Well, let me tell ya, dentures, they ain’t all sunshine and rainbows like them fancy ads make ’em out to be. For some folks, maybe they work alright, but for me? They ruined my life, plain and simple.
See, I had me some trouble with my teeth. Years of chewin’ on tough stuff, and maybe not brushin’ ’em as good as I should’ve, I reckon. Dentist told me I needed dentures, said it’d be the best thing for me. Said I’d be eatin’ corn on the cob and apples again in no time. Lies, all lies, I tell ya!
- First off, they never fit right. Always slippin’ and slidin’ around in my mouth.
- And talkin’? Forget about it! Sounded like I had a mouthful of marbles.
- Eatin’? Don’t even get me started. Nothin’ tastes the same anymore. And forget about that corn on the cob, I can barely chew a piece of bread without gumming it to death!
I remember this one time, went to a family gathering, you know, a big potluck. Everyone’s bringin’ their best dishes, and I’m sittin’ there starin’ at all that good food, my stomach grumblin’ like a bear. But I couldn’t eat nothin’. Tried to gnaw on a piece of chicken, and darn near choked! Had to excuse myself and go sit in the car, feelin’ like a fool. It was embarrassin’, you know? Felt like everyone was lookin’ at me, pityin’ me.
And it ain’t just the eatin’, it’s the pain too. Lord, the pain! My gums are always sore, and sometimes they get these awful sores. Can’t even drink a cup of coffee without wincin’. The dentist, he keeps tellin’ me to give it time, that I’ll get used to it. But it’s been months, and it ain’t gettin’ no better. Feels like there’s always somethin’ foreign in my mouth, somethin’ that don’t belong.
I keep thinkin’ back, wishin’ I’d never listened to that dentist. Maybe I shoulda just kept my old teeth, even if they were crooked and achy. At least I could eat! At least I felt like myself. Now, I just feel…broken. Like a part of me is missin’.
I’ve heard some folks say dentures are a godsend, that they can eat whatever they want and feel great. Maybe that’s true for them, but it ain’t my reality. My reality is wakin’ up every mornin’ with a mouth full of hurt and regret. My reality is avoidin’ social gatherings ’cause I’m ashamed to eat in front of people. My reality is feelin’ old and useless, all because of these darn dentures.
I even tried them sticky goo stuff to hold them in better, but it tasted like somethin’ died in my mouth and it didn’t really help keep them in. One time, they fell right out when I was talking to my neighbor. Lord, I was mortified! Just wanted to run inside and hide under the covers.
And don’t even get me started on the cost! Them things cost an arm and a leg and don’t last forever neither. So you got to keep payin’ and payin’. Seems like a racket to me, gettin’ folks hooked on something they can’t live without. It’s highway robbery, I tell ya. They took my money and my smile along with it.
Some folks said I should of gotten those implants things, them screw things they put in your jaw. But they cost a fortune and ain’t no guarantee they’ll work neither. And I heard tell they hurt somethin’ awful getting put in. At my age, I didn’t want to go through all that. Guess I made the wrong choice.
So here I am, stuck with these teeth that don’t feel like my own, can’t eat right, can’t talk right, and always hurtin’. It’s been a long year and a half since I got these dentures, and I still ain’t used to them. I feel like I made a big mistake, a mistake that ruined my life. I just wanted to be healthy and now I feel like I’m worse off than I was before. I don’t know what the future holds, but I sure hope it gets better than this. ‘Cause right now, it feels like I’m livin’ in a never-endin’ nightmare.
Maybe there’s some folks out there who can make dentures work, but for me, they’ve been nothin’ but a curse. Just a constant reminder of what I’ve lost. I just want to feel normal again, to enjoy a meal without pain or embarrassment. Is that too much to ask?
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