In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Meeting a friend for lunch to deliver her late birthday present and a couple of other things. So up and out in a bit.
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Six ... I think it would have been better for your mouth if you could have stopped smoking.
But fwiw, where I used to work many decades ago, there was a 40ish, middle class, healthy, good medical and dental care, non-smoking anglo female who was fighting to keep the rest of her teeth with deep-scaling and gum surgery. She did nothing wrong to get such bad jawbones, it seems like she was fated to lose them even under the best care.
Someone I used to work with till I retired had an upper jawbone infection for probably decades before it came to light when a separate abscess was being treated. It took a few months of antibiotics, but it cleared up. There's hope.
Why won't your step-bil do the work? Has it gone past being dental and into medical treatment? I know we discussed this b4, that you couldn't get government dental help, but you could get government medical help. If it's moved into being medical, maybe you could revisit that area?
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Brenda - I'm sorry to hear about your allergies! I know you relate them to going to the store, but perhaps they were set and ready to be sprung with the humid but non-rainy weather. Rain actually does a good job washing allergens out of the air (I've seen the air analysis data myself!), damp ground and humid air does a great job getting mold to sporulate in large numbers, and then for those spores to freely drift through the air.
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Signy, I envy your progress. I wish I had the fortitude to do that level of work myself. But congratulations!!! on your multiple accomplishments to date!
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Brenda - I'm sorry to hear about your allergies! I know you relate them to going to the store, but perhaps they were set and ready to be sprung with the humid but non-rainy weather. Rain actually does a good job washing allergens out of the air (I've seen the air analysis data myself!), damp ground and humid air does a great job getting mold to sporulate in large numbers, and then for those spores to freely drift through the air.
I had thought of that too Kiki. And that is the most likely scenario. They were just waiting for that little push and the cosmetic department was it.
They've settled down again after seeing my friend. Hopefully they will stay that way for the next little while.
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I'm glad for you! I suffer from allergies myself, so I know how dreadful they can be.
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Six ... I think it would have been better for your mouth if you could have stopped smoking.
Probably. I think we're a fair bit beyond that mattering anymore though.
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But fwiw, where I used to work many decades ago, there was a 40ish, middle class, healthy, good medical and dental care, non-smoking anglo female who was fighting to keep the rest of her teeth with deep-scaling and gum surgery. She did nothing wrong to get such bad jawbones, it seems like she was fated to lose them even under the best care.
Though I'm sure my smoking/drinking did me no favors, it is a hereditary condition. My uncle who never smoked and only drank occasionally, socially, lost his first tooth in his mid 30's and had implants in his 40's. He needs a root scaling/planing once a year and visits a dentist 3 other times per year for a cleaning.
The single worst thing I did to myself was not going to a dentist for nearly 20 years straight since I never had any pain or cavities. By the time I knew about what a horror show I had going on under the gums it was only because I damn near pulled a tooth out biting into a hoagie and it's fairly quickly degenerated since then.
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Someone I used to work with till I retired had an upper jawbone infection for probably decades before it came to light when a separate abscess was being treated. It took a few months of antibiotics, but it cleared up. There's hope.
I had anti-biotics after a very pricey scaling/plaining 4 years ago. It will always come back until the teeth are gone. The damage is so advanced and the gums have receded so far that regular maintenance is an impossibility.
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Why won't your step-bil do the work?
I asked myself that many times when they were ignoring me and my step-dad. Always some bullshit about having too much to do in their own lives to get back to me.
Now that they're going to all be living together, I guess they felt that they can't lie to us about it anymore or evade. He says he doesn't want to pull my teeth because "I will hate him" after it's done, and if I'm going to hate somebody for what I want done that I need to find somebody else to do it. Somehow, my parents seem satisfied with this answer all of the sudden and are basically telling me that I'm on my own. It pisses me off so much.
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Has it gone past being dental and into medical treatment?
I don't know exactly where that distinction is made. I'd love to say yes.
When I had the scans done years ago the infections below the gums constantly eating away at the bone were already there. The guy who did the scans said all the way back then he wouldn't be surprised if I felt run down all the time because my body was constantly fighting off infection.
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I know we discussed this b4, that you couldn't get government dental help, but you could get government medical help. If it's moved into being medical, maybe you could revisit that area?
I'd love to. Do you have any ideas how I could investigate this issue?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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"I'd love to. Do you have any ideas how I could investigate this issue?"
The imp in me wants to say - ask your step-bil what it would take to go from being a dental issue to being a medical one. Ask him to provide a diagnosis if he can give you the very worst news. ie "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do for you now. It's gone beyond my scope in dentistry." While that's going on, ask your state agency (sorry, don't know what it is) how you can get assistance for a diagnosed serious medical problem.
Obviously it's not a guarantee to proceed. But if your step-bil won't take care of you, maybe he can still help you out.
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I'm glad for you! I suffer from allergies myself, so I know how dreadful they can be.
After three days of dealing with them it is a relief. I just hope they stay that way for a while.
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