My wife is 48yrs old. In November 2011, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. 3 weeks later, she had a mastectomy. They put her on a round of chemo that really did a number on her over-all health. One of the issues is what we are dealing with now. According to the oncologist, the chemo killed her teeth. She has a bridge in her mouth from a car accident 22 years go. It is anchored to her top 2 K-9's. The bridge is 6 teeth wide including the anchors. It is permanent attached.
10 weeks ago, one of her K-9's broke that was holding one side of her bridge. Before it even started to hurt, I took her to a local dentist. He looked at it and said he doesn't know what do do with it. He suggested I take her to the LSU school of dentistry. Got an appointment with them 2 weeks later. They looked at it and said they can't pull the broken tooth because of the infection starting to set in. Then they said once the infection has been taken care of, come back. He would break the other K-9 and then do a root canal and put new caps then fit her for new dentures. 1 week later, we returned. Come to find out, the infection has not gone away but has in fact gotten worse. So me gave her another script for another antibiotic. Next appointment 3 weeks later. At this point, my wife is in agony. The second round of antibiotics did not work.The dentist then said there is nothing else he can do.
Then we went to her primary care Dr. He gave her another antibiotic. Some kind of big ole horse pill looking things. 2 weeks later, the paid is starting to subside just slightly. I took my wife to the emergency room to try and her some kind of relief. They called in an oral surgeon. They said the infection is too bad to pull the broken tooth or to even mess with. They then gave her something for pain and yet another round of antibiotics and an appointment to see the same dental surgeon in 2 weeks. The infection is still there. They can't do anything.
At this point, I have spent a lot of money on dentists etc.. for them to give her antibiotics. All of my little bit of savings are now gone.
So, after 4 antibiotics and no relief, what else do we do? Keeping in mind, I am flat busted. I lost my job a few months ago so we no longer have any income. Any home remedies to kill the infection?
She wants me to just get pliers and pull it, but i know that would be opening another whole new can of worms.
10 weeks ago, one of her K-9's broke that was holding one side of her bridge. Before it even started to hurt, I took her to a local dentist. He looked at it and said he doesn't know what do do with it. He suggested I take her to the LSU school of dentistry. Got an appointment with them 2 weeks later. They looked at it and said they can't pull the broken tooth because of the infection starting to set in. Then they said once the infection has been taken care of, come back. He would break the other K-9 and then do a root canal and put new caps then fit her for new dentures. 1 week later, we returned. Come to find out, the infection has not gone away but has in fact gotten worse. So me gave her another script for another antibiotic. Next appointment 3 weeks later. At this point, my wife is in agony. The second round of antibiotics did not work.The dentist then said there is nothing else he can do.
Then we went to her primary care Dr. He gave her another antibiotic. Some kind of big ole horse pill looking things. 2 weeks later, the paid is starting to subside just slightly. I took my wife to the emergency room to try and her some kind of relief. They called in an oral surgeon. They said the infection is too bad to pull the broken tooth or to even mess with. They then gave her something for pain and yet another round of antibiotics and an appointment to see the same dental surgeon in 2 weeks. The infection is still there. They can't do anything.
At this point, I have spent a lot of money on dentists etc.. for them to give her antibiotics. All of my little bit of savings are now gone.
So, after 4 antibiotics and no relief, what else do we do? Keeping in mind, I am flat busted. I lost my job a few months ago so we no longer have any income. Any home remedies to kill the infection?
She wants me to just get pliers and pull it, but i know that would be opening another whole new can of worms.