the whole house to get sick. My nephew, who was 14, was in the hospital for over a week because of it. So be careful.

Betty, just relax and you will do great. I am sure the dentist will show this time.

Hubby is going to the dentist today. I was thinking of sneaking in with him and maybe after his appointment I could get the dentist to remove a couple of these stitches that are bothering me. I feel them moving under the dentures, and a couple of times the knot part I am assuming gets in an area that really hurts with any pressure.
I am dying to see what is under these dentures. I am suppose to go on Thursday for my appointment, but I am so impatient.

Hope everyone is doing great.

Carol if you are still reading the posts, you and your family are still in my prayers.

Casey

Hello Everyone

Happy to hear everyone is ok.
Just wanted to pop in say hello, stillt rying to unwind from the wedding and missing lots of work since May with Surgery and all so now it's time I get my but in gear; work, clean, organize, plan honeymoon, go on familymoon, pay bills(yuck) yada yada:)
We go to Whistler on the 22nd, its a ski resort here in British Columbia Canada, no skiing happening this time of year hot hot, so it's our familymoon-daughter loves it up there, hopefully my teeth/mouth co-operates with me,lol:) Ok enough about me bye for now all:)

OK take care:)

chatty

Casey, find out if it was latex for sure, or oil paint, clean up with mineral spirits or water. See the kind I'm using is for implament painting, like tractors and such. The guy at Ace said it should be fine, this takes 24hrs between coats, that is a long time to dry. Great, I hope I don't have to redo it, don't want to get sick though, will run exhaust fan, always, also, most of the paint is on the out side, the only inside part is the sides. I'm going to see what I can find out here, can you ask her if it was latex? That is a water based paint. Thanks in advance. Diana

She said the spray can said latex enamel for automotive purposes. It was made by Krylon.

Water didn't work to clean up her hands so that is a bit confusing to me. She said it just smeared and made a huge mess and she had to use gasoline to clean her hands since she didn't have any mineral spirits or paint thinner. So it had to be an oil based paint. UMMMM. Going to ask hubby when he gets home.

I didn't get to go with him to the dentist, they are swamped and they said they needed to take xrays before removing the bottom denture. Darn, now I have to wait until Thursday.

Casey

Casey, bummer you have to wait at the dentist....

I did call Ace and I talked to the guy that helped me. He said at first just make sure to use the vent blower just in case. He had never heard of the problem that your sister had with hers. If you find out anything else let me know. OK? Thanks, Diana

Hi guys,

Haven't been on much ... still fighting depression and now bronchitis. ICK!

OH .. and WHY didn't somebody tell me that having the impression done for the soft reline in the office would be so HORRIBLE!???

Not sure if ya'll had this done, but they put this terribly smelling stuff on the dentures, and I had to bit down on it for 10 minutes ... all the while it was BURNING my mouth like crazy, making my eyes water and I wanted to vomit! It smelled like when they do the acrylic nails.

Anyway, it didn't work ... was still real loose. So now I go in this Friday for a Lab Reline ... please tell me I don't have to do the same thing over again!!!

What a horrible experience ... with modern science, there's NO way anybody should have to go thru that!

Did ya'll have the same experience?
Dee

Diana, so long as you sanded it really well, and washed it down with TSP you should be okay with an oil base. It might start to peel so watch it so none of it falls into your food.

Good Luck

Dee, good to hear from you again. So sorry that you are battling both depression and bronchitis.
I would have told you about the impression paste if you had asked. I had to have it done three times in one visit because I kept getting sick. Hubby gets sick from it to so its not just us.
What are the doctors doing for the bronchitis????? Stay well girl. And as far as the depression goes. I wish I could just jump through the computer and give you a big hug. You are a strong woman and you can get through this, just take it one day at a time, and if that day seems to get to much then break it up into sections. Day Evening and Night. Let us know if there is anything that we can do.

Casey

Hi Casey,

Well ... at least I know it's not just me .. man, they should find another way to do that!

Anyway, is it going to be the same procedure for the 'hard reline' .. or lab reline? I sure hope not!

Dee

I would love nothing more then to lie to you and tell you that it will never happen again, but I cant. If for some reason they need to do redo it because it is not right or when you need another reline done it will be the same. I am so sorry for not forwarning you.

Be sure that during the time that stuff is in your mouth that you breath through your nose slowly and it helps when I close my eyes and think of someplace else. Also bite hard and consistant through your whole mouth, not just in the front or on the back teeth. This will stop the rocking from happening.

Hope everything else is going okay.

Casey

Hi everyone else.

Hi all, thanks for the encouraging words! I went to the dentist office today to get my prescription that will knock me out (Halcion) and the dentist was there. He felt SO bad about cancelling on me the other day. He is still a little sick, so we are gonna do it Thursday morning instead of tomorrow. But he was so nice about it, and so sorry, I am Ok waiting one more day. Trying to be patient. And Dee, how awful for you! Did they not do impressions before they took the teeth? I have had two done already. With my teeth in. I don't care for it, but breathing thru your nose slowly really does help. And hope you are starting to feel good again Casey. And I hope you have a wonderful time camping Diana! And hope you feel better soon Dee! I get those dang depressions sometime too, and they are really hard. I think mine is because of the menopause I am going thru. I get depressed, sometimes anxious, or I will feel really really good. Just up and down. it's hard when we have two teenagers and a 11 year old still left at home. lol, They never know what mood is up for the day! Anyway, have a great day all, and get better! Betty

Hey Casey,

UGH!!!! Hate to go thru that again ... it's the burning that is hard and the smell .. it makes my eyes water too .. and I want to throw up. Waaaaaaa! I want my mommy!

OK ... now that I got that out .. LOL.

I'll remember what you said and try that .. I"m usually pretty good at 'going somewhere else' cause that's what I did for both labor and delivery and has very little pain.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Hi Betty! So you've not gone yet? I've been thinking of you ... hope it all goes well, you'll be in my thoughts on Thursday. HUGS!

Yup, depression is very hard .. and I'm unable to take most anti-depressants, so that's a bummer. Also one of the meds I'm on causes depression .. JUST what I need! NOT!

I can imagine it's worse with children, thankfully mine are grown and gone ... all though, now I miss them. SIGH, are we ever satisfied? LOL ..

To All: Big hugs to everybody... I'm still not use to the dentures, in that I still don't like the 'feel' of them on the roof of my mouth, not sure I ever will .. but not much I can do now. LOL.

My mouth gets dry allot, so I drink allot ... and I'm not as hungry as usual because I just don't like the feel of the dentures on top and not being able to 'feel' the food. Also, because I have to use adhesive to keep them in now all the time, the chewing just isn't 'right' somehow, if you know what I mean.

Course, right now I can't TASTE because of my cold!!! Can we say BUMMER!!! ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!

Husband is a 'bit' better .... he had to go to ER today for an infection in his teeth and gums ... see, that'll teach him to take care if them! He has many bad teeth, and has to start getting them out ... so now I think he has no choice. They had to give him antibiotics IV .. it was so bad. He ended up here afterward and slept for 4 hours, now he's gone out to Burger King for dinner. I like the 'flat' burgers better than fat ones.

Speaking of food, I keep getting stuff stuck on the roof of the dentures, ugh .. that's not fun in restaurants! I also have a habit of pushing my teeth together, not sure why, I never did that before the dentures. My jaws get sore and I have to remind myself to stop.

Hey to everybody else I didn't mention . without going back and reading, I forget everybody's name... sorry.

OH YEAH . .. Betty, I'm also in menopause .. or pre-manopause, they don't know yet, all messed up with periods, moody, just lots of stuff. Another bummer in life.

Talk to ya'll soon!

Hugs,
Dee

Oh Betty, I hear ya on the two teenagers and an 11 year old. My oldest will be 18 on Sunday. If she makes it. I refuse to guarentee that one. And yes it depresses me to think that I have an 18 year old and the 11 year old just flat out wears me out.

Hope all are doing great.

Casey
Another day with no drugs. Yahoo

Hi Dee and Casey. Yes the depression can be hard. I try to stay busy so that helps sometimes. And hope you husband does OK Dee. Gotta be hard to have someone you care about sick. And I have wondered if food seems different after the teeth are gone. Sigh, I really love my food, lo