My Wife's Full Mouth Teeth Extraction

Mary Stetler said:
I don't take those pain relievers or tylenol since I found out the damage they do to the kidneys and liver. I think I destroyed them back in my youth already. But I have a pretty high pain threshold. I would prefer a form of oxy but that is not as easy to get as aspirin which can also cause bleeding.
I am angry with how the medical community handles pain, in general, these days. A friend went in for bad pain and they basically threw him out of the ER. He has had surgeries and metal in his spine but he is young (50) and handsome with some tatoos so they figured he was an addict. Did not even check for surgical scars or give an xray. Just threw him out. He was crying.
Another man I knew worked at a pain center with crippling arthritis. They knew him and would not help him either.
No wonder people try fentanyl.
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There is more to these two stories.
 
The soft food she liked most at the hospital was their mashed potatoes and brown gravy, the juice in their Chicken & Noodle soup and vanilla shakes. As for the Tylenol and the Ibuprofen, it's a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" type thing. Tylenol is/can be bad for the liver and Ibuprofen is/can be bad for the kidneys.

When I was in the hospital, same hospital she was in, in April 2023, my hospital doctor asked me what I was taking for my shoulder pain (from rotator cuff surgery on each shoulder). I told him that my VA doctor had prescribed me 800mg Ibuprofen. He told me instantly, "stop using Ibuprofen!".

Anyway, the GI Department came and got her at 9AM last Thursday for her upper endoscopy. She was gone from her room for three hours. When she came back, we both got teary eyed seeing each other. I looked on her hospital portal and it stated that she was scheduled to be released on Friday and her hospital doctor confirmed that on Friday morning. We were both so, so happy! An RN came to her room around 3PM Friday and explained her medications to take when she is at home. Hospital Transport came at 4PM, with a wheelchair to get her. They stopped at the hospital pharmacy to get three medications and I pulled the Durango around in front of the entrance.

She was so, so happy that night to be able to sleep in her own bed.

She was prescribed a medication, to be taken at noon and then at bedtime for 30 days, for her ulcer. After that, taken once daily. Also given a pain medicine that she can take when her gums hurt (basically, in the middle of the night. And, a new blood pressure medication. Guess the doctor doesn't like the Losartan she was taking. Obviously, no more Ibuprofen. Ice pack only. They also had her stop taking her Gingko Binola supplement.

She sees her dentist on Tuesday AM and her PCP on Thursday. Her hospital doctor gave her a letter to cover her absence from work, which also included a "return to work" this coming Monday.

She has gotten very, very tired of eating soft foods, like yogurt, pudding and jello..............but, that's the only thing she can eat for now.
 
Shirley Martin said:
I know you are glad that's over Cody.

She needs protein. Can you shred some kind of meat it the blender so all she has to do is swallow it?
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I bought her two different flavors of protein shakes and she mixes the one (vanilla) into some McDonalds vanilla shake. She liked that. Today I will make some homemade mashed potatoes for her and myself. She loved the mashed potatoes and brown gravy at the hospital, but don't like the Instant kind we bought at the store. She will also try some scrambled eggs again. Last time I made some, she simply couldn't eat them. Thing is, that time was just a couple of days after the surgery. She will also try some jello and applesauce.

We had an appointment at the dentist this morning (Tuesday 13th) to have her temporary upper and lower plates ground down some to fit her gums better. The Dental Asst. that did it, told us her gums are coming right along with healing. The Asst. put some kind of paste in the gum area of each plate to help them fit better. No more putting her temporary plates in water or dental plates cleaner at night. She will simply take them out and put them into the container the dental office gave her. She will have to have the dental plates resurfaced every month or so. Her mouth should be ready for either permanent plates (screw-in type), if her gum bones can handle that, or permanent dentures (put in/take out) by next April.

Right now we are simply concentrating on what she can eat (tolerate) and what she can not (for awhile longer).
 
Cody Fousnough said:
I bought her two different flavors of protein shakes and she mixes the one (vanilla) into some McDonalds vanilla shake. She liked that. Today I will make some homemade mashed potatoes for her and myself. She loved the mashed potatoes and brown gravy at the hospital, but don't like the Instant kind we bought at the store. She will also try some scrambled eggs again. Last time I made some, she simply couldn't eat them. Thing is, that time was just a couple of days after the surgery. She will also try some jello and applesauce.

We had an appointment at the dentist this morning (Tuesday 13th) to have her temporary upper and lower plates ground down some to fit her gums better. The Dental Asst. that did it, told us her gums are coming right along with healing. The Asst. put some kind of paste in the gum area of each plate to help them fit better. No more putting her temporary plates in water or dental plates cleaner at night. She will simply take them out and put them into the container the dental office gave her. She will have to have the dental plates resurfaced every month or so. Her mouth should be ready for either permanent plates (screw-in type), if her gum bones can handle that, or permanent dentures (put in/take out) by next April.

Right now we are simply concentrating on what she can eat (tolerate) and what she can not (for awhile longer).
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Cody, I hope they told her to NOT use a straw with drinks.
 
Cody Fousnough said:
The soft food she liked most at the hospital was their mashed potatoes and brown gravy, the juice in their Chicken & Noodle soup and vanilla shakes. As for the Tylenol and the Ibuprofen, it's a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" type thing. Tylenol is/can be bad for the liver and Ibuprofen is/can be bad for the kidneys.

When I was in the hospital, same hospital she was in, in April 2023, my hospital doctor asked me what I was taking for my shoulder pain (from rotator cuff surgery on each shoulder). I told him that my VA doctor had prescribed me 800mg Ibuprofen. He told me instantly, "stop using Ibuprofen!".

Anyway, the GI Department came and got her at 9AM last Thursday for her upper endoscopy. She was gone from her room for three hours. When she came back, we both got teary eyed seeing each other. I looked on her hospital portal and it stated that she was scheduled to be released on Friday and her hospital doctor confirmed that on Friday morning. We were both so, so happy! An RN came to her room around 3PM Friday and explained her medications to take when she is at home. Hospital Transport came at 4PM, with a wheelchair to get her. They stopped at the hospital pharmacy to get three medications and I pulled the Durango around in front of the entrance.

She was so, so happy that night to be able to sleep in her own bed.

She was prescribed a medication, to be taken at noon and then at bedtime for 30 days, for her ulcer. After that, taken once daily. Also given a pain medicine that she can take when her gums hurt (basically, in the middle of the night. And, a new blood pressure medication. Guess the doctor doesn't like the Losartan she was taking. Obviously, no more Ibuprofen. Ice pack only. They also had her stop taking her Gingko Binola supplement.

She sees her dentist on Tuesday AM and her PCP on Thursday. Her hospital doctor gave her a letter to cover her absence from work, which also included a "return to work" this coming Monday.

She has gotten very, very tired of eating soft foods, like yogurt, pudding and jello..............but, that's the only thing she can eat for now.
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Long ago I worked somewhere and made the food from regular meals by throwing foods in a blender. Beef, potatoes, carrots, beans...blend. Put the rest in icecube trays for later to thaw. Certainly she can handle lightly scrambled eggs?
 
Cody Fousnough said:
I bought her two different flavors of protein shakes and she mixes the one (vanilla) into some McDonalds vanilla shake. She liked that. Today I will make some homemade mashed potatoes for her and myself. She loved the mashed potatoes and brown gravy at the hospital, but don't like the Instant kind we bought at the store. She will also try some scrambled eggs again. Last time I made some, she simply couldn't eat them. Thing is, that time was just a couple of days after the surgery. She will also try some jello and applesauce.

We had an appointment at the dentist this morning (Tuesday 13th) to have her temporary upper and lower plates ground down some to fit her gums better. The Dental Asst. that did it, told us her gums are coming right along with healing. The Asst. put some kind of paste in the gum area of each plate to help them fit better. No more putting her temporary plates in water or dental plates cleaner at night. She will simply take them out and put them into the container the dental office gave her. She will have to have the dental plates resurfaced every month or so. Her mouth should be ready for either permanent plates (screw-in type), if her gum bones can handle that, or permanent dentures (put in/take out) by next April.

Right now we are simply concentrating on what she can eat (tolerate) and what she can not (for awhile longer).
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Add some cream to the eggs and beat them in a small bowl then fry them over medium heat. Softer, some additional calories.
 
Tony Nathanson said:
I hope they also told her two other things:
When rinsing the mouth, no swishing; let water flow out. Important for clot to form.
Salt in warm water rinse several times/day. Salt is a very effective natural antibiotic.
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She was given a Prescription Rinse that she does twice a day. Once in the morning, and has to wait an hour to eat, and once at night before bedtime. Both times her temporary plates are in a cup. The Rinse is for her gums. She was told yesterday, by the Dental Asst., that she only has to use the Rinse one more week. We weren't told a thing about "salt water rinse", probably because she was given the Prescription Rinse.
 
Mary Stetler said:
Long ago I worked somewhere and made the food from regular meals by throwing foods in a blender. Beef, potatoes, carrots, beans...blend. Put the rest in icecube trays for later to thaw. Certainly she can handle lightly scrambled eggs?
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Sorry, she isn't a big fan of eggs. Only time she eats scrambled eggs is when I make them for her and she puts them on toast. She will probably try some scrambled eggs next week, but, currently, can't eat any toast.
Beth Gallagher said:
Cody, I hope they told her to NOT use a straw with drinks.
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They told her. However, yesterday, after seeing the Dental Asst. to have her temporary dentures reformed (ground with a small electric hand grinder), to fit her gums better, she was told that she could start using a straw next week. She was also told, beginning next week, that she could drink some Starbucks Cold Coffee/Mocha. However, I did say "some".

Anyway, please remember folks, the only time she doesn't have her temporary dentures in is when she goes to bed at night and an hour after she does her Prescription Rinse in the morning. She puts her temporary dentures back in for the rest of the day one hour after her morning Prescription Rinse.

Currently, everything she eats, she eats with a teaspoon (pudding, yogurt, beef broth, chicken broth, jello and cream of tomato soup.
 
A few last things here:
The Dental Asst. told us that her gums are healing fine. The Dental Asst. also took out two stitches she had on her front/lower gum.

Yesterday afternoon, I made some homemade mashed potatoes for her. She had some, with some store-bought Brown Gravy, and absolutely loved the mashed potatoes that I had made. She told me "I thought the hospital's mashed potatoes were good, but yours are great." She had those mashed potatoes/gravy and little vanilla yogurt and a juice glass of a mixture of a Culvers (restaurant) vanilla shake and some Premier Protein Vanilla Shake.

As I write this, she is in our spare bedroom working away at her job on the Company computer. Tomorrow, she sees her PCP concerning her hospital stay.
 
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