hoping list is back up and this goes through On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:43 PM, jaxi <jaxi.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks PT - dentist is getting me in at 2 this afternoon - wants to check > the tooth height issue and to make sure there is no abcess going on either. > I will likely leave with an antibiotic script - to do or not to do ... > > I'll get on top of the oil pulling again. I forgot this morning. When I > do it, I try to get my mouthful of oil on the way to my shower so I can > "pull" all through my shower. It usually ensures I pull long enough and > have the whole empty stomach thing. Also after I pull and rinse and brush > out my mouth, I then do my CS - which I can do while dressing or even while > driving to work ... lol. But I figure the pulling and rinsing help "prep" > the mouth for the CS since I thought I read somewhere that CS is more > effective if you cleanse the mouth prior to use. > > I'll check out the inclined bed stuff tonight from home. I try not to > travel to too many interesting web sites when at work. Big brother is > watching. Our bed would be fairly easy to incline I think. > > I have some CS with me at work. So I just did another mouthful. > > Peace, > > Jaxi > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM, needling around <ptf2...@bellsouth.net > > wrote: > >> Jaxi, my first reaction is to have the dentist check the height of the >> fillings as the could be part of the problem. If either is too high when >> you chew on that side it will cause micro-trauma. >> >> If it were me, I would continue with the oil pulling even twice a day. >> You might want to research the herb Wild Indigo as it is specific for dental >> issues. You might also want to consider increasing the amount of the CS >> short term until you get past this. >> >> You might also want to research inclined bed therapy. It has helped my >> dental/neck/gland issues tremendously. Good place to start is >> www.heal-me.com.au >> >> Good luck. >> PT >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* jaxi <jaxi.sch...@gmail.com> >> *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com ; LDN >> LowDoseNaltrexone<lowdosenaltrex...@yahoogroups.com>; >> ldnand...@yahoogroups.com ; dimethylsulfoxide-d...@yahoogroups.com >> *Sent:* Monday, August 23, 2010 12:22 PM >> *Subject:* CS>OT - Dental work - infection? - tx ideas? >> >> Last Monday I had my last 2 old fillings replaced. Top left side of the >> mouth. First molar and last molar. >> >> I have had TMJ issues for over 20 years. I wear a splint at night which >> typically helps. >> >> I have a congenital fusion of C2/C3 which appears to refer left. >> >> I always have some level of pain on the left. My left tonsil is always >> slightly swollen, as are the glands/nodes under the ear and under the rear >> chin. My left sinuses are always slightly congested/draining. I get all >> migraines in the left side. I have trigeminal nerve inolvment on the left >> with jaw pain/migraine activity. I almost always feel like I have a mild >> ear infection on the left. It was this cluster of symptoms that eventually >> lead to us discovering the congential fusion. >> >> Okay, back to dental work - Monday afternoon fillings replaced. Starting >> about Wednesday I noticed an increase in pain in left tonsil and the glands >> below the ear (sort of in front of the eustacian tube) and under the rear >> chin. >> >> I thought, okay my body is a wee bit cranky about the dental work and >> fighting an infection. I top first molar was also a bit sore and did not >> like it when I bit down on it - that pain has since mostly abated. >> >> Late Wed the occipital node on the left also started hurting. So now all >> those glands on the left are both swollen and painful, as is the left tonsil >> area and left ear area, the throat is a bit sore as well. I am also tired >> and a bit lethargic - but we have a lot of heat and humidity here right now >> so I would expect that regardless. Saturday I had a bought of diarrhea - >> but with the heat, humidity and the fact that I ate something I really >> shouldn't have - it may or may not be related. >> >> I am not running a fever but am wondering if the LDN and EIS are keeping >> the infection in check just enough that I haven't gotten that bad yet. >> >> Some things I've read online suggest occipital gland inflamtion is an >> indication of a fungal infection?? In my jaw/teeth? >> >> I don't really want to do a round of antibiotics if I can avoid it. >> >> I currently consume about 2 ounces of EIS a day - straight EIS (no salt, >> H2O2, or anything else added to it) - silverpuppy homemade. 1 ounce in the >> morning when I get up and another ounce at night before bed, I hold it in my >> mouth for 1-5 minutes before swallowing. I take 4.5 mg LDN at night (tx >> ulcerative colitis and pain with the LDN). I take an assortment of other >> supplements (D3, tumeric, fish oil, DLPA, ALA, B complex, grapefruit seed >> extract and a few others at are escaping my brain right now). >> >> I did try a couple rounds of oil pulling Thursday night, Friday and >> Saturday, but not since Sat morning. It's the 4 hrs after food and at least >> 1 hr after beverage that messes me up. >> >> Should I up EIS intake? Oils of ... ??? oregano and cinnamin have both >> been mentioned in the past related to dental/mouth stuff I think ... Oils >> ingested, applied to inside of mouth? Just suck it up and get antibiotics? >> Ideas? >> >> Sorry for the long email. I do appreciate ideas. I've been internet >> searching but it makes my head hurt because there is often so much >> conflicting info out there. >> >> Jaxi >> >> >
