HI Eileen, I am not really down just fed up! my neck gets very hard sometimes and all I do is sleep day & night.But I know tomorrows another day so maybe it will be better,Do you go otu with your husband at all and what does he think of your situation?

Paul

Hi

Paul Yes we go out have been to cardiff this morning for impressions for the horribly expensive implants I wont tell you the cost you will have a fit.Do you take any tablets paul and did you ask what wass the alternative to the treatment i did not but i should have do you still go for checkups and if you enjoy a ciggie well goon and enjoy it I have never smoked how do you manage if only on benefits it cannot be easy.
I dopnt smoke and never have one of the oldie generation who never heard of drugs etc.
I dont know how opur friend [ikeman tolerates his feeding tube it would drive me crackers.
I have had a holiday in Majorca and it was lovely last minute booking I always say Paul you can win the lottery but it means nowt if you have not got health its the most impertoant thing in life

Hi Blitz

Most dentists doing dental implants are members of the ADI

Are you having a fixed bridge (6-8 implants) done or is it an implant retained overdenture (2-4 implants) ? Is it just for the lower jaw or also the upper? You will be able to chew better with dental implant treatment, for sure!

Best wishes
Vinod :coffee: izza:

HI Dr Joshi, I read with interest what you say about implant as I have posted before I am waiying to have all my teeth out but they keep putting it off because of the risk of infection which apparantly is high and can leave you in a mess for life!( what I have read on the Cancer sites are horendous if it all goes wrong )
Should I ask them how much it would cost to put teeth in my lower Jaw to aid my eating which is limilted anyway? I have a denture at the top as lost 4 teeth when I was attacked a long time ago now so I do not suppose they can implant there?
could you please advice.

Paul

Hi Dov

I am going to a very experienced dentist who even lectures to the Univeristy dental hosp. Have 6 implants in lower jaw no problems with healing and will have a set of teeth made to be screwed in. No probelmsmwith healing so mouth is in good condition it was never in bad condition. he always wants to,put a couple in the to but am resisting at meoment no because of expense only its a lon wait in between I wear a dentuire a thenbottom at the moment which does not fit well at all and I cannot eat with it in. so hopefully will solve problem.

PPS Paul

What can go horribly wrong i would like toknow

Oh-oh, are you 100% sure you want to know what could go wrong?

If so so, I'll bet that Paul has been given all the gory details.

I'm out of this discussion as I wasn't able to wear my dentures prior to the op, and as I've said before if I got new dentures now I doubt if I'd be able to talk at all.

So, it's over to you Paul. Let's have the horror story that's been given to you.

Looking forward, with lip-smacking anticipation, to the revelations.

WEll Pikeman, As the surgeon said"""if you get an infection in the jaw it will be difficult to heal if ever"""!
"""The next would be surgery to remove affected jaw"""
the next your coffin awaits BASICALLY thats how I understood it

Oops Paul, I knew I shouldn't have asked.

But at least alternatives were offered.

So being insatiably curious (i.e. nosey) I await further developements

what can I say :banghead:

Paul

Hello All. I find myself in this forum because my Dad has recently been diagnosed with throat cancer, so I'm searching for tips on a menu. He's stuggling to eat or drink much at present. The lump is too big to currently operate on, so he has to have chemo or radio or both, we're waiting to find out which. Anyway to my point of posting here.

For very obviously reasons people feel down. I have no idea what people here know and don't know about computers and the net.

But if you want to try to take your mind off immediate problems for a while and chat to strangers.

You can try some of the chat programs that are available for free download. I met my ex-girlfriend using ICQ (ICQ.com), AOL and others also allow you to download a chat program.

Yes, I did say """Ex""", but we did last for 3 1/2 years. So it wasn't all bad, of course if you don't want a relationship you can always just find people to talk with regularly and add them to your buddy list. So you can socialise that way too and it saves the walk home afterwards!

Pikman, You taking the Mickey

Paul

Hey Blitz
How did the dental implant treatment turn out. I hope you are eating better now.
Best wishes
Vinod

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