try switching to a SLS free toothpaste
What's SLS?
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Jon B. - Dec 18, 2002 8:15:04 pm PST #721 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Elena - Dec 18, 2002 8:16:05 pm PST #722 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
sodum laurel sulfate. It's a common surfactant, but some people with chronic canker sores improve when they switch.
Jon B. - Dec 18, 2002 8:21:25 pm PST #723 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks Elena.
I've been taking L-Lysene tablets once a day, for years, which seem to help. Also, my doctor gave me a mild steroid ointment which I apply if one starts to appear. I top off the ointment with Kanka, which I like because it relieves the pain *and* acts as a liquid bandage even inside the mouth.
Elena - Dec 18, 2002 8:37:23 pm PST #724 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Betnesol pellets, if you have them in the US, are good, too, if there is considerable inflammation. Also, there is an ulcer medication, Sulcrate, that can be dissolved in water and used as a mouth rinse. It adheres to open mucous membranes (to raw meat, is how it was taught to us) and protects it and allows it to heal.
Megan E. - Dec 19, 2002 5:54:51 am PST #725 of 6793
Elena, I'll take 6 postcards, or 4, depending on how many you have.
Elena - Dec 19, 2002 11:39:08 am PST #726 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
I have two made, and can easily make you four more when I get to work on Friday. I'm there at 7pm. See you shortly thereafter.
Megan E. - Dec 20, 2002 5:39:42 am PST #727 of 6793
Going to ENT in an hour. I'm more nervous this time than I was last time because I'm concerned about the relapse I've had. Will post more later.
B. and I are going to the 4:00 viewing of TTT... will go to see Elena right after. Elena, 2 postcards is fine!
Megan E. - Dec 20, 2002 8:24:57 am PST #728 of 6793
At 1:00 today I am going to have cortisone injections up my nose. This should last longer than the prednisone did. I can't tell you how excited I am to get a needle in my sinus. Whoopie.
Sue - Dec 20, 2002 8:32:46 am PST #729 of 6793
hip deep in pie
(((((((Megan)))))))))
Close your eyes before he even brings out the needle.
Was there any discussion of surgery?
Megan E. - Dec 20, 2002 11:06:04 am PST #730 of 6793
It's done and it wasn't any worse than getting novicane, though the needle was huge. He said that they usually use these needles for epidurals, to which I said "Yet another good reason to not have kids". Har har.
Surgery is his last resort and since I responded to the prednisone quite well (though temporarily) he thinks the cortisone will work as well and longer. I may need to get needles every 4-6 months though. Surgery is just another treatment, not a cure, since the polyps will just grow back again. Looks like this is going to be a chronic problem that I will deal with for the rest of my life. Whoopie.
I should add that the doctor fit me in for this procedure today because I told him it would be sad if I couldn't taste my turkey dinner on Christmas. Nice guy!