Tonight, tonight!

[dancerjodi]

I'm going home after work - yay! I can't remember the last time that B and I had a night at home without other people. Even the "productive night" where I do homework and he does something like chainmail, stormtrooper armor or geeking didn't happen this week.

I'm going home, putting on my PJs and parking my butt in the Den or Living Room with him. This makes me happy. :) We'll be rockstars tomorrow night and on Sunday instead.

Apparently I've developed a nervous habit in my sleep of gnawing on the side of my cheek and tongue with my back teeth. As a result the whole left side of my cheek and tongue are covered in cankers, ouch! What should I make us for dinner tonight that won't irritate them? I was thinking grilled cheese (but we have no cheese and that's pretty lame). We had stuff to make a pizza (ixnay on the tomato sauce, though). Thoughts? All I can think of is cheesy and though I love cheese, its not the lightest meal on the planet. I'd have to pick up supplies for it on the way home. Though we're still budgeting some "weekend money" its less than before when we both knew we had jobs, and thus we're trying to limit our eating out.

On to read some journal articles with the remainder of my lunch break, blech! I'm totally not in the mood - its been one crazy week.

Comments

[snowwand.livejournal.com]

You should wash your mouth out with warm water and salt...just swish it around in there. That will help fix those cuts up quick.

Stay away from spicy things, lemon/citrus things.

I can't help with any suggestions for food though :)

[nazier.livejournal.com]

What else do you have in the pantry?

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

"You should wash your mouth out with warm water and salt...just swish it around in there. That will help fix those cuts up quick. Stay away from spicy things, lemon/citrus things."

Oh I'm an expert on the canker thing, having suffered from them my whole life. My doctor says some people are just more susceptible and that eating yogurt can prevent them. Its too bad I don't like yogurt :)

"I can't help with any suggestions for food though"

I'm hoping someone can - I'm totally stumped. I love tomato-based or spicy foods so everything we have in the house is like that (making eating a problem).

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

"What else do you have in the pantry?"

Everything is either spicy or acidic, so whatever I'm making will be something I get the ingredients for on the way home . . .

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[macropixi.livejournal.com]

if he suggests eating yogurt he probably wants you to get that bacteria that's in the yogurt culture... if so you can buy pills that have the active cultures. I take them. Can't remember the name of the stuff though.

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[julishka.livejournal.com]

what about a mashed potato thing? some sort of pie crust filled item? and don't forget you could always add the spicy stuff later...so you can get it as spicy as you can tolerate w/out aggravating the canker sores.

something mild to help absorb the spicy foods you like.

you probably know this but...
another idea would be to run out and get a bottle of anbesol - that stuff works wonders. there's another product called zilactin which covers the canker & creates a protective coating. it helps on those awful ones.

feel better!

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

"you probably know this but... another idea would be to run out and get a bottle of anbesol - that stuff works wonders. there's another produc called zilactin which covers the canker & creates a protective coating. it helps on those awful ones."

Unfortunately I'm the cankar queen! (heh) :/

Anbesol doesn't work for too long - my whole cheek and tongue is covered with cankers, I can't count em because its really just one large canker, blech! I'm not sure how well this would cut it.

Zilactin just always freaked me out - the crusty coating washes off pretty easily (and is kind of gross).

I think someone just needs to stab me with some novacaine :)

(that or I'll just keep my mouth shut, try not to talk and cut it with the spicy foods - its amazing how much faster they heal then.

Thanks for the help! In case *you* didn't know, tea helps soothe them sometimes (though I'm not sure if it helps them or just makes them hurt too much that they end up numb).

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[julishka.livejournal.com]

maybe get some clove drops from the vermont country store catalog to keep on hand! clove oil is a natural numbing agent that is an old staple in dental care.

plus, the clove drops are well...clovey! :)

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

"plus, the clove drops are well...clovey! :)"

Thanks! That's a great idea :)

[mizdarkgirl.livejournal.com]

I have always used alum on my cankers and it is amazing. It is in the spice aisle. Use very sparingly, as it will kind of a like a salt without a sting. But it takes the pain and rawness away.

How about a chicken, broccolli and zita dish with a little bit of cheese on top? Just skip the garlic...

[ej-geno.livejournal.com]

a sauceless pizza?

[carryonagain.livejournal.com]

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