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| Gum Grafts - I've had 5!; I thought this should be a new topic | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 10 2012, 06:08 PM (9,685 Views) | |
| JohnK | Jun 19 2012, 07:13 PM Post #46 |
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Hey brother I have found that just coming on KTC and reading shit or hitting up the chat room helps me. It only takes a few minutes for someone to say some crazy shit that makes me laugh. That and I spit seeds like a bird. The cravings are there and will be off and on, more at some times then others. Remember why you quit. The sleep situation is a bitch it takes a good bit of time to get back on track with that. Those three and four hour nights while waking up 50 times suck. But in the end when your sleep is back on track, the rage is in check, the shits return to normal, you look at the first month or so of your quit and youre still quit, its then brother you know you are a fucking machine and are capable of anything. Stay strong, stay quit. |
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STAY FOCUSED,STAY STRONG,STAY QUIT! "Do I remember my life as a chewer? I do. Do I still crave? I do. Will I ever dip again? I cannot say. Will I dip today? I will not". IUCHEWIE's HOF SPEECH | |
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| mikegooch | Jun 21 2012, 10:54 PM Post #47 |
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Hello Ladies! Day 11 was remarkable.. please do not tell me it will soon end! I will ride this pink cloud as long as it runs! I only had i real crave tonight.. when i was eating with Olive Oil.. (we made up! - i took her to get botox then out to eat so i am back in good graces).. Didnt really bug me at all today! no dip - no problem? FREEDOM! for today anyway.. now lets see if i can get a little sleep! Gooch |
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| mikegooch | Jun 22 2012, 10:20 PM Post #48 |
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I just posted this in Kjsylva82's "scared as hell" feed... I thought some of you other newbies would like to know what is waiting for you if you don't keep posting roll... I've had 5 gum grafts (maybe more? I have honestly lost count).. they are painful as hell... they never put me to sleep when I get them.. they lay your ass back in a dentists chair under a bright ass light.. you have to keep your mouth wide open for an eternity.. after a while your jaws cramp so damn bad you have to take breaks.. they will give you a lot of numbing agent at first in the roof of your mouth and in your gums on both sides (inside & outside of your gums) because the stitches go all the way through your gums.. the first few shots are really the only ones that actually hurt, because after that it is numb.. There are several bad parts of this procedure.. my least favorite is when they cut the hunk of skin out of the roof of your mouth.. they pretty much have you blind folded and your numb as hell.. still you can tell because the dr says "open wide".. the scalpel goes into the roof of your mouth and you immediately taste blood.. because it runs into the back of your throat.. (this is one good thing about being a dipper.. we have an auto shut off back there and we can block from swallowing!) after the dr. makes the first few slices there.. eventually they have to saw the hunk of skin off & THIS IS THE PART I HATE.. your head moves with the sawing action! by this time they have already completely pulled & scraped what is left of your gums in the bottom away from your teeth as to put the newly cut piece from the roof of your mouth.. this next part irks the shit out of me.. my dr always lays the hunk of skin from the roof of my mouth on my shoulder until she is ready to put it into place.. then.. finally when she is ready.. the hunk of meat from the roof of my mouth.. it is tightly packed between my old gum (whats left of it) & my teeth.. then it is stitched into place.. with a rather large needle that goes all the way through your teeth and gums and back around to neatly sew the new hunk of gum into place.. the entire time this is happening the assistant is sucking blood from your mouth and throat with a large tube.. under the blindfold you can see massive amounts of blood going through the tube.. once were done.. a piece of plastic called a stint is placed in the roof of your mouth, to keep you from bleeding.. for the next week or so it is very soft food and eating on one side of your mouth.. very slowly and carefully not to rip anything away from the gum or hit the roof of your mouth.. you are incredibly swollen and sore for a few days..often during the 1st few nights you bleed from the roof of your mouth while sleeping and gag on blood… now just imagine being so addicted that within hours of leaving this surgery… you want to dip so badly that you put a dip into your top lip just to get your nic fix.. you have to do it just right.. any sucking action and you will unclot the roof of your mouth and bleed out like a stuck hog.. Never has a gum graft surgery ever stopped me from dipping.. only when I got tired of all the shit did I stop.. when I got tired of being a fucking slave and paying big money to be the slave. Today even though its only been 12 days..& I still want to dip a few times a day.. but you know what.. I don’t have to! Gone are the days when I have a surgery and I cannot even make it through the rest of the day and I have to pack that shit into my top lip to get the fix.. tell me I am not an addict! I am totally an addict.. if you are here.. guess what?? You probably are too. Today I am so thankful.. I do not have to dip! The nic bitch has lost her fucking power today boys.. I respect the shit out of her because I know what she can do to me.. but today I say no thanks.. actually I say Fuck You and all the pain that comes with you.. I am free today! Thanks fellas! Gooch |
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| Smokeyg | Jun 22 2012, 11:58 PM Post #49 |
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I shake the cat, hold him up in the smoky and drunken light
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Thanks Mike. I'm going to use this idea when I teach descriptive writing to my 9th graders in the Fall - and hopefully stop at least one kid from taking that first dip. Powerful imagery. |
| The History of One Tough Motherfucker | |
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| Kubrick | Jun 23 2012, 12:50 AM Post #50 |
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I love freedom!
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Damn. My gums were getting close to that point before I quit, but, I could have seen myself still dipping after surgery to get my fix in. It's damn nice to not be a slave to that crap anymore isn't it? |
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Quit date 03/24/2012 HOF date 07/01/2012 "The only regret I ever see on this site is from those who fail..." - Sac ------------------------- My Intro | |
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| Wt57 | Jun 23 2012, 01:31 AM Post #51 |
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Mike I can totally relate. My first gum graft was about 25 yrs. ago. That chunk they cut out of the roof of your mouth has got to be the most painful at least it always was for me. The other shit that is so discusting about this fucked up addiction for me was still using even after the grafts failed and I started losing teeth. I've lost 6 and had one implant, the empty holes in my mouth remind me daily of what a lame ass addict I am. |
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4/1/2012: Nicotine Quit Date 7/9/12: HOF The Missing Warning Label TODAY is the day that counts "Do, or do not, there is no try." Yoda | |
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| Greg5280 | Jun 23 2012, 07:51 AM Post #52 |
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I never had a gum graft but I can relate to the fucked up shit we all did. I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled. The upper holes are not stitched shut and are allowed to heal on their own. I woke up from the medication and the first thing I did was to pack one in, open holes in my mouth and all. That one pales to the most vivid memory of my addiction. The one that still haunts me, and keeps me vigilant. My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Had to go through some very intense chemo. I remember sitting there holding her hand on the cancer ward, watching them pump chemo into her body, all the while my nicotine addicted ass had a dip in. 'bang head' Remember all of the shit you USED to do, use the memories as tools to help you with what you are doing TODAY. You are quit! STAY QUIT Greg |
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It's not that some people have willpower and some don't... It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. NEVER AGAIN !! "I have been down here before, I know the way out. " There is a huge difference between a commitment of 99% and a commitment of 100% Quit Date: 10-30-2009 : HOF Date: 2-7-2010 : One Year: 10-30-2010 : Two Years: 10-30-2011 : Comma 7-25-2012 : Three Years 10-30-2012 : Four Years 10-30-2013 : Five Years 10-30-2014 : Double Comma 4-21-2015 : Six Years 10-30-2015 : Seven Years 10-30-2016 : Eight Years 10-30-2017 : My HOF Speech | |
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| DeanTheCoot | Jun 25 2012, 04:16 PM Post #53 |
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Hey ADMIN: I love Gooch, but how many times are we going to let him write an introduction? Take your fingers out of the collective rectum and SCHOOL this slippery son of a bitch! Love, Dean |
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HOF Speech for the Ages http://forum.killthecan.org/topic/1004706/1/ | |
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| klark | Jun 25 2012, 04:39 PM Post #54 |
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Me monkeys are out in full force
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Done, Love you too sweetie! |
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If quitting nicotine is cool, consider me Miles Davis. A Promise not kept is the road to exile. Speak the truth, or make your peace some other way. Quit Date: 10/22/2009, HOF: 1/29/2010 , 2nd Floor: 5/10/2010, 3rd Floor: 8/17/2010,1 Year: 10/21/2010, 4th Floor: 11/25/2010 , 5th Floor 3/5/2011, 6th Floor 6/13/2011, 7th Floor 9/21/2011, 2 Years 10/21/2011, 8th Floor 12/30/2011, 9th Floor 4/8/2012, 1,000 7/17/2012, 3 Years 10/21/12, 11th floor 10/25/2012, 12th Floor 2/2/2013, 13th Floor 5/13/2013, 14th Floor 8/21/2013, 4 years 10/21/2013, 15th floor 11/29/2013, 16th floor 3/9/2014, 17th Floor 6/17/14, 18th Floor 9/25/14, 5 years 10/21/2014, 19th Floor 1/3/2015, 20th floor 4/13/15, 21st floor 7/22/15, 6 years 10/22/15, 22 Floor 10/30/2015, 23 Floor 2/7/2016, 24th floor 5/17/16, 25th floor 8/25/2016, 26th floor 12/3/2016, 27th Floor 3/13/17 | |
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| DeanTheCoot | Jun 25 2012, 05:07 PM Post #55 |
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Good to see you, old comrade! |
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HOF Speech for the Ages http://forum.killthecan.org/topic/1004706/1/ | |
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| DeanTheCoot | Jun 25 2012, 05:09 PM Post #56 |
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I had grafting done when I was about 20, back in the throes of dipping and smoking. It sucked. Looked HORRIFIC when the procedure was first done. I actually wondered if the doctor was a fake and just tore me up. I, too, was awake for it. I love the pain. That's a lie. I was awake, but I hate pain. Am a huge pussy. |
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HOF Speech for the Ages http://forum.killthecan.org/topic/1004706/1/ | |
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| jjprice | Jun 26 2012, 07:15 AM Post #57 |
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Don't pretend you haven't heard of me.
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This whole disgusting gum graft thing really helped me stay quit yesterday. Thank you for making me want to puke. |
| You may be cool, but you're a tool compared to these guys. | |
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| mikegooch | Jun 26 2012, 07:22 AM Post #58 |
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JJ.. I am glad it worked for you Pal.. I hope you never have to go through that! |
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| mikegooch | Jun 27 2012, 08:50 PM Post #59 |
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Damnit Boys.. (& 2 girls that I know of?)! man size craves todays! Holy Shat! Coffee is my dip replacement! & I've used it a lot today... I have a special mix.. coffee..espresso..salt..hot pepper.. & tabasco.. & more salt.. gives you a lot of spit! & even gives you heartburn sometimes like the real shit... Looks like I made it through another day... Craves could be that I got news today that one of my best childhood buddies was found dead today... 43 & one year younger than me... It was me & him and one other guy.. we all hung out since the 3rd grade.. all the way through high school..we hunted and fished all over KY & yep we all 3 dipped like crazy... our other buddy stopped about 10 years ago.. me and this guy we struggled... we have not been as close in the past 10 or 15 years.. you know work and wives and shit.. but when we saw each other it was like we never missed a day.. appears to have been a heart attack.. Rest in Peace my old friend... |
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| shoogie | Jun 27 2012, 09:00 PM Post #60 |
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Sorry to hear that gooch. Stay strong and stay quit! |
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