My extreme BB Story, Please take a look.

[entepenuer]

Here is my story. I am a 30 yr. handsome male. I own several successful companies, and I am a workaholic. My extreme BB has secluded me, so I channel all my energy into my career, so that is the only way BB has ever helped me. I work 24/7.

I have extreme chronic BB and I have the best oral hygiene you can imagine. People rub their noses, offer me gum, back-away, or whisper, etc. It's very obvious. I am now a hermit and stay awy from family & friends. I have a bad taste in my mouth most of the time. I have tiny white globs in my mouth a lot. (Is it the skin under my tongue peeling, if so why?) I have been diagnosed with chronic sinusitus. I was not very thorough with my oral hygiene when I was younger.

I am a successfull business man, but I have to conduct business by email, fax, and phone, as my clients wold probably run from
me in person. I am extremely paranoid about talking to anyone in person, I dont even like visiting family, and I am embarrassed to
tell them why. I think that they think I am just happy because I am successfull and don't want to see them. Nothing could be further
from the truth. I am trapped inside of a multi million dollar home. Money does not solve this issue.

I have tried many things, tongue scrapers, 2 sinus surgeries, gargling peroxide, I even had a biopsy done for H. Pylori which came back negative, Mints, gum, tooth paste have temporary/ no effect. I thought about taking my tonsils out even though I can see know tonsil stones. I have been diagnosed with acid reflux disease, and I take pills for my stomch acid. I have an extremely high protien diet. I developed chronic BB about 6 years ago and it has never left!

I have perfect dental health, no cavities, NOTHING. When I first walked into my ENT's offices, the nurses were all over me thinking what a handsome successful guy...then I spoke, and they all giggled for a different reason. They all give me that look when I show up at the ENT office. NO THIS IS NOT IN MY MIND! Kids have asked me why does my breath smell. My spouse swear she smells nothing. YEAH RIGHT

I am open to ANY suggestions, I cannot continue living this way....I would give everything I own for a cure......just to be able to look someone in the eye when you speak to them, to go to a club, or social event, to not be petrified of speaking to people in person.

Does God hate me...how can he bless me with so much, and leave me with this crippling problem?

Help........Help...............help.

Thank you for reading,

J. Wilson

[snoopsister]

J,

I am so sorry man. There is more hope now than ever before. peruse this site and you will be enlightened.

[meowkity1]

i ALSO HAVE SINUSITIS , AND WEVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT MAYBE ITS MOLD FUNGUS IN OUR NOSES. pOSSIBLY CANDIDA INFECTIONS.
i ALWAYS THOUGHT IF i HAD AL LOT OF MONEY i COULD BUY MY WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM, i GUESS THATS NOT TRUE, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE RICH HAVE YOU INVESTED IN SEEING A SPECIALIST. iF I HAD YOUR MONEY i WOULD SEE EVERY SPECIALIST i COULD.

[deebas]

I can totally empathise man, I go through the same stuff every day.

Look on the bright side - At least you have a wife who is willing to pretend that you don't have BB.

[vilenin89]

I see that you haven't really taken much action. There are different causes for an odor, and it is odd that yours is subjective, your wife doesn't notice and my parents don't really either, but it has been objectively confirmed by others. TMAU could cause this.

But since you have tonsil stones, I would definitely get a tonsillectomy, investigate gum health, get a CT scan done to see if there are any sinus blockages or infection that could cause odor. (and you've done sinuses, which have a low, low chance of causing the odor, why not do the tonsillectomy?)

Do you get a PND? What about wisdom teeth? How come you've maintained the high protein diet?

For person so impressed by his personal financial success (Randian-complex maybe , entrepreneur has r's in it) I'd think you'd approach this more logically and pro-actively.

It's not too late though and lucky for you, you have a woman that loves you and a good career. Keep your head up and start going down the check list and see how you can help yourself.

[keepthefaith]

Yes all true, so please take advantage of your stable financial position and donate to this site to help us all move forward in this struggle

[KeepTrying09]

Does God hate me...how can he bless me with so much, and leave me with this crippling problem?

J. Wilson

Don't think like that man. God doesn't hate anybody. I know when we go through times of hardship it's difficult to have faith in God. I've gone through hard times myself. But everything that happens in our lives happens for a reason, and if we keep our faith in God he will see us through the hard times.

You are blessed to be a successful businessman and to have a wife who loves you.

[TIRED]

ente...I too have BB that can kill a small animal and I too have a spouse that says he can't smell it. I think they just get immune to the smell after a while. I too have acid reflux. I have a hiatal hernia. I have post nasal drip as well. I do not suggest getting your tonsils out - I did, and I still have horrible breath. I have no idea whether it is coming from my post nasal drip or from my stomach. I go back and forth all the time. I bought a sinus irrigation kit and it did not help get rid of my pnd, but I like using it because I can rinse the area between my nose and throat with it. Saline drops can do the same and are much cheaper.

The thing is I know people with gerd and/or pnd and they do not have bb. My thought is that we have something else like an enzyme deficiency in the stomach or a bacterial deficiency in the mouth that when combined with pnd or a hiatal hernia create bb. My thought now is that because I have a hiatal hernia and my throat is always open that the gases are leaking out of my throat and so one can smell my rotting food - this is what my breath is like - garbage or sulfer or on many occasions it is mistaken for a poopy diaper - so embarrassing - just devastating really.

I too have become much more recluse than I ever have been. Normally I am a very social person, but I can't take the reactions anymore. I have just come to grips with the fact that I may never make a new friend and that I will just have to enjoy the friends I have and my husband and kids. I am lucky to have even that I know. I hate looking like a snob and not reaching out to others, but it is what it is and I will never stop looking for a cure.

It's normal to wonder why God would allow such an awful condition. All I can think of is that I must have said something shitty in my past life. I am now serving my penance and hopefully in my next life or in my afterlife I will have breath that smells like roses.

When I get together with my family and friends I try to put it in the back of my mind and have a good time. I know they will love me regardless. It helps that most of them know that I know I have bb and am desperately looking for a cure. Once they know this they are no longer critical and are more sympathetic.

Know you are not alone, and let's try and find a cure to end this misery for good!

[Bishop]

It helps that most of them know that I know I have bb and am desperately looking for a cure. Once they know this they are no longer critical and are more sympathetic.

TIRED, I was just about to open a thread about this topic. actually that is why i come on this board today.

I have noticed that when people become away that you are aware of the BB condition they turn to learn to be a little bit accommodating. I have had moment when i have dared to sit my Boss down and let him know I am aware of the problem and that I am working towards solving it but I guess i don't have the balls to do it.

What do you think about letting people you meet daily know you are aware of the problem and that its medical and that you are finding solution to it?