Teeth thingy.

Salam to all,
Cheer up every one!
Sun seems abit friendly today despite of a flash of grey sky. Ok3, i got it, laundry time mummy..! It's tuesday and we need to go to dentist for my princess's first visit to dentist. The parent looked more worry along the way to the dental. She keep begging to us, ''i dont want to see dentist''. No compromise, my dear. There were quite some imperfect nights because of the toothache complaints from you lately, so, the best is to see your dentist. -:. We're actully afraid she would turn out bad mood and cry in the treatment room. Alhamdulillah, during the treatment everything went so well. Well done Sweetheart:) Except she looked abviously nervous and sit still without any reactions..keras kaku kejung baring atas kerusi ..kikikik..

Talking about dental treatment, it is an interesting topic in relation with Lupus. tell u what, I was being refused from dental treatment cabut gigi) several times. This happened in Malaysia and in UK as well. I was told to go back ando come again the next day..Why?

I happened to have toothache a few times. It's not a surprise for a long time steroid consumer like me. As one of the side effects of taking steroids is, it could lower the body ability to absorb and retain the Calcium which is important element to build a strong teeth and bones.

There was one day I went to see dentist(Malaysia) and he noticed that he need to take out the bad tooth. Knowing that I take steroid daily and a Lupus patient, I was asked to come again the next day. and 'don't forget to take double dose of steroid before u come..!' The reason is I might fell unconcious or faint during the procedure of taking out the tooth. Kelakar kan. Kata my dentist, itu sudah menjadi amalan (practice) dentist kerana proses mencabut gigi itu boleh menyumbang stress kpd pesakit Lupus. Dijangka pesakit Lupus tdk dpt cope up with that kinda stress so, boleh menybbkan pesakit pengsan. With double dose of steroid, hopefully effect stress itu dpt dikurangkan. Sounds ridicilous. Tp my dentist said, it's not a joke, Ya, beliau pernah mengalami situasi dimana pesakit Lupus pengsan ketika beliau melakukan prosedure tsbt. Kebetulan beliau juga mempunyai ibusaudara yg merupakan pesakit Lupus so, beliau faham akan situasi Lupus patients thus menasihatkan sy spy akur pd nasihatnya.

Di UK ini, sy pernah mengalami sakit gigi yg amat sgt. Puncanya simple shj, sy menggigit cekodok bilis yg agak crispy.(mkn ala2 gelojoh -:D) Seblh malamnya, sakit gigi menyerang tak tertahan. Sapa2 yg pernah mengalaminya tentu faham 'kesiksaan' jiwa raga..Memandangkan di UK ni, dental visit hanyalah berdasarkan appointment dgn klinik gigi panel, maka, utk kes gigi mengejut ni tiada cara lain kecuali menghubungi bahagian emergency(dental). Untuk mendaptkan slot rawatan tsbt pula bukanlah mudah. Hanya setelah mrk yakin bhw kita benar2 sakit dan dirasakn layak utk berjumpa dentist(thru phone call observation) barulah diberikan emergency appointment tsbt. Akhirnya, sy dibenarkan berjumpa dentist..lega.., dgn sakit yg tak tertahan maka saya bergegas ke satu dental yg agak jauh dr rumah. Apabila di periksa, dentist tsbt mengatakan gigi geraham sy telah terbelah dua.! dan sebelah darinya telah pon bergoyang(hampir tercabut) dan itulah punca kesakitan yg berdenyut2 tak terkira. Tetapi, yg sebelah lagi, still teguh di situ. So, beliau mengambil keputusan utk mencabut gigi tsbt. To my surprise, beliau hanya mencabut bahagian yg bergoyang shj, manakala sebelah lagi di biarkan dentist panel sy sendiri yg mencabutnya.! Dgn alasan, saya mengidap Lupus maka, beliau tidak mengambil apa2 risiko (risau kot sy pengsan di situ, parah juga krn sy bukan pesakit (dental)nya). Heeiii sabor jer lah...Maka, sy akhirnya pulang dgn sebelah gigi yg masih utuh itu..dan sakit gigi pun hilang slps sebelah yg goyang tu di cabut. A few days later baru ler gigi yg sebelah lagi tu selamat dikorbankan :)

Hhmm..Cabut gigi pon boleh dtgkan stress? Adakah ini satu kenyataan atau terlebih under estimate thdp daya tahan pensakit Lupus terhdap stress? Not sure if any other patients experiece the same. But anyway, just follow the rules. I hv nothing to complaint about it. Imagine how fragile us to stress. Krn itu, sy amat menjauhi stress. or at least try to reduce it. And always remember that,sy sendri pon boleh jadi pembawa virus stress pd org lain, so, be fair to everyone-:) Just Be a nice gal.


Till we meet again, see you soon, very2 soon...Take care.