Leslie, I'm sorry to hear you are having so many issues with your mouth.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Take care.
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Leslie, I'm sorry to hear you are having so many issues with your mouth.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Take care.
Leslie, I too have battled many mouth problems like yours! If you can get your hands on some, get some chlorhexidine mouth wash (it is a prescription). Yes, it stains your teeth, so don't swish it all over your mouth, just take a qtip, dip it into the solution, then hold it onto the infected areas once a day. I brush/floss my teeth 5-6 times a day and see a periodontist every 3 months. I have the most high-maintenance mouth ever and have spent thousands on my teeth.
Also, if you are anywhere near a dentistry school or university, they offer amazing prices on having cleanings done, because they are students.
Leslie:
I am hoping once you get this issue straightened out that it will be the last one that plagues you. I know what you are going thru as I go without things and always care for the ones I look after before myself. It is just a natural thing for me. I am always last. Too bad all your helpers have issues of their own and cannot come to your aid. Hey I'll pack up the troops and drive down to get out of this blizzard! It is really bad this morning, we have so much snow from over nite and wind that is unreal. Take care and be careful. Blessings
Patti
Saw my GP this morning, finally. I've been trying to get in for a couple of months but with weather, the fall, funds, the abscesses making me so sick I just haven't been able to. I had an appt with him about 2 mos ago but woke up in the wee hours of that morning with a virus and had to cancel. The girl in the front office wasn't very nice when I called yesterday but it seems I wasn't the only on since a gentleman was reading them the riot act when I walked into the clinic for talking to him "that way". And Doc apologized first thing when he walked in if they had been less than professional with me - he said they were all really overwhelmed right now.
Ok - the fall damaged a nerve in my neck causing the right arm and hand pain, burning and numbness. The fall strained / tore 1 or 2 flexor (?) muscles in my left hip and that's why I am having trouble using it. These should scar and heal in time. I have some exercises to do to help.
The rest (from my LIST that he read word for word!) starts with blood work today. Depending on what it shows, he will start more in depth next. The "C" word came up as a possibility to rule out. He said he was giving me some steroids to help with all the inflammation and today I am grateful for that! Antibiotics from the dentist have been picked up already and the GP said he was sending another today so I should have another round for the next abscess...which may be the last one I can tolerate!
He laughed when I told him I wanted what my dogs got when something was "off" with them - full labs, xrays/MRI/etc if needed, parasite check, and so forth! :p We talked about the stress I have been and am under, discussed the difference in depression and sadness (I am sad), talked about the changes an aging body must face and learn to deal with. When I told him how sick I got with this last abscess, he asked, with some concern, who lived with me and I told him my dogs. He wanted to know where my closest family member lived and I told him not far away, about 15 minutes, and his brow un-furrowed. :) Then he mumbled something about keeping the phone on my person when I feel these coming on. :o I hate phones and especially cells. I am an old fuddy-duddy who would prefer we were still using a rotary phone tied to the wall with wires! :p
So I feel better that I am being looked into, especially the liver and kidney, and hope for some answers soon. Meantime I have ANTIBIOTICS, fresh to start today and hopefully some on hand for later!!! :cool::cool::cool::cool:
Now this worn out old broad is going to lay down a while then think about at least rinsing the dishes in the kitchen.
AND Squirt is having a pretty good day. Her mental acuity has been a bit worse the past few days but that comes and goes so I'm not worried overly much about that right now. Her appetite is definitely back and that makes Mom very happy!
Hugs,
Leslie and the "eternal" Queen
Oh I'm so glad you finally saw your Gp. Now if you could only take a few moments to look after yourself. You really gave been thru the mill with illness and the stress of Squirt. It is pointless telling you to look after yourself, eat right etc as I know only too well you won't, but please do try :D
Well Leslie I am pleased as punch (love that expression, even though it makes no sense at all) that you got yourself looked into and taken seriously by your GP. Kudos to him for 1) apologizing for staff behavior 2) taking the time to go through everthing on your list and address it. That makes us all very happy. We like to know that you are taking care of yourself and that someone (the GP) is looking out for you too. So, kudos doc.
Glad that Squirt is eating and having some good days here and there. She tries really hard I think to have good days. It'll be great when it's spring, hmm, skip that, spring brings thunderstorms, maybe summer and things feel right again and hopefully you'll be fixed up, Squirt will still be enjoying her yard and area, and the other furbabies will be having a blast in the sunshine.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
hugs
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
So glad you saw a doctor! :) xxxx
Leslie,
I'm so glad that you saw a doctor and are having a thorough checkup. Crossing my fingers for you!
Thank Goodness you saw your doctor. My PT told me if I had not had to wait six weeks to start PT, I would be in a better place right now. The exercises are a pain but we have to do them or we will get worse.
There is no C word, so dont even talk about that. I know the feeling about being 'sad" and some of that comes from being in pain, Leslie, and feeling helpless because you cant carry on the way you used to right now. It is a sad feeling indeed besides the dang anticipatory grief we have.
Hold my hand, walk with me and ask for help from your family. I know it is hard to ask for help, but sometimes we have to.
Always in my heart, you and Squirt.
I am so sorry to hear of the challenges your facing.....if I was there I can clean a house and wash dishes and place fresh linens on and do wash, all while you soak in a good herbal bath of dead sea salts as therapeutic music eases your mind and flameless candles fill the room with soft soothing light. Healing the mind and body. All souls that dwell in human bodies will face challenges that effect our mental and physical health.....it slows us down, reminding you to give to you. Something I dont recall really ever hearing you have done.....so I am glady you took this time to have you cared for. You give your all to all and your compassion for animals is incredible. We need you to take care of you because you make this world a beautiful place.