Well I guess it really starts today

sweetblood22 said:

I was wondering about the
I was wondering about the sweets thing, too. For me, sweet was the first thing to come back. I still struggle with my savory tasting too salty. Although it's miles better than two years ago when savory was pretty much inedible.

My ongoing battle with my teeth is more about my almost total lack of saliva, than sweets. When I am done eating anything I go and brush. I brush 5-6 times a day, and I'm still getting cavities. As far as sweets go, I do usually have a cupcake size muffin, or a child's size ice cream cone each day. Which is more than I used to. I never ate sweets before my 'taste shift' and before I needed to gain weight back.

I'm not sure if you know about the fluoride trays. Your dentist should be making them for you before treatment, and you need to make sure after all this that you go to a dentist that works with HNC patients. I go every 3-4 months instead of every 6 months. Hoping to stay on top of problems since I had to have a restoration of all my teeth.

At first I didn't get the pork joke, but then I got it. I always used to sit on the radiator at the back of my church while waiting to process up to the front with the choir. One morning, I'm sitting there on the heater, organizing my music and minding my own beeswax, when my dad comes up and stands next to me. I hear, "Sniff, sniff. " I ignore him. Then, a slightly louder, "Sniff-sniff, sniiiiiffff". So I look up at him like, what the heck are you doin'? He says, looking at my keister on the heater, "I smell bacon."

HAWVET said:

LOL
The two things that caught my eye were the "no sweets" and the Skif's Hawaiian Luau. I now realize it has been just over 13 years. When I could eat, I still allowed "Sweets" in my diet. My favorite was chocolate covered macadamia nut. I have since lost two more teeth, but I think it is about normal for folks my age. There had been more brushing in my life and at least three visits a year to the cleaning lady. I was introduced to the life with biotene, Act, fluoride etc.

Somehow, I maintained my smell over the years. The food still looks and smell good. My food intake is now limited, but even at this old age and as Skiffin stated, I can still enjoy looking at those "...ummmm well nourished girls...."

In our life style, we just finished the party months after graduation. Party is almost like a luau, but local style with all the food I "used to like" to eat (LOL) on display. That raw fish [..ugh to some of you ] can still slip down my throat.

RayTodd said:

OK language prob
The orthodontist said about the usual looking after your teeth but with a lot more care thats where the no more sugar honey etc.. or products with them in it just artificial forever as well as cleaning after eating etc.. and 6 monthly Dentist cleans and check ups
to reduce the risk of decay because of removal complications (necrosis). I have all my teeth still and every dentist I have ever seen including the orthodontist said i have really good strong teeth.