Not so Quick update :-)

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Hi All,

I sent this message a little while ago and it was just returned, I had

misaddressed it to <@...>

Freudian slip?

Teach to put bugs in the system and call them upgrades:-)

Well the 3rd of the 4 jaw surgeries plus dental work - is behind me yay!

I've not been able to catch up on list posts at all yet, but wanted

to " check in " and say hi. My surgery on Thursday went well, and I have

found the right remedies to help the discomfort. I actually learned a

lot from the surgeon. I always assumed tooth pain was nerve pain, and

first aid remedy selection is based on cause. So for nerve pain I was

using hypericum and some arnica for general trauma - with very limited

effect from the arnica and none from the hypericum. So I resorted

Tylenol/Aleve

in the quite high amounts recommended by the surgeon - initially.

He's a nice man and left me his cell phone to call if I had problems.

I did have - as I had an extremely severe reaction to one of the three

anaesthetics - basically I woke 2am that night, swollen all over, eyes

swelled shut and itching and almost unable to breathe - the choking for

air woke me. The itchy eyes had started much earlier but I had swallowed

a few teaspoons of vitamin C to detoxify the anaesthetic and that must

have staved off the bad reaction till the C wore off later.

Anyway more C practically by the bucketful plus huge amounts of

pantothenic acid and B6 and homeopathic Apis 200C, got that allergic

reaction under control and by morning the swelling was down except the

eyes which were fine by midday Friday. I have been feeling exhausted (a

typical response after a close anaphylactic reaction as it depletes the

adrenals badly.)

Since then I have started making a remedy from some drops of anaesthetic

(a few drops of each of the three used) so as to dotox better from that

- plan to get to 30C but have not found energy to complete it yet:-)

Also discussed the lack of pain relief (other than the bone area which

was okay using Symphytum - the teeth were VERY sore still even before

the Thursday surgery) with the surgeon before I left Thurs. He explained

that the pain I was feeling was more to do with the drilling of tooth

dentine from below through the jaw (to seal the root tips from the bone

end) as well as from the top where old amalgam fillings were removed and

the tooth decay under them drilled out and the tooth prepared for a

crown - and he said there would be irritation to the multitude of fine

blood vessels in the dentine tooth material which is live tissue however

dead it may seem. Also he said the ligaments holding the teeth to the

jaw would be affected by this kind of surgery and drilling so basically

it is more like a sprained tooth than a nerve damaged tooth!!!

Well that was a real eye-opener - who ever heard of a sprained tooth?

Anyway when I arrived home (the surgeon is in Idaho so a bit of a drive)

I immediately changed to the first aid for sprains and took Arnica 1M ,

Rhus-T 200C and Ruta 30C. Within a very short time (aided by 1/2 glass

of shiraz and 2 hrs sleep) the pain was hugely improved and has

continued to improve so that today I can already eat soft food like

scrambled egg and bread instead of only liquid, without discomfort

(where before the 3rd surgery liquid only was the rule.

It now just needs some more healing time - and the 4th and (should be)

final surgery and final amalgam removal and crown fitting (11 crowns)

will be on the 6th. I shall dread that a lot less knowing I have the

right remedies now. The sprain remedies made the Tylenol/Advil

(discontinued after only one dose on leaving the surgery) seem useless

by comparison - like night and day after starting those! Oh I love

homeopathy!

(I also use Symphytum 200C for bone pain - but that one I had down pat

the first time).

So based on my new education on teeth, here's a first aid summary for

the dentistry I hope you never need!!!

* All dental work instead of antibiotics:

Pyrogenium 200C aqueous twice a day starting day before and continuing a

week after. This is really important especially if you are getting your

teeth cleaned as plaque can get into compromised little blood vessels

and those bacteria can travel to the heart and set up housekeeping there.

* If you need major dental work as I did - get your teeth cleaned a week

in advance of the first appointment to have a clean and healed mouth

free of plaque - especially for the kind of work that opens up your jaw

area like extraction or bone surgery. Tell the hygienist to pay special

attention to the areas where teeth meet gums, as most are sloppy there!

[My current surgeon insisted on this good cleaning before he worked on

me. Nobody else bothered before. It's also essential if you need a crown

as it will not fit well over plaque.]

* Extractions: this indeed severs a nerve and causes nerve pain, so you

need Hypericum 200C for that, plus Arnica 200C or 1M for the tissue

damage. Also Calendula/Hypericum (aka Hypercal) tincture topically,

initially on a gauze pressure bandage to stop bleeding without a dry

socket - and then diluted as a mouth rinse after eating, to keep

infection out.

Bone surgery:

Same thing for surgery stitchery areas over the jawbone - do the

hypercium/calendula thing.

Ledum 30C will stop/prevent swelling, but also after bone surgery do NOT

bend over for the first week. This is a challenge when you have many cat

litter trays..... but if you bend over your whole face will swell and

get sore. So the litter is up on tables and chairs a the moment except

one for my big girl who will not use a raised tray. After one - um -

major " misunderstanding " - I've trained her to call me when she needs

the litter and I let her into a cage that keeps the others away from her

tray. She tells me when she wants in/out, and she gets a special treat

in there too (Nori).

* Bone surgery needs Symphytum 30C or Symphytum 200C for bone pain -

also arnica 200C for tissue damage.

* Amalgam removal detox from mercury exposure: I used Merc sol 12C twice

a day starting a day before and continuing a week after the removal. By

the way never allow a dental hygienist to polish an amalgam filling if

you have any - it releases a lot of mercury.

* Any drilling work will damage dentine and tooth ligaments causing

dentine and ligament inflammation, whether it is from below through the

bone or from the top as in decay drilling etc - so it is a " sprain " and

this needs Arnica, Rhus-t and Ruta in 30C or higher depending how much

drilling etc. Hypericum does not help here. A clue to sprained teeth is

if it hurts to chew with them despite not having an abscess below the

root - and/or extreme temperature sensitivity.

If you absolutely have to have allopathic pain killers, the combination

that works best per my dental surgeon (and per my experience) is very

specific:

1000 mg Tylenol (2 tabs) and 400mg Advil (2 tabs) taken together, every

4 hrs till it improves. This is a high dose anti-inflammatory approach

not to be abused - so I did this only once as by 4 hrs time I had

figured the sprain stuff. I mention it as when you need it you need it:-))

*Anaphylacic and other allergic responses.

I have a lot of drug allergies so I pre-loaded myself with 2 teaspoons

pure ascorbic acid, plus another one every two hours during the surgery

day. Also 1500 mg Pantothenic acid capsules (NOT timed release tablets)

each time I take C, plus 50 or 100 mg Vit B6 each time too. This trio is

great for adrenal/allergic response management. I know now it is what

kept me from having a reaction during the actual surgery - though my

nose " slammed shut " after the special lower jaw anaesthetic (a nerve

blocker and which most people do not have reactions to; trust me to be

different).

This special trio of anti-anaphylaxis and anti-allergy vitamins is one I

learned about many decades ago when I and my kids were at risk for

anaphylaxis from insect stings. So it's handy for any allergic

response, and you need to repeat the dosing as often as needed (like if

you feel the reaction starting up again) till it is all detoxed by this

trio.

Also use Apis 200c for any hot swelling etc type allergic response,

especially if it is also itchy.

So for now that's my story and hopefully also useful info learned from

it. I am LOVING the weather here. As some folks may know, I feel frozen

at any temp below 75 and I don't feel hot till it's in the hundreds. So

my little house is just right by my standards at the moment though the

rest of the population here is complaining about the sudden change to 90

degree weather (from 60 some degree weather). My kitties dumped a LOT of

undercoat more than a month ago and look short-haired other than very

long and very furry tails to wrap round themselves if a cool bit hits -

such fantastic design! - so I knew a hot spell was en route - they are a

great advance weather system :-))

Oh - another story. My ISP has had huge problems with a virus and was

non-functional over the weekend and is sporadically available today so

far. I have signed up a backup email as furryboots@... at another

ISP. It's an awful ISP as they block half the emails I need with a

stupid spam block policy, but it will do till I find a better back-up

ISP. So do please note if you wish - that email alternative - and also

my phone number for emergencies: 509-568-1353

I shall not likely be on list much this week apart from this check-in,

and I'll try to catch up reading list emails at some point this(?) week

too. I'll pick up client work first, then tutor work then list emails

:-)) Might even mow the lawn one day, but the weeds have such pretty

flowers....

- I am so sorry - you have a very sad situation to deal with,

look after *yourself* too at this time, no only Noble - suggest Rescue

remedy, Star of Bethlehem, Olive, and Ignatia 200C - and do not forget

to eat plenty of protein and antioxidants to keep your system coping:-)

Order in if need be. Keep beef jerky and your favourite fruit in your

pocket... etc.

I hope all is well with you all otherwise and that such problems as

arise are small ones.........

As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters always

face the right way :-)

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.

P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.

www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)

" Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it. "