#youngdentures

Apologies for the long leave of absence. But since my procedure, the end of July, things have gotten better. 

Never did I believe that I could live a normal life after getting dentures at such a young age. I thought no one could ever love someone my age who has dentures. Not to mention that I am a plus size girl, so that was always another factor dialed against me. I never thought I could eat my favorite foods, get a normal job, or anything of the like. 

But I was Wrong..... 

Since the procedure something amazing happened. Life became more normal. 

I met a wonderful guy and we are dating 

I got a job, my first since graduating college with my Bachelors in may, and it’s in my field! 

I’ve been able to work with horses more and more, a huge passion of mine. 

There are still days that are hard. Since the shrinkage of my gums, my temporary dentures have become too big. I honestly haden’t even noticed until adhesives became less and less effective. I tried all kinds of pastes for the same results. (I looked for the powder but none of the small stores in my area carried it). Finally after developing a sore, I found an adhesive to hold me over until I get into the dentist. 

All in all things have gotten much better. I can eat my favorite foods with ease. I can even eat chips! And whenever i mention my false teeth, i’m told that people couldn’t even tell they were false. 

Keep your chin up! It gets better! 

Yesterday was a bad day. A very very Bad day. 

One of my cousins graduation parties was yesterday. I felt really confident that I could go. I felt good, I was able to eat breakfast, I was feeling pretty happy. 

All was well until I actually got there and tried eating, and saw all my family. They asked how I was doing and I told them okay, in a lot of pain still but I was managing. They responded with “Oh you’ll be fine“ 

None of those who said this have ever had false teeth, or full upper and lower dentures. And None of them have had their entire mouth full of teeth removed on one day with immediate dentures put in the same day. It’s been a real struggle. 

That was manageable until I tried to eat. There were Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Salads, etc. The normal variety of things one would see at a outdoor party in the summer. I was determined that I would be able to eat something there. That I would be able to finally feel full for the first time in a week. I was wrong. 

I tried to cut my hot dog into tiny enough pieces for me to chew, but I still had trouble and it caused an immense amount of pain. I got frustrated and shoved my plate away. I sat there for several minutes fighting back tears before asking my mom to go to the bathroom with me. Before leaving for the bathroom several relatives passed me by saying “You’ll be okay” “It’s fine” “It will get better i’m sure” 

This only frustrated me more since I knew none of them could relate. When I left for the bathroom i locked myself and mom in the largest stall and just broke down and cried. I couldn’t eat, I was in pain, everything seemed so miserable. I knew my mom couldn’t help and couldn’t understand the mixture of emotions I have been going through, but she hugged me and told me it was okay, it was okay to cry. I don’t care if it makes me a baby to need my mom still. She is the most caring and kind person I know. I am sensitive and I cry easily.

I returned to the party and felt a bit better. I took my pain medication and tried for the remainder of the party to eat. 3 hours of trying to finish a meal without success. But still I remained optimistic until my mouth got extremely sore to where it was unbearable. And for some reason we still couldn’t leave. So i went into the truck and laid down until we finally left. 

When we returned home I removed the dentures and rinsed them off before putting them back in. That helped quite a bit until I took them out that night and saw the holes in my mouth. I started panicking. Did I really have dry socket in all my teeth? I was trying to hard to live a normal live, or at least try to return to normal that I may have neglected what the dentist told me to a point. I thought I had waited enough time to try a little bit harder things. 

Did the suction from the top dentures remove the clots that had formed? I am still in quite a bit of pain. I was freaking out. I kept the dentures out and laid in bed thinking, as well as looking up signs and symptoms of dry socket, all of which seem to fit me. I can’t call the dentist till tomorrow and I only have 2 pain killers left, though the only thing that helps when my teeth are out is Ibuprofen. 

Hopefully today is better, but once again it seems like there is no hope on the horizon this time.