[Erin524]

Went to the dentist today to get four more amalgam fillings removed. (only two more left to go!)

Two of the four teeth that I had done today were in such bad shape, that I was afraid they wouldnt last till summertime. My dentist shocked heck out of me when she said they were coming apart from the amalgam fillings cracking them, but there was NO INFECTION that she could see in any of the four teeth she did. They were just falling apart.

So hopefully, I wont have a repeat of the exacerbations that I had the last two times I had major dental work done. (and if I do...how happy am I that I have a neuro appointment already scheduled for April 1st)

I feel so much better with newly repaired teeth, and I dont feel so scared that they'll get an infection and set off some horrible MS thing.

Yay!

I am sad that I probably wont be able to use my head as an antenna for my car alarm remote anymore to turn off my car alarm from half a block away.

Just two more amalgam fillings (and one ancient composite filling) to get fixed now, and I'll have mostly healthy teeth again. No more metal in my mouth! yay!

Now I can start saving up my pennies to get the special non-metallic braces to straighten my lower front teeth and then get veneers so that I'll have nice looking teeth again. (this stuff is expensive as heck...might not be able to afford that) At least soon, I wont have any more mercury fillings and wont be so worried that the amalgam might have been causing my MS problems (more likely it was dental infections causing the MS crap)


Everyone, take care of your teeth. All of the medications we take for MS are destructive/damaging to our teeth...(according to my dentist) She's been reading up on MS since I became her patient and she's going to help me keep my mouth as healthy as it can be so it wont be a cause for the MS going wonko on me again. (I'm blaming rampant dental infections for the two big exacerbations I had in 2006)