Re: dental issues (Was: PSC affecting brain)

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> Carolyn -

> Saw the bad news on your tooth today on your Caring Site. I couldn't figure

> out how to respond. My heart goes out to anyone with dental issues, but

> especially if a tooth fractures - they are so difficult.

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Thanks, Joanne!!! I've about lost track of how many teeth and fillings have

cracked, split

or otherwise met with disaster in the past year and a half. This is the 3rd

time it's

happened while eating scrambled eggs!! Good thing the dentist is a friend of

ours or I

don't think he would believe me!!

It's as if suddenly my teeth are just crumbling. They look fine, but seem to

have lost their

structure. I wonder if it's connected at all to the fact that my calcium levels

have gone

down as the albumin has gone down. They seem to be tied together in their

slide.

What worries me most is that with my very low platelets (98) and my INR (1.3) I

bleed

heavily with dental work. After 3 weeks of lovenox injections, my blood seems

to be like

water, even though the injections stopped nearly 2 weeks ago now. With that

much

bleeding, I worry about infection.

The whole time I was on Lovenox, I kept praying that my teeth wouldn't throw us

another

curve ball. Once the Lovenox was discontinued, I stupidly stopped that

particular point of

prayer!! Maybe someday I'll learn! LOL!!

Regards,

Carolyn B. in SC