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ionaruth
08 May 2008 @ 07:12 pm
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And my day was like this...
  • 10:52 Mouth and head pain making it hard to function. The remade dentures are worse than the ones they replaced. What now? #
  • 11:08 Granddaughter Tia will be here tomorrow eve. From Japan! #
  • 12:02 @cybrgrl Thanks... I am wearing my old ones until after Tia time. Will fight the good fight later, LOL #
  • 12:03 @cybrgrl The wax museum at the Venetian is fun. Their art gallery was or will soon be raken down. Check it out, too. #
  • 14:40 Dealing with insurance. For once, it was easy! #
  • 15:35 Watching DVD on breaking bad habits in cats. He says, cats don't have problems, we do. #
  • 17:40 Leaving for Giveback. Check it out! givebackorlando.com #
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ionaruth
08 May 2008 @ 10:38 pm
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I have worn dentures for 34 years. Both uppers and lowers... Well, I have to say that if we're talking actual wear, I've probably only kept the lowers in my mouth for less than half that time, although I wear the uppers day and night. At least I did until I got these latest sets.

My regular set was getting loose. As you wear dentures, some shrinkage of bone and gum occurs and over time the plates begin to fit poorly and need to be relined or replaced. I opted for replacement and was happily looking forward to the same type of denture experience I had had in the past - years of comfortable wear after a short period of getting settled in and a few minor adjustments.

When I picked up my new dentures, the upper teeth were set in crooked and the lower ones didn't align without forcing my jaw sideways. I went back to the dentist knowing an "adjustment" was not going to work. I needed a remake. Instead, they honed the plate down until it flopped all over my mouth. I was not pleased. I returned again and the doctor spent quite a bit of time with me, getting info to do a remake.

I picked up the remade plates yesterday. They are huge! The "gum" portion is gigantic and so painful I cannot wear them. I can't chew at all. Needless to say, dentures and denture pain has been at the forefront of my mind since the time I started this quest for new plates. I have thought of little else. I find myself distracted by and worrying about teeth.

I prayed about it and went back to wearing my old dentures until I can get in to see the dentist again. It's a two hour round trip, each time and we are usually gone four or more hours. Tia is coming from Japan and we want to spend quality time with her rather than driving to the dentist, waiting in his office and fussing for days after because things get worse each time we go.

I really wish I'd never started this process at all. I can only imagine what George Washington went through with his crude false teeth! No wonder he had such a Mona Lisa smile.

I am praying for patience. I am trying to count it all joy. I really do know that this is a minor thing compared to all the suffering in the world... I am truly amazed that God puts up with my pettiness. But He hears my prayers and He even cares about something so minor as this...

And my day was like this...
  • 10:52 Mouth and head pain making it hard to function. The remade dentures are worse than the ones they replaced. What now?
  • 11:08 Granddaughter Tia will be here tomorrow eve. From Japan!
  • 12:02 @cybrgrl Thanks... I am wearing my old ones until after Tia time. Will fight the good fight later, LOL
  • 12:03 @cybrgrl The wax museum at the Venetian is fun. Their art gallery was or will soon be taken down. Check it out, too.
  • 14:40 Dealing with insurance. For once, it was easy!
  • 15:35 Watching DVD on breaking bad habits in cats. He says, cats don't have problems, we do.
  • 17:40 Leaving for Giveback. Check it out! givebackorlando.com
 
 
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