My teeth where did they go

I am finding out the truth about getting dentures the hard way, by just doing it and learning as I go along. I hate to see others do it that way so I will share my experience and hope for a good outcome. As a child you take your teeth for granted. Your parents say brush your teeth, I did morning and night every day just as I was told to do. I still got cavities and had them filled. I remember going to the dentist and getting them filled I had one those dentist that thought because you were a child you didn't need to have them froze before he would drill, he would just pull that drill out and say this will only hurt a little bit. It hurt more than a little and I got to the point that I hated going because I knew it would hurt. As an adult I took good care of my teeth or so I thought. By the time I was in my late twenties my teeth were getting bad and I needed them fixed. I had no insurance and not much money. So i scrimped and saved got the money together to get them fixed. Wow I spent Six Hundred dollars on my teeth I was proud of the way they looked and they didn't hurt anymore. As the years went by, they got bad again. By this time I had children and no insurance so the kids teeth got taken care of but mine went by the wayside. The children had to come first. Now at forty-five years old my top teeth were a mess and I needed some serious help and now I had insurance! I marched into the dentist office and explained what I wanted I told them I wanted to save my front teeth and have a partial plate for the rest. I thought I had looked into everything and this sounded like the best answer for me. The dentist looked at my teeth and said we can do that let work up a price for you. I said okay and I waited, He comes back in and said we can fix these and pull these out and put a partial in for about $7,500 I about died right there there was no way I could pay that much to keep my teeth. I had put away $1,500 thinking that would or should cover it. I mean after all I finally had insurance they should cover some of this that's why we pay for it right? I knew then and there that I was in big trouble the dentist shook his head and said, that is after what the insurance is willing to pay. I tried to be strong and not cry after all, all I wanted was to keep some of my teeth. I really didn't think that should be such a big deal. I told the dentist that I had $1,500 to work with and that was all I could come with. He asked if I had thought about getting a top denture instead of the partial. He explained that it would be cheaper to just pull all of them than fix them. My bottom teeth are good so they can be left alone for a year since I would be using up all the money the insurance would pay for the year. He figured it out again with pulling all of them he could do it for roughly $1,500 plus the insurance. I went home to think about it. I talked it over with my husband and he encouraged me to do it. After all it would take care of the immediate problems I was having with them. It was also just what I had put aside to use for my teeth. Having the world wide web at my fingertips was also helpful or so I thought. I looked up everything I could find about dentures. I googled dentures and pain with dentures, I googled everything I could think of and thought I had gotten all the information I needed I was going for it. I made the appointment to get the molds done. Then they actually wanted me to set up the appointment for two weeks later. I was scared so I told them i had to go home and talk to my husband about it to see when he was available to go with me. I was postponing it, and I knew it. So did they and so did he, when I told my husband what was going on he said just make the appointment and go. He said he would go with me and that I shouldn't be so scared. Easy for him to say he still has is teeth! I kept telling myself millions of people have dentures so it can not be that bad. I made the appointment I got all my top teeth pulled out two weeks later. I had them do immediate dentures so I would not have to go without teeth. I thought I was prepared because I had read everything I could about this I knew what to expect or so I thought. I was wrong! I was fine while they pulled them, I was fine when they put the denture in and all the rest of the day. I thought this is not going to be so bad. They had frozen my mouth so I had not felt a thing. I seriously thought this is going to be easy. Was I wrong! The next day the pain really hit along with the swelling. I was taking pain pills steady all throughout the day the next day was worse. I had a smell in my mouth and a taste that was worse. I didn't like this foreign thing in my mouth. I then went back to Google for answers why do I have this smell and taste in my mouth. All I could find was that if you have a bad odor in your mouth it is dry socket and that it is painful but it starts with a smell or taste. So i freaked out, I cried and cried I called my husband at work and cried to him then I called a friend and cried some more. I felt like I had lost something I can never get back. I called the dentist and they had me come in just to check for me. The dentist laughed and told me it was natural, I asked him why it tasted like something died im my mouth he said it was because something did die in there all the tissue that the teeth was connected to had to die off as it healed. He also told me that the third day was the worst for most people. Why was that not anywhere on the web? Why don't they tell you that? If i had known what was going to happen i would have been more able to deal with it. Instead of freaking out and crying so I want you all to know what I am dealing with this as I hate the thought of acting like a fool over it. the loss of you r teeth is a real loss just as bad as losing any other body part I think. Maybe I will feel differently after while but i have regrets over this I would really like my teeth back I know that can't happen so I will learn to deal with the ones I bought. I just hope others out find this hub when they start to look into getting dentures so they know that it is going to hurt badly and it taste worse than anything in the world and also that the third day is the worst! Then with eyes wide open go get it done The pain ends and the feeling of being able to smile is so worth it. Also as each day passes it gets easier to eat and that can of Ravioli yesterday was the best I have ever eaten in my life. I hope the pasta I eat today taste just as good. and maybe by next month I will be ready for that steak I have been thinking of. I will let you know how that works out. I am just hoping that at least some of the people I see at restaurants have dentures, I want to be one of them someday.