So far, so good this week. It is Friday, and other than the burning/tingling in my mouth, that rarely goes away (feels like galvanism or something), and my feet being hot and sweaty (it turned chilly here so I'm wearing socks and shoes more often...yuck! It makes me sweat!)...I'm doing pretty good.

It is so nice to meet you, it sounds like we have some things in common. I am 36, I had my gallbladder out in 1991 (still wonder if mercury has any effect on this, lots of people seem to be having them out), and I have chronic heartburn. They never seem to find anything wrong with me, only write me prescriptions for their drugs that don't work. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I am so hoping to start getting them out soon. The dentist that wants to do it is 2 hrs away, and charges an arm and a leg. He quoted me $17,000 last year, to do my whole mouth, and they acted like they wanted me to pay for it right then. There's no way. I have so many probs tho, I have BIG amalgams on my molars, and one with a root canal. They are so big and bad, the dentist doesn't know if he can save anything there, and said an IDIOT must've done that, because I never should have had THAT big of fillings on my teeth...they should've done something else. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

So, anyway, they told me they all have to be crowned, but to save some money I could have 1 molar on each quadrant pulled BUT on the bottom right, I have a "never finished" root canal next to the back tooth, and they are afraid to pull the back one, in case they need to do a bridge, if they run into problems. The root canaled one is leaking mercury into my bloodstream, and it's all so scary. I saw it on the x-ray. You know how they x-ray you with the amalgam in your mouth, it glows or shines on the x-ray??? Well mine is also "glowing" under my gumline, and in my jawbone, under this root canal tooth. It is SO SCARY!!! So, when it got drilled, the other dentist drilled right through a large filling, and rammed all the into my jawbone.

I have to figure out how to afford it, the rest of them are making my teeth start to crack and exposing me to so much.