Wrapping Up 2019

This year has taken me to dental providers a record number of times. I just returned from what I think will be the last visit that I have this year. One of these days I will catch you all up on the entire year or last three years.

It was a lot and it was ridiculous. It all comes down to arrogant providers whom either think they have x-ray vision so they look in your mouth and say "I don't see anything wrong" or conversely they do look at x-rays and CT scans and still say "I don't see anything wrong" while ignoring the subjective complaints and reported symptoms.

Every good health care provider knows that the patient's history contains the most important information. Radiology may or may not provide corresponding evidence. Radiology is simply one piece of the puzzle. A good provider would NEVER brush a patient off just because they can't see the problem in the x-rays, because a good provider knows that not every problem can be seen in x-rays or CT scans. I talked about this in my last post.

So on 10/15/2019 I went to see an oral surgeon whom previously extracted a couple of my teeth years ago.

After everything this year, I still had two teeth bothering me. The teeth had crowns on them. One was because of a huge cavity and the other because of a fracture. Realistically my options at this time were to have root canals or extractions. I won't have root canals, so extractions were the only option.

The teeth were supposed to be extracted by a different oral surgeon and even though the extractions were paid for she decided that she wouldn't do them. She decided I needed to see an endodontist to prove something was wrong with the teeth and then negligently failed to provide me with a referral to an endodontist.

This left me once again looking for help so I ended up at this guy's office in Fort Myers, FL. I didn't really like him previously, but I remembered that when he did the extractions I didn't have any pain. He made it seem easy. He just popped the teeth out vs another guy in town whom I was sure was going to break my jaw.

So back to him I went. He had a pano done and pulled his old chart on me. I told him of all of the problems that I had been having and how I know that these two teeth are giving me headaches and making me ill. He said something about "I think we have had this conversation before" and "I don't see anything on the x-rays" blah, blah, blah. Then he said "I have to decide if ethically I want to pull these two teeth". Finally I said "not pulling these teeth would be negligence because we all know that not everything can be seen on x-rays". "I, being a physical therapist treat people ALL day long that have legitimate problems that don't show up on x-rays". With that he conceded and stated "I really can't tell you that nothing is wrong with those two teeth under the crowns because I can't see through the crowns on x-rays". In my head I was like "yeah, I know duh". He then begrudgingly agreed to extract the teeth.

I told him about a ridge of bone in the right maxilla that seeps and is making me ill, too. I also mentioned that it needs cleaned up and smoothed out before I can get partials. He angrily said to me "I am not going to work on an area that was done by another provider". I then informed him that the other provider has passed on, so he wouldn't mind. He brushed the comment off. I thought may be we could revisit the subject after the extractions were done.

On Friday, November 8, 2019 he completed the extractions. Prior to the procedure he was stiffly friendly and made tense small talk. Then after the extractions he was looking at the teeth and he said "that one looks like it might be cracked". Then he back tracked and said "but it is really hard to tell".

He asked when I had last been on antibiotics and then didn't say anything else about them.

I was scheduled an appointment to return in one week, but if I didn't need it then I could cancel.

I went home. I was really tired. I laid down on my bed. The left side of my body started shaking. My left arm and leg was itching, my left axilla, spleen, groin and back hurt more than my mouth. My body was processing the fact that the source of so much infection had been removed.

I took it fairly easy over the weekend. The left side of my body and lymphatic system continued to feel bogged down, but the shaking and itching decreased.

Monday morning I woke up with a headache on the left again and to what felt like a solid flow of drainage from these two extraction sites. I was so nauseous, but sucked it up and went to work. The drainage became intermittent throughout the day and next few days.

By Wednesday, what I feel is system overload with infection hit. I woke up tired. Dragged myself to the iced coffee. Forced myself to work, where I barely kept my eyes open.

I normally have a low tolerance to caffeine. I consumed more on that day, then I do in 2 weeks. I still couldn't wake up. I left work early, went home and went to bed. Thursday was a little better, but here it is Friday and when I got up this morning I could barely get one foot to move in front of the other.

I know that this is my body processing all of the infection and it is going to take a while. What I don't know and what is left to be seen is if the bone in these two sockets are inflamed or infected and if my body will be able to heal itself. Normally there isn't drainage after extractions, so I am inclined to think that it is infected and the drainage is coming from the bone.

I still have a lot of inflammation around the one extraction site, the left side of my face is puffy, my throat is sore from the seepage, the left side of my neck is stiff, my axilla hurts, my left leg is swollen and I am drop dead exhausted.

I went back to the oral surgeon today expecting that he would order antibiotics. I don't really want to be on them when I know that there are homeopathic options, but he is a mainstream oral surgeon so my expectation was that he would prescribe antibiotics and see me back in a couple of weeks. That would have been the responsible thing for a provider whom is an MD, DDS to do.

He walked in the room, past me. Grumbled something about it being a nice day to drive because it was pouring rain and I had to drive an hour and half to get there. He put on gloves and said, "lets take a look". He looked and said "everything looks like it is healing as it should".

I told him about my issues on Friday after the extraction, about the drainage on Monday and the overwhelming fatigue and an area of bone which I think doesn't feel right. It is probably infected or at least inflamed bone and is where the drainage is coming from.

All of these are clear signs to me that these two teeth and the surrounding tissues were infected, needed to be extracted and my body is processing/adjusting to having the portal of infection removed.

Then he reiterated that everything looks fine. I told him that I just wanted to let him know everything so that if I had to come back, he couldn't say "you never told me about any of that".

So he starts walking out of the room indicating that it was time for me to get out of the chair and leave. I got up and I said "well I guess I will just have to be tired then".

There were so many ways that he could have responded that would have been more appropriate, but he chose to say "I don't know what you want me to do". He then paused and said "maybe you should follow up with your primary care doctor".

I didn't think quick enough or I would have said "your fucking job, that is what I would like you to do".

Like I said above, this guy is an MD and DDS. He didn't go to school all of those years to just be a mechanic and pretend that he doesn't understand infection when someone spells it out to him.

Then standing in the door to his evaluation room, I asked who to see about partials. He refused to make any recommendations.

I didn't even breach the subject of who to see to have the right maxilla cleaned out. I will have to find a new dentist and try to discuss it with them. I can't get partials until this area is smoothed out at the least.

As I was walking out of his office I was shaking my head and I said pretty loud "wow that was a waste". I often mean to say things to myself, but they come out my mouth. Once I was out the front door I said even louder "you just added yourself to my to be sued list".

As I was getting in my truck, I looked up and saw him with his next patient. He wasn't looking at the patient. He was watching me through the window of the exam room. Who knows, may be I was loud enough that he heard. Actually he just looked kind of surprised that I hopped up into a big 4-wheeled drive truck.

My intent is to sue him along with all of the other negligent providers this year. I hate to do that when he actually did do the extractions and did a good job. I had no pain from the extractions.

But a provider can't just leave a patient with widespread infection hanging without care. My primary care provider is not going to be able to clean out the infected bone in this socket, if my body isn't able to take care of it.

I drove my hour and a half home in the rain, crying with frustration.

I have antibiotics at home, along with many naturopathic remedies, but how can a medical provider be so callous, uncaring, blatantly negligent and reckless with my life and their license.

All of these providers may think that I am just a weak over emotional person, but the fact that I am still alive is proof of the contrary. I am nearly through with them playing Russian Roulette with my life. It is time for me to turn the tables and hold as many of them accountable as I can.

My Deep Thoughts on Radiology

I had a Ceretec White Blood Cell Scan done yesterday to look for a new onset of osteomyelitis of the jaw. The radiology tech told me that he slowed the scanner down to make sure that the images were crisp and clear. He took extra head shots and then the radiologist looked at the images.

The one thing the tech didn't do was take a good history.

I saw an ID doctor later in the day and was initially told that the results were "inconclusive" and then later told it was "negative".

I will get the report and images on CD next week and come to my own conclusions.

Here's my deep thoughts on radiology...a radiology report is only as good as the person looking at the images...and sometimes their motivating factor.

If the images are of good quality then the problem should be in the image, but it has to be recognized and/or not overlooked by the person looking at it.

In physical therapy school, we would say "C = PT".  Although realistically we had to maintain a "B" average. The point was that there are people who graduate at the top of their class and others are at the bottom, but were still able to graduate. Some of those at the bottom may have excelled in some areas more than the ones at the top. You never know where your provider was in the spectrum.

I recently was told that an oral surgeon looked at a CT of my jaw and "couldn't see anything wrong". I looked at it and compared it to hundreds of images online to confirm what I was seeing. The problem is obvious and blatant. I showed it to the ID doctor too and he indicated that perhaps the socket needs cleaned out.

In regards to the CT. I feel that the oral surgeon "didn't see anything wrong" and referred me to another oral surgeon, because I am a problem he just doesn't want to deal with and doesn't know how to deal with. The sad thing is that I went to his clinic, specifically to see him because he is the only one in this area that was in-network with my medical insurance.

I don't know this radiologist's experience. I don't know if he or she have any experience with osteomyelitis of the jaw. I don't know if the person consulted with another radiologist. I don't know if they looked at the CT of my jaw that I provided, but I doubt it since I was asked where the report was.

I do know, that the radiologist didn't have a good history, but the problem is so obvious that they should have been able to see it if they had bothered to look.

What I do know is that I will get a bill for their "work" whether they made a good effort or it was rushed and shoddy...

There really is no accountability in this particular case and I am sure that they know that.

I would hope that if they lacked experience with OM of the jaw or jaw problems, that they would have tried to find someone who was experienced, but since I work in healthcare and I see the effort of those around me, I have doubts. 

STILL HERE..

Somehow I have survived this last year filled with pure incompetence and ongoing negligence. I really have only myself to thank for my ongoing survival.

If it weren't for the knowledge of holistic remedies that I have gained over the past 10 years, I am sure that this year and the severity of infection which I have suffered would have killed me.

I have been meaning to write on update or summary of this last year of hell, but I haven't been able to bring myself to sit down and really relive it.

I am ready now, but I have to be up early for work tomorrow. And since I still suffer from some degree of infection and fatigue, I need to go to bed.

DEJA VU

It's May 2019. It could just as well be 2008 all over again. Except now I have been through so much and lost so much. I don't have anything left to loose. I gave my business up years ago. I had to sale my house as a short sale last year. This ruined my credit. I literally have nothing left to show for the last 30 years that I have worked. I have lost EVERYTHING to arrogant and terribly incompetent dentists and other medical providers. And the fight still goes on, providing I live to see another day.....Stay tuned and I will catch you all up soon (also providing I live to see another day)...

The latest...and greatest...

It's now August 2016.  I am doing much better since my last few posts...with that said, I have had no actual "medical treatment" since the last posts.

After the last two "medical doctors", did nothing to help me, I have again taken matters into my own hands. The doctors really have left me no choice. They won't help me and then patronize me for the holistic treatments that have saved my life..

So what have I done:

1. I have used a comprehensive enzyme complex that can be purchased on Amazon called Natural Nutra Digestive Enzyme Supplement.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010CAMX02/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2. I use a silver based nasal spray called ACS.

Silver naturally kills bacteria, fungus etc. You may read articles calling silver "quackary"; however, it works so well that in wound care clinics the bandages are infused with silver due to its antimicrobial properties.

Using silver as a nasal spray has a couple of benefits. It not only goes through my sinuses and nasal passages, it can spread through the interstitial fluid to the maxilla.

ACS Nasal Spray Extra Strength:
https://www.amazon.com/ACS-200-Extra-Strength-NASAL/dp/B00D6THL2W/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1471403202&sr=8-1&keywords=ACS+nasal+spray

3. After I shower in the morning, I use over-the-counter hydrogen peroxide on a Q-tip to clean my ears.

4. Once the peroxide dries, I use another silver gel again on Q-tips in my ears and in my nose. It's called ASAP 365 Silver Gel.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0016SJLD2/ref=sxr_rr_xsim1_s_it?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2286650982&pf_rd_r=DVFGAW144PTFW9H3BKGR&pd_rd_wg=yHp44&pf_rd_s=desktop-rhs-carousels&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_w=McZI5&pf_rd_i=ASAP&pd_rd_r=3XDSHBDACQ6BQ1Y25TF1&ie=UTF8&qid=1471403322&sr=1

Can this help you too?  I can't answer that, but it is probably less harmful than any mainstream "medical treatment".

In my case, the perpetual lump that I have had in the right upper jaw since about 2008, continues to shrink.

The left upper and lower jaw also seem to be doing better.

The left ear symptoms that I have, I believe are from a pinched nerve in my neck. These symptoms vary depending on what position I sleep in. When I use my cervical traction unit (also purchased on Amazon  https://www.amazon.com/AshopZ-Portable-Cervical-Traction-Inflatable/dp/B01BZSLQJY/ref=sr_1_17_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1471403947&sr=8-17&keywords=cervical+traction), the symptoms decrease for a while.

Thanks for reading. Hope that this helps :D

Enzyme Therapy:

Recently a patient of mine came in telling me about Enzyme Therapy.

This intrigued me, as previously I have been put on liver enzymes (by a holistic provider) for treatment of a gouty, painful issue with my right big toe. I took the enzymes for a few weeks and didn't notice much difference. Due to all of the other supplements that I take, I stopped the liver enzymes.

Several weeks later, I noticed that my toe wasn't hurting any more. I was able to walk and hike over uneven surfaces. The redness around my toe joint had subsided, the lump was smaller (but still present) and my range of motion was pain-free!

I've been taking digestive enzymes for a long time, but despite the problem with my toe had developed. I am convinced now that the liver enzymes were what had relieved me of the toe pain, they just took a while to work and they kept working even after stopping them.

So back on topic, my patient started telling me about enzyme therapy. She recommended that I go to the website http://www.litalee.com/  I did and was further intrigued. The information provided on the site is invaluable.

Unfortunately since I have had to fork over $1300 for a CT Scan that the ENT has still not bothered to follow-up on. Oh yeh and then there was Christmas. I don't have the money in my budget to order the urinalysis test. I'll have to wait a couple more weeks.

My patient; however, recommended that I go a head and start on a comprehensive enzyme supplement recommended to her by Lita Lee. I found the supplement on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Nutra-Completely-Digestion-Vegetarian/dp/B010CAMX02/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1451970370&sr=1-2&keywords=enzyme+complex+nutra

The reviews on the product, speak for it's quality.

I have been using them about 2 weeks, taking 2-3 a day, just before meals. The lump of infected bone that I still have inside my mouth on the upper right is shrinking. I have another lump of bone under my jaw on the left. It also has reduced by at least 30%.  My big toe is further improving. And I have a ganglion cyst on my right wrist that has been there for about 5 years, has shrunk about 50%.

I find this very exciting. It is possible that EVERYTHING that I have been gone through for the last 6 years could have been reversed if I had only been put on a good comprehensive enzyme when I first complained to an oral surgeon about my jaw feeling swollen in the back.

Instead without any x-rays or other diagnostic testing being done, I was told by the oral surgeon, "I don't see anything", completely blown off, allowing for the parasitic infection in my jaw bone to explode to a point that I have now lost 6 perfectly good teeth, had a significant amount of bone from my jaw removed, given up my business and am about $100,000.00 dollars in debt from mostly needless, unhelpful and harmful mainstream medical treatment!!!!!

You see enzymes have the ability to destroy bacteria, parasites, mold, fungus etc etc. Just like when you dump enzymes in your septic system...enzymes eat ...CRAP..and that applies to when they are put in your body to. They have the ability to eat away the bad stuff in the body. That is a very general description, but you should get the idea. And more info is on the website I mentioned above.

Coincidentally, I also have run a crossed another enzyme supplement that is a metabolic enzyme instead of a digestive enzyme. I received my bottle today and am excited about the possible benefits. Metabolic enzymes are taken between meals to help clean up the stuff in the body, that is not supposed to be there.

Enzymes are normally found in our bodies and we literally die without them. By age 27, the body slows down the production of enzymes. We need to restore our enzymes by eating raw foods or taking supplements, but do doctors every tell us this?

For the first time in quite a while, I feel hopeful about a future.

Here is the link for that supplement: http://www.losethebackpain.com/inflammation5.html. There is really good information on this site too! It may appear off topic, but keep scrolling and reading and there is a lot of good information there.

I will let you all know how it goes..

Thanks for reading and may this information help you to have a HAPPY NEW YEAR :D.

Ain't That Grand!

As I put in my last post, I was preparing to finally report all 85 incompetent doctors that I have seen to the AMA and write bad, but true reviews about them when I see on the news a doctor suing a patient because of a bad review. So I google it and find that doctors are not only suing for bad reviews, but for complaints to the AMA.

So basically in America, doctors can treat you badly, belittle your legitimate health problems, make inappropriate referrals, or ignore your complaints which could ultimately lead to death and refer you to counseling instead of for appropriate testing and you as the patient and consumer have no recourse...ain't that grand!!!

The patient I mentioned in the last post, died this week...

Had my letter to his doctor in mid-October not have been ignored, it is possible that he could have lived a few months longer. I believe the infection wiped him out..pure negligence. And the reason that I know that he died, someone overheard the doctor talking to someone in the hallway of the hospital, by name. A big HIPAA violation..I called his wife tonight to offer my condolences and it was confirmed.

All actions there completely inexcusable..