SO, I WENT TO WORK AND I BRUSHED AND FLOSSED REALLY WELL BEFORE AND DURING WORK. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I GOT TO WORK. PEOPLE RAN FROM ME.EXAMPLE- EVERYONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO CARE FOR ME TOLD ME I DID NOT HAVE BAD BREATH. ONLY TO TALK TO SOMEONE AFTERWARDS AND THE PERSON JUMP 2 FEET BACK.
EXAMPLE- AFTER MONTHS OF CRYING AND TELLING MY MOTHER HOW PEOPLE TREAT ME. HOW HER(OUR) FAMILY TREAT ME . I TOLD HER I AM GOING TO ANOTHER ENT AND IF HE DOES NOT HELP ME I WILL NOT LIVE ANOTHER YEAR IN THIS HELL. I MEANT THIS WITH ALL OF MY HEART. I TOLD HER THIS IN THE CAR AND I STOPPED CRYING WHEN I SAID IT. SHE KNEW I WAS TELLING HER THE TRUTH. ANYWAY, WHEN WE GOT TO HER HOUSE, I LAID DOWN ON A BED AND DID NOT MOVE. SHE CAME IN AND ACTUALLY LAID ON TOP OF ME AND RAN HER NOSE CLOSE TO MY FACE. MY MOUTH WAS CLOSED. SHE SNIFFED AND LOOKED CONFUSED. SHE SAID SHE DID SMELL IT BUT IT WAS COMING FROM MY NOSE. I ASKED HER FROM A SCALE FROM 1-10, WHAT WAS THE INTENSITY? SHE SAID AN 8.
MENTAL RELIEF- MY MOTHER REALIZED THAT TELLING ME THE TRUTH DID NOT HURT MY FEELINGS. IN FACT, IT GAVE ME A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. YES, I HAVE NASAL AND SOMEWHAT MOUTH BAD BREATH. FINALLY, SOMEONE TOLD THE TRUTH.
SO, WITH THE TRUTH NOW COMES THE SOLVING OF THE PROBLEM(HOPEFULLY) WITH HER HELP.
I WENT TO THE ENT AND HE OF COURSE DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING. BUT I HAD WITH ME A SECRET WEAPON: someone who had suffered with bb as well.
MY MOTHER NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO TO HELP ME WENT TO A PREACHER FRIEND OF HERS AND EXPLAINED MY SITUATION. THE FRIEND TOLD HER SHE SUFFERED FROM THE SAME PROBLEM AND WENT TO AN ENT THAT HELPED HER. SO, JUST BY CHANCE, I HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE SAME ENT. SHE DROVE ALL THE WAY TO SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO STAND WITH ME. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD TAKE MY TONSILS AND ADENOIDS OUT. HE SAID THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE CURED SOME ARE NOT BUT HE WOULD DO WHAT HE CAN. AND IF THIS DOES NOT WORK, HE WILL SEE IF IT WAS MY SINUS. I HAD A CAT SCAN DONE. IT WAS NORMAL.
THE WEEK BEFORE MY PROCEDURE, I HAD TO SEE HIM. HE AGAIN TOLD ME IT MAY CURE ME AND IT MAY NOT. I HAD MY MOTHER THERE AND SHE TOLD HIM IT CAME MOSTLY FROM MY NOSE.
THE PROCEDURE WAS DONE ON 0CT 15. HE SENT ME HOME without ANTIBIOTICS. AT FIRST, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BUT IN HIND SIGHT, I THINK THAT WAS WISE. I WOULD NOT GET A FALSE SENSE OF BEING CURED. SO, I HAD ONLY MY PAIN MEDS.
NOW, I HAVE A NEW JOB. I START ON DEC 10.
MY MOTHER KNEW HOW THE SMELL WAS BEFORE AND AFTER..
SHE SAYS THAT SHE DOES NOT SMELL ANYTHING OUT OF MY NOSE ANYMORE. THE FIRST FEW WEEKS WERE TOUCH AND GO. SOMETIMES SHE SMELLED AN ODOR SOMETIMES NOT.
NOW, SHE SAYS I DO HAVE MORNING BREATH BUT IT IS NORMAL NOT LIKE BEFORE. DURING THE DAY, I WOULD BLOW MY BREATH IN HER FACE AND SHE WILL TELL ME YEA OR NEA. LIKE ONE TIME WE ATE KOREAN FOOD. AND SHE SAID OHH YES SISTER GIRL YOU ARE RIPE. THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD. THE TRUTH. I WENT AND BRUSHED/FLOSSED AND DID THE SAME THING TO HER. SHE SAID SHE DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING.
NOW, ABOUT THE JOB. THIS WILL BE MY TEST. CO WORKERS WILL NOT BE SHY IN LETTING ME KNOW MY BREATH STANK. YOU KNOW THE SIGNS: AVOIDING ME, OFFERING ME GUM ALL THE TIME, TALKING ABOUT THE DENTIST, JUMPING 2-3 FEET BACK, MOVING HEAD WAY BACK, TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE THEY KNOW WITH BAD BREATH, ETC. MY MOTHER DOES NOT WANT ME TO GET PARANOID ABOUT IMAGINED SIGNS. SO, CAN ANYONE GIVE ME YOUR TAKE ON TRUE SIGNS VS IMAGINED SIGNS
MY SYMPTOMS VS NOW:
24/7 BAD TASTE IN MOUTH EVEN AFTER BRUSHING/FLOSSING VS FRESH TASTE AFTER BRUSING(BAD TASTE ONLY IF I HAD NOT BRUSHED IN A COUPLE OF HOURS,CLEARS UP AFTER BRUSHING) that being said. people with normal breath have bad breath throughout the day as well. i think to want fresh breath all day is far fitched. no one has good breath all the time. i think what we want is to have bad breath like everyone else.
COULD NOT SMELL BAD BREATH IN THE MORNING/ANYTIME VS SMELL A LITTLE ODOR IN THE MORNING BUT AFTER BRUSHING, NO SMELL--basically i can smell my breath now
SEVERE WHITE TONGUE VS STAYS PINK LONGER, LESS WHITE
note: my mother tongue is never pink. it stays off white and if she eats, it is white yellow. so a little white is okay.
NASAL ODOR VS NO NASAL ODOR(on testimony from mother)
SNEEZE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN VS SNEEZE EVERYDAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY.
NO MUCUS VS MUCUS FLOWING FREELY(i think this is important with adenoids. i think my sinuses drained properly but the adenoids blocked the flow from draining down my throat. i never, never had to clear my throat. i noticed everyone in my family cleared their throat in the morning and periodically through out the day. i never did. now, i do clear my throat slightly. mind you, i do not hack up blobs.
MY MOUTH IS LESS DRY IN THE MORNING UPON WAKING.
I BELIEVE THE DOCTOR KNEW IT WAS PROBABLY MY ADENOIDS OVER MY TONSILS, SO HE SCRAPPED BACK THERE VERY WELL.
EVEN NOW, SOMETIMES WHEN I YAWN HARD, I FEEL A LITTLE TIGHT DISCOMFORT WHERE MY ADENOIDS WERE.
I AM TELLING YOU HE SCRAPPED WELL BECAUSE HERE ARE THE DRAWBACKS WITH MY ADENOIDS NOT BEING THERE:
1. I SNEEZE ALOT. I MEAN ALOT
2. I COUGH A LOT AND THE REASON I COUGH ALOT IS THAT WHEN I DRINK, THE FLUID GOES SLIGHTLY UP MY NOSE IN THE BACK. THIS CAUSES A NATURAL REFLEX TO COUGH. NOTHING SHOULD BE ENTERING BACK THERE.
3. I USED TO EAT AND DRANK FAST. IF I EAT FAST NOW, I FEEL THE FOOD TEXTURE BACK THERE AND IT IS BUGS THE HELL OUT OF ME. SO, NOW I HAVE TO REMEBER TO EAT SLOW, SO THE FOOD AND FLUID GO DOWN CORRECTLY
4. I DO NOT LOVE JALEPENOS PEPPERS BUT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN I LIKE TO HAVE ONE. WELL, I CAN NOT EAT THEM ANYMORE. THE HEAT FROM THE PEPPER INSTEAD OF BEING CONCENTRATED IN MY MOUTH AND SLIGHTLY IN MY NOSE IS NOW CONCENTRATED ENTIRELY IN MY NOSE. I WAS IN TEARS AND PAIN. THIS NEVER HAPPENDED BEFORE.
MIND YOU, THE DRAWBACKS I THINK ARE WORTH IT IF MY BAD BREATH IS CURED AND I DARE SAY HELPED DUE TO MY ADENOIDS AND TONSILS BEING REMOVED.
ALSO, MEOWKITY, I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR POSTS BECAUSE YOU HAD BOTH YOUR ADENOIDS AND TONSILS REMOVED. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU WERE NOT CURED. YOUR FAMILY SNEEZING TO ME IS NOT A GREAT SIGN. NO ONE EVER SNEEZED AROUND ME, BUT PEOPLE HAVE COUGHED.
true signs vs imagined signs? that is the million dollar question.
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