Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

so i personally believe one can never be cured of bb. i just think you can go from being a chronic halitosis case, to an occasional case. and that's where i am.

i had a tonsillectomy at the beginning of the month, and now a few weeks later (been off antibiotics for over a week) everything has changed. i don't have a bad taste in my mouth anymore. i don't feel like i have to hide my breath when i talk and the people i've confided in about my problem tell me that they don't smell anything when i'm around/talk to them.

my oral health regimen is different. i stopped using anti-halitosis products (pre-surgery and post) because i don't believe in them at all. they've cause more problems in the long run because they select for very bad bacteria in your mouth. as a ten year sufferer i'm very sure of this. i brush with colgate baking soda/peroxide whitening toothpaste. then i gargle briefly with hydrogen peroxide and brush my tongue with a tongue brush, rinse, and that's it. i also floss once/twice a day.

i'm really looking forward to moving on with my life. this has been incredibly damaging emotionally and psychologically. i hope that all of you find your answer. i'll be praying for you daily, because i know how hard this is. i can't even count the nights i've cried over this problem. i probably have spent 90% of this ten year battle thinking/worrying/crying/being depressed about having bb and now i feel like i can rest.

best,

sweets

congrats sweets. all the best to you...

wow, congratulations sweets.. i hope you have a very happy life being bb free!

Please stop in occasionally!

That is great! You are lucky! Now get back to living a normal life. I hope I will have a chance someday to live like a normal human being was meant to live.

Yeah, stop by everynow and then. Don't just leave your stink friends in the dust! LOL

sweets07 wrote:so i personally believe one can never be cured of bb. i just think you can go from being a chronic halitosis case, to an occasional case. and that's where i am.

I agree, my goal is to at least make sure my breath isn't offensive, so I don't really have to worry about sayin somethin. In other words I want to be where you are now.

no i won't forget about u guys! i worry about u all a lot actually. i will never forget what it's like to go thru living with chronic bb. it still haunts me. it's still second nature for me to hold my breath when someone walks by or sits next to me. i cry just thinking about how hard it's been trying to have relationships with people all these years, and now i've been given a second chance at all this. i want all of u to experience relief too.

i remember one night i had a break down about my bb, which was typical for me every other week or so. i grabbed my bible which i hadn't read in a while and i asked God to show me something because i couldn't take it anymore. i knew that everything in life happened for a reason and i wanted to know why this was happening. i opened my bible randomly and read two things: 1) judge not lest you be judged and 2) ask and you will receive.

i understood the second thing i read very well and prayed aloud for God to heal me, but i didn't understand the first thing i read. by the end of the next day it was clear to me. i spent all my time worrying about my breath and probably offending many people, but i was still judging other people for their issues, including odor problems. needless to say, it was a big wake up call for me.

i go to the doctor next weekend so i'll let you all know what he says about my surgery. i know nothing about it at this point. i'm starting to think i did have my adenoids removed after all, but i'll find out for sure when i go to my follow up appointment.

so all we have to do is ask god to take away our bb....fantastic

which god would that be??

austuser wrote:so all we have to do is ask god to take away our bb....fantastic

which god would that be??

lol, i don't know. just reach out to God and see what happens.

as bad as my breath was (used to smell like sewage, then feces, then dead fish, the list goes on), this was definitely an act of God. the fact that i have an insurance plan that lets me go to a specialist at my own request, and that the first ent i saw was understanding and immediately suggested a tonsilectomy without me asking, i don't know. it seems like someone's been looking out for me recently.