If you are weary of personal health issues, avert your eyes, you're about to get eyesore. So I had this bump on my gums that showed up one day in August. I was paranoid, VERY paranoid about it. I didn't want to have a root canal, so I thought, I'll get rid of this myself. I bought a bleeding gum rinse, and combined that with my other 2 regular mouthwashes. I brushed my teeth so many times, I'm surprised I still have enamel on them! I used mouthwash a minumum of 3 times (each mouthwash at least once) a day, and focused on that sweet spot on my gums. After going through the entire bleeding gum rinse, and 3/4 of the other two mouthwashes, I finally gave in and went to the dentist to have him look at it. (I ended up with more than I bargained for at that visit). I had 3 visits to the dentist in the next 2 months. My dentist told me it wasn't root canal material, and that it was a canker sore with a chemical burn (gee, I wonder what that could have been from...) He treated it with some anti-bacterial stuff (debacterol) twice. It just made the outside smoothe instead of "chemical-burned looking". So I was referred to a Periodontist...
Last Wednesday I went in for a consultation, and guess what is wrong with me...please just go ahead and guess. Please, and guess wildly. Okay, you give... Pyogenic Granuloma. What's that you ask? A soft-tissue tumor (just a little overgrowth of soft tissue cells, that's all...) Well, let me just preface the next part. I am not, nor have I ever been, pregnant. These tumors are found in about 10% of pregnant women in their 1st trimester. Pyogenic Granuloma is also called a "pregnancy tumor". Tomorrow, it's going to get whacked, and shipped off to be examined. Please tell me, how on earth did I get a pregnancy tumor??? The doctor used the word "cauterize", so I'm nervous. I'll keep you posted on how things go with the little "freak show" in my mouth. Until then, Happy Brushing!
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