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Mama_of_3_Kids (original poster member #26651) posted at 1:36 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
I had a GI bug all last weekend and the first part of this week. Now, I have canker sores all over my mouth. I've never had this before and it's seriously painful. Any ideas on how to make this better? It's bad enough that I'm almost in tears
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 2:01 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
You can call me NIK
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HFSSC ( member #33338) posted at 2:28 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Any way you could get a doc to call in magic mouthwash for you? We usually have it compounded with viscous lidocaine, Benadryl and something like nystatin.
If you can't get that, I'd get orajel and dilute it, then swish it around.
I'm sorry. I know that's miserable.
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
PurpleBirch ( member #39170) posted at 2:28 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
I seriously don't know how I manage to break through the pain of this, but I put salt directly on the wound if I happen to get a canker. I stand there over the sink pretending I'm some gladiator, while tears pour down my face. Doing this is the only thing that works for me. That stuff you buy at the pharmacy? Doesn't work for me. Swishing salt water in my mouth? Not concentrated enough. I take a pinch of salt and literally grind it in. Sounds fun, eh?
Oh, and if I don't do it twice in one day, the bloody thing won't start healing.
Best of luck!
Me: BS (32)
Him: WH (31)
Married 3 years.
Confessed to PA April 21 2013.
DS (6), DS (18 months)
Aug 30 2013 He gives me back his ring with an ultimatum: "Get over it or get out".
Status: Done like dinner
Mama_of_3_Kids (original poster member #26651) posted at 3:19 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
I've tried Listerine, but it's not helping. I thought about the Magic Mouthwash, but didn't know if there was anything I could do without a script. The practice I go to won't call in anything, without seeing the patient, unfortunately.
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
ThoughtIKnewYa ( member #18449) posted at 3:23 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Want2help ( member #20547) posted at 3:34 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Canker Spanker.
My poor H has dealt with cold sores and canker sores his whole life. I got desperate and ordered these pills after reading some really, really good independent reviews. They work wonders. I don't know if linking to the site is allowed, but it's easily found through Google.
FBS/WS- me.
F(serial)WS/BS- him.
Madhatters. More Ddays than birthdays, at this point. His OC, my OC...
UPDATE: Divorcing after almost 20 years.
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 4:50 AM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Go in to the dr and get a Rx for Valtrex... It works for Cold Sores/Canker Sores... Believe me, I know.
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
Amazonia ( member #32810) posted at 12:36 PM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Canker Spanker.
Yeah, I have friends who sing the praises of this^ often.
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kernel ( member #27035) posted at 3:11 PM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Baking soda and peroxide mouth rinse. Google it and make your own. Works for me. Good luck!
"On particularly rough days when I'm sure I can't possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that's pretty good."
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 4:17 PM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
LisaP ( member #15088) posted at 6:39 PM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
I have suffered from canker sores my entire life! My DD does too. The one thing that always helps heal it the fastest....warm salt water rinses 3 or 4 times a day. Just before bedtime is a must!
Me BS
Divorced!
~Feel your emotions, but control your behavior~ Unknown
sisoon ( Moderator #31240) posted at 7:09 PM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Also, milk of magnesia as helped me in decades past.
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Mama_of_3_Kids (original poster member #26651) posted at 9:24 PM on Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Thank you, everyone
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
luvbug0915 ( member #22934) posted at 1:02 AM on Monday, December 16th, 2013
Try some folic acid, 2 mg.
I've suffered from canker sores for several years and was recently on a medication that also caused them. I was prescribed folic acid to take along with the medication to help with the side effects and it really did the trick. I still got the mouth sores with 1 mg of folic acid but when I upped the dosage to 2 mg the sores stopped.
You can also make your own version of magic mouthwash, I used to do it when the sores were really bad. I don't remember the exact measurements but the pharmacist should be able to tell you. I know it was milk of magnesia, liquid benadryl and orajel. I used to get an empty medicine bottle from the pharmacist.
Good luck! I know those boogers hurt like a mother effer!
"I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it."-Patti LaBelle
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 3:32 PM on Monday, December 16th, 2013
Mama - If your mouth has those horrific sores, and you have had a GI bug all week, wouldn't you be concerned that perhaps those same sores are along the entire GI tract?
Now I know about mouth sores I have had them chronically, and Magic Wash works well for easing the pain, but I didn't find it helpful for healing up the sores.
If you have been on antibiotics you may be dealing with a Thrush like bug, and really need an antifungal. If not then try doing a yogurt mixed with some anbasol, swish and spit. I found this to be the most soothing.
Salt water swishes tend to kill the fresh granulation tissues and make those bright pink sores have a white/grayish base, so you basically start over with the healing process when this happens. That white base is dead tissue.
You really may want to consider seeing the Dr though given you have been sick, unless that part is all better now.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
Undefinabl3 ( member #36883) posted at 3:44 PM on Monday, December 16th, 2013
Any ideas on how to make this better? It's bad enough that I'm almost in tears
Unfortunetly I have had canker and cold sores my whole life. My family doctor has been nice enough to give me Acyclovir when I get an outbreak (yes, its the same stuff for the genital herpes) but omg does it work.
When I get a breakout around my mouth though its horrible without it. it will go up into my nose and into my mouth. If i catch it right when i feel the tingle though, it barely breaks out.
Its worth asking about.
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nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 8:30 PM on Monday, December 16th, 2013
How are you feeling today, Mama?
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 11:52 PM on Monday, December 16th, 2013
My family doctor has been nice enough to give me Acyclovir when I get an outbreak (yes, its the same stuff for the genital herpes) but omg does it work.
I've been getting them my whole life too... since I was a little kid. They were awful back then...
The Acyclovir - brand name Valtrex - really is a life saver. I take it as soon as the tingle starts and I almost don't even get an outbreak.
Mine usually comes up in that little divot on the upper lip under your nose.
(((Mama))) How are you feeling?
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
Mama_of_3_Kids (original poster member #26651) posted at 12:40 AM on Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
tush, I thought the same thing about it possibly being all GI related. My stomach is still touchy, when I eat certain things. If I'm not better by Wednesday, I'm calling the Dr.
Thanks, again, everyone.
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
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