8 weeks of (sugarless) hard candies can take their toll on your teeth!
I had nothing get between me and my 6 per day allowance of candies. Those were what helped me through the evenings. I personally did not need any pepermint oil or Jello (ugh, I hated that!) and even the ice popsicles made of allowed Cristal Light stuff I did not care for. The Skinny Dippers were good, one a week on average was plenty. But not the candy. The candies I loved. Which is all fine as they are part of what you can do during protocol.
BUT DO NOT BITE THEM.
OF COURSE you know you should not bite them. So do I. But how often does one listen? I plain LOVE to bite my candies, I think I am not even able to suck them “normally”. YEARS of biting plus intense daily biting over the past 8 weeks now took their toll: it broke one of my old – 12 years or more – fillings and shoved 1/2 of it up and further in. It did not hurt. But last night I noticed with my tongue that the teeth were not even and today after lunch I suddenly felt a hole. EMERGENCY! I knew I could not leave it for our out-of-town trip, I definitely did not want to end up with some kind of infection or ridiculous pains. I was so, so lucky to find a dentist who could still fit me in! He said I got my money worth out of that filling, it’s not so unusual that they break because this was one, way too big for the tooth. This means, no re-filling but – ugh – my very first Porcelain CROWN. This makes me feel old. Oh well. If I would have resisted the urges to bite my candies, I am sure it would had lasted another 2 or 5 years. That’s an expensive biting treat! $1,200. Ouch. Lesson learned: you can find a dentist even in a clinch and:
DO NOT BITE YOUR HARD CANDIES !!!
