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HoneyNow
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Long time reader, first time poster..
This board was here for me when I needed to keep going. There were horrible nights I considered taking my own life... the pain and overwhelming-ness of the alternative (getting dental treatment) seemed less terrible.. I came here and read everything, kept going for that one more day, called a hotline, whatever it took, every day I do it again. I quit smoking after 30 years to do this... cause that's the least I can try first.
This is what happened to me.. This time. I started in May with some lower extractions and bone graphs. I had only 4 left after that on the bottom. upper healed for 12 years.
Five days ago I had the last of the lower removed, more bone graphing and the.. "pieces" .. I'm having alot of trouble processing that there are foreign objects in my bone, I really hope when the swelling is gone I can't feel them!!!
Anyway.... and the implants put in for the lower, and the temp lower denture put in over all that. I did not have any work done on the top. I got the top denture (standard removable) and I'll decide later if I need to have the bone shaving done. I did not want to heal both top and bottom at once. I could not afford and really didn't want to have implants top and bottom.
I tried to prepare myself for all the feelings I've read about.. that are totally normal.. but I wasn't ready emotionally and it's been really hard to process the mental aspects of all this.
Everyone seems confused that I'm not excited.. but I'm sad and scared and there's no room for excited.. I hope that changes in the coming days so I can continue to share for someone else..
I knew I would need to learn to talk again, and that it would be uncomfortable to get used to the pieces, I didn't know I wouldn't' be able to take them out and talk .... like I did with my bad teeth... I know I spent years learning to talk with them.. but I could barely talk on the phone today with neither piece in..
I knew I would need to have a strong body to withstand the surgery and the recovery.. I didn't know how terrible the antibiotics would be... or how hard it would be to eat anything...
I knew I wouldn't be having steak but even toast is a struggle.. soaked in tea for goodness sake..
The area under my tongue is swollen and bright red, it hurts like nothing I've ever felt. My chin looks like Jay Leno... it's a bit better today but jeez...
I called the DrM (deals with only the appliances) at 8 this morning and got in at 11. He took some off the bottom and said the stitches look ok. He'll call DrB (surgeon) and let him know I'm struggling.. I'll still see him on Thursday for another reshaping. I get the stitches out next week with DrB...
Why not dissolving stitches I wonder?? How am I going to lay there and get stitches out?? UGHHH
What the heck happened under my tongue?
How can I miss four .. not so great.. teeth?
My BFF says I look great, my mom cried... how can I still think I made a mistake?
44 YO F
This board was here for me when I needed to keep going. There were horrible nights I considered taking my own life... the pain and overwhelming-ness of the alternative (getting dental treatment) seemed less terrible.. I came here and read everything, kept going for that one more day, called a hotline, whatever it took, every day I do it again. I quit smoking after 30 years to do this... cause that's the least I can try first.
This is what happened to me.. This time. I started in May with some lower extractions and bone graphs. I had only 4 left after that on the bottom. upper healed for 12 years.
Five days ago I had the last of the lower removed, more bone graphing and the.. "pieces" .. I'm having alot of trouble processing that there are foreign objects in my bone, I really hope when the swelling is gone I can't feel them!!!
Anyway.... and the implants put in for the lower, and the temp lower denture put in over all that. I did not have any work done on the top. I got the top denture (standard removable) and I'll decide later if I need to have the bone shaving done. I did not want to heal both top and bottom at once. I could not afford and really didn't want to have implants top and bottom.
I tried to prepare myself for all the feelings I've read about.. that are totally normal.. but I wasn't ready emotionally and it's been really hard to process the mental aspects of all this.
Everyone seems confused that I'm not excited.. but I'm sad and scared and there's no room for excited.. I hope that changes in the coming days so I can continue to share for someone else..
I knew I would need to learn to talk again, and that it would be uncomfortable to get used to the pieces, I didn't know I wouldn't' be able to take them out and talk .... like I did with my bad teeth... I know I spent years learning to talk with them.. but I could barely talk on the phone today with neither piece in..
I knew I would need to have a strong body to withstand the surgery and the recovery.. I didn't know how terrible the antibiotics would be... or how hard it would be to eat anything...
I knew I wouldn't be having steak but even toast is a struggle.. soaked in tea for goodness sake..
The area under my tongue is swollen and bright red, it hurts like nothing I've ever felt. My chin looks like Jay Leno... it's a bit better today but jeez...
I called the DrM (deals with only the appliances) at 8 this morning and got in at 11. He took some off the bottom and said the stitches look ok. He'll call DrB (surgeon) and let him know I'm struggling.. I'll still see him on Thursday for another reshaping. I get the stitches out next week with DrB...
Why not dissolving stitches I wonder?? How am I going to lay there and get stitches out?? UGHHH
What the heck happened under my tongue?
How can I miss four .. not so great.. teeth?
My BFF says I look great, my mom cried... how can I still think I made a mistake?
44 YO F