Tooth extractions part III

First. A Happy New Year to all.

On to the story.
Today I began the second part of my journey wearing dentures.
As you'll recall, last year I had my upper teeth removed and a
full upper plate made. I have gotten used to that. Solid solid
food is still, to this day, not all that easy for mr s. -that's
me- to eat. I finish last -and I am not racing- most of the time.

The lower teeth came out today. As of 11 EST (-5 GMT), I am totaly
with out my natural teeth.

I needed more Novacain today then I did last year. More to the tune of
four shots to the left jaw, three to the right and one, spaced along the
front gum. It all wore off around 1300 (1 PM).

I can speak well and have the occaisional twinge from the sutures.
Meds to combat the pain and infection. NO. I don't have an infection.
The meds for that are to keep it from developing.

In four weeks I begin the final steps in all of this. I'll have a mold
made of the lower gum. Five weeks later, with a week break to allow the dental
practice a vacation -their choice, not mine, I'll have my lower deture in place.

I am hoping that solid solid foods will be easier to eat. I will trully miss
a good deal of foods if it becomes too hard to eat. Corn on the cob and apples
being two of them.

I'll keep y'all posted.

More to come

Day two of new smile aka new smile part deux

So, here I am two days, 10 hours and 25 minutes as of the start of this post in to having a full upper denture. It's not as easy as I thought it'd be. Eating solid foods is doable. It's also a bit tough. Pun intended. Yeah, I can eat solid food. And I am enjoying doing so. It's the one thing I missed having while I had no teeth. I did eat some semi-solid foods and some more than semi-solids. Just not TRULLY solid. I just wish I had the lowers to go with the upper. I think it'd be easier to eat.

I also got to thinking today while I was working. It got to the point where I almost broke down. Yes, I almost cried. And, what's wrong with a guy who cries?
NUTTIN'!! imo.

You may ask why I almost cried. I'll tell you.
Having a full upper makes me feel old. People my age should not, I repeate, NOT
have dentures. Sure there are people my age who do have them. I just feel that aat
44 going on 45, I should not have them.

I knew a few years ago that I'd most likely need them I just didn't think it's be this soon. I guess that's what I get for not paying more attention to the brushing.
My own damned fault.

I'll keep y'all posted

-More to come.

A new smile

Today I got my new smile. After going through the upper teeth extraction in the middle of August and then almost two months of no upper teeth, I have my full upper plate. It feels a bit strange.

I'll need to take it out every night. Brush it. Place it in a cleansing bath and let it soak over night. In the morning, take it out and rinse it. Dry it thoughly and then put adhisive on it. This last step I'll do ONLY if it seems that the plate will be loose.

In January of 2009, I get to do all of this again as I'll be getting the lower teeth removed.


Best part of today. Jen bought me breakfast. SOLID food -REAL. SOLID. FOOD. - for the first time in many weeks. It "felt" good. It'll take getting used to chewing again. Not too long though.

As for speaking. That's easier than I thought it'd be.

-More to come