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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/17/2008 7:18:42 PM   
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I don't know what stella would say, but I'd think twice a day (instead of your mouthwash).

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/17/2008 8:08:28 PM   
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Okay. Morning and evening sounds good. I did do it this morning, and since I have no breaks in my tongue right now, it was no big deal.

Thank you!

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/17/2008 8:23:50 PM   
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I concur that twice is fine. I promise it won't hurt you. If you had your tongue pierced I would tell you rinse every time you ate or smoked, and that's a lot more than twice!

(Not that you smoke or eat a lot, I'm just sayin'...)

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/17/2008 8:28:32 PM   
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!!!

And I don't have a tongue piercing either. I did bite into my tongue as a child, trying to go up the stairs while walking on my hands -- does that count?

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/17/2008 10:47:29 PM   
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Ouch. Biting your tongue hurts worse than getting it pierced. Promise.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/17/2008 11:32:41 PM   
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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/18/2008 5:04:16 PM   
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Abiyah, my mother (age 76) has constant trouble with her tongue since having sinus surgery. They dx'd Geographic Tongue and gave her mouthwash that cost $79.00 WITH insurance. She also has the cracks, etc. One doctor mentioned Vit. B and another said allergy to the metals and linings used in her mouth.

You know, I used that nighttime Crest and remember a sweet taste at night. I used it only at bedtime. Too expensive right now.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/18/2008 7:20:37 PM   
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Crest is the devil.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/18/2008 10:40:48 PM   
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Well, I haven't had sinus surgery. I wonder why they think that caused it?

It is interesting to me, too, that she was told the vitamin Bs. I have to admit: no doctor told me that. I was having a hard time with my allergies, because I am allergic to three common foods I enjoy and didn't want to give up, especially since they only bothered me at times, and there was no warning when they would bother me. The foods are mainly some tomatoes, some walnuts, and some bananas. Upon eating one tomato while out of town, I came within one minute from going to the emergency room in Centralia, WA, when I suddenly could tell I was improving.

In frustration, I prayed about wanting relief, and right after the prayer, vitamin Bs could not have been more vivid to me in my thoughts if the words had dropped out of the ceiling, in flashing red lights, right in my lap. I thought I was just being weird but bought some anyway, and there was a marked improvement within less than 36 hours. Then, I knew I wasn't nuts. And as long as I take the Bs every third day or so, I have no problems, but the cracks seem to be permanent. They only break open if I forget the Bs.

Now, about the Crest. Stella, when I was a dental assistant, we really pushed Crest. What do you know that I don't know. And if you need to PM it, to be safe, please PM it.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/18/2008 10:59:35 PM   
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Oh...I was mostly being melodramatic.

I've used Crest toothpaste my entire life and I haven't had a cavity since age 12, so it must work pretty well. But the mouth rinse...I think it's just too strong. There were the problems I had with it and I've read about other problems online: claims that it stains teeth, numbs your mouth and alters taste. That sort of thing makes me wary of their mouth rinses.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 5:33:17 AM   
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I did read the other day (though I'm trying to recall exactly where) that even just rinsing your mouth out with water (as a mouthwash) helped.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 7:27:35 AM   
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Abiyah, Mother had (elective surgery) a sinus lift. She had cadavar bone implanted alongside marrow from her hip and in her third surgery, they put in cadavar tissue on the roof of her mouth. She has a metal plate and metal mesh plus metal pins to hold in her false teeth (permanent now). They'd used a rubber liner on her old teeth while waiting for her to heal and her face and throat swelled up. That's when all this tongue problem started.

She's been going through this for well over a year with many more months to go. Any doctor who'd agree to do such major elective surgery on a woman almost 80 years old is questionable to me! Mother is down to a little over 100 lbs.

I LOVE Crest. It's the only toothpaste that keeps my teeth feeling clean.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 11:39:37 AM   
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Abiyah, Mother had (elective surgery) a sinus lift. She had cadavar bone implanted alongside marrow from her hip and in her third surgery, they put in cadavar tissue on the roof of her mouth. She has a metal plate and metal mesh plus metal pins to hold in her false teeth (permanent now). They'd used a rubber liner on her old teeth while waiting for her to heal and her face and throat swelled up. That's when all this tongue problem started.


That sounds like a latex allergy. I hope they get all that straightened out soon! I'll pray for your mom.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 4:32:25 PM   
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Oh...I was mostly being melodramatic.

I've used Crest toothpaste my entire life and I haven't had a cavity since age 12, so it must work pretty well. But the mouth rinse...I think it's just too strong. There were the problems I had with it and I've read about other problems online: claims that it stains teeth, numbs your mouth and alters taste. That sort of thing makes me wary of their mouth rinses.

Oddly, I have never used these mouth washes full strength -- I always added them to water, about 1 part mouth wash to 10 parts warm water, then used them in my gum irrigator. If they are effecting me while that weakened, that will be amazing. Wow.

Agapetos, since being told about this, I am using just water in my gum irrigator, and it's not so bad. I am doing the salt water before using it but thinking about using it afterward. I don't know if that will make a difference.

Wow, Diane. That reads like major surgery! That's one gutsy woman.

The foods I mentioned do the same thing to me. Often, my tongue would swell so badly that I could not talk without biting it. It was bad. Worse, sometimes I would get those foods without even knowing it -- especially the walnuts.

As Stella wrote, that sounds like a latex allergy. In fact, I react so similarly that at first, I was told I had that, but I don't.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 5:25:40 PM   
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Abiyah ~ I went into my health shop today and picked up some Himalayan salt (combination of having a voucher, I needed some more salt and curiousity ) to see what it was like. Talked to the shop owner for a bit about the benefits and using it as a mouthwash. He said he thought it would work well as a mouthwash and some people actually drank a solution because of the benefits.

Naturally, when I got home, I had to taste it (neat) to see if it tasted different to regular sea salt. And you know, it does!

I'm not sure that I fancy drinking salt water (it's called sole) every day though, but it may be worth you looking into for a mouth wash.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 5:46:10 PM   
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I wouldn't dare drink it, though. Because of the PBC and diabetes, I have to watch my blood pressure.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 5:54:56 PM   
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Abiyah, I don't blame ya. I would look into it a lot before even using it as a mouth wash given your health problems without doing a lot of research first. I'm only going to use it as salt though and when it's gone, then I'll decide whether to keep using or switch back to sea salt. I do think it tastes different though.

I had an abscess a couple of years back and I think I'd be inclined to get some of the chunks to use in the bath if I got another (would depend on finances though). Maybe if I got another mouth abscess

I shudder at the thought of drinking it though .

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 6:02:39 PM   
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I've used salt water many times for hygienic and healing reasons. It does help keep your breath fresh.

I would not be drinking it due to high blood pressure though.
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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 6:14:29 PM   
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My BP would be *helped* by drinking it, as it's low!

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 6:40:03 PM   
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Mine is low, too, and I'm trying to keep it here. Is that a problem, Manda? My children are like that, too.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 6:40:39 PM   
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Mine used to run low, now it runs high.
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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 6:41:35 PM   
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Mine fluctuates. It's such fun for my doctor and me to guess what it's going to be

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 9:14:00 PM   
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quote:

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Mine is low, too, and I'm trying to keep it here. Is that a problem, Manda? My children are like that, too.



Oh! I thought you meant you wouldn't drink the salt water because it would raise your blood pressure (ie because it was high!)

Never mind!

Low blood pressure can "protect" you from a lot of things - but it can be a nuisance if it makes you feel dizzy, weak, fatigued etc.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/19/2008 10:41:28 PM   
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Oh! Okay. Some people may think I'm dizzy , but I'm not.

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RE: Strange -- everything tastes sweet - 7/20/2008 6:34:21 PM   
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Some people may think I'm dizzy
Oh, I know that!

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