***HEALTH WARNING FOR DENTURE WEARERS***

 

I WAS WONDERING, AS I LOOKED AT ALL OF YOU GOLFERS THAT ARE IN A PERIOD OF YOUR LIFE, WHERE YOU MAY HAVE LOST YOUR TEETH AND ARE USING SOME KIND OF DENTURE CREAM TO HELP HOLD YOUR DENTURES IN PLACE.

THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO EMBARRASS ANYBODY, BUT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A PROBLEM I HAVE ENCOUNTERED, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF MY LIFE.

I HAVE HAD DENTURES SINCE I WAS 25. I HAD USED SUPER POLIGRIP AS THE DENTURE CREAM TO HOLD MY DENTURES IN PLACE, SO AS TO BE ABLE TO TALK AND EAT NORMALLY. OVER THE YEARS I NEVER HAD ANY HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT WERE SERIOUS, NO SURGERIES OR ANYTHING. THEN IN 2004 I STARTED HAVING TINGLING SENSATIONS IN THE BOTTOM OF MY FEET AND I LET IT RIDE FOR AWHILE THINKING NO BIG DEAL. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF THIS I STARTED TO THINK I NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT, SO I WENT TO MY PHYSICIAN. HE SENT ME TO A NEUROLOGIST WHO DIAGNOSED ME WITH DISC DEGENERATION OF THE C2 -C6 DISC. HE SAID AN OPERATION WOULD PROBABLY STRAIGHTEN THE SITUATION OUT. WELL I HAD THE SURGERY IN JULY OF 2004.

IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS I FIGURED EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALRIGHT, BUT IT WASN'T. THE TINGLING SENSATION STARTED CLIMBING UP MY BODY TO THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WALKING AND WAS LOSING ALL SENSATIONS OF FEEL ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES OF MY BODY.  MY JOB WAS IN JEAPOARDY AND SO I CONSULTED ANOTHER NEUROLOGIST AND HE DIAGNOSED ME WITH LOU GEHRIG DISEASE. TO MAKE SURE, HE SENT ME TO ANOTHER NEUROLOGIST AT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IN DALLAS, WHERE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEUROPATHY, FROM THE USE OF SUPER POLIGRIP. THE SUPER POLIGRIP HAD SUCH A HIGH AMOUNT OF ZINC IN IT THAT IT CAUSED ZINC POISONING WHICH CREATED THE NERVE DAMAGE.  (THATS WHY TODAY I STILL LIVE WITH THIS FEELING CALLED NEUROPATHY. I AM NOT ABLE TO STAND STILL IN ONE PLACE FOR LONG WITHOUT SWAYING. THE MUSCLES AND THE NERVES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. AS I TRY TO ESTABLISH A SOLID FOUNDATION TO STAND STILL, THE MUSCLES IN MY LEGS START TO DISSIPATE TO NOTHING.  THATS WHY A LOT OF TIMES AS SOON AS I AM THROUGH HITTING OR PUTTING, I HEAD FOR THE CART TO GAIN BACK SOME MUSCLE TENACITY. THATS WHY SOME OF YOU GUYS THINK THAT I ONLY HAVE BAD KNEES, WHICH I DO, BUT THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM IS FROM THE NERVE DAMAGE.)

 THIS IS WHY I AM GIVING YOU THIS WARNING, SINCE THERE ARE PROBABLY A FEW OF YOU WHO DO USE POLIGRIP PRODUCTS FOR YOUR DENTURES. IF YOU DO AND YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING TINGLING SENSATIONS IN YOUR FEET AND YOUR HANDS ALSO, CHECK WITH A NEUROLOGIST AND HAVE THEM CHECK YOUR ZINC LEVELS. IF THE ZINC IS HIGH AND YOU USE POLIGRIP PRODUCTS, IT COULD BE THAT YOU TOO HAVE ZINC POISONING.

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DON'T DELAY! I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED IN TIME TO STOP THE DEGENERATION OF THE REST OF MY NERVES AND MUSCLES. AND NOW I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER AROUND TO PLAY GOLF WITH YOU GUYS. WITH GOLF AS A REHABILITATION TOOL AND THE LOVE OF THE GAME, I MAKE MYSELF GET UP AND OUT OF THE HOUSE, OTHERWISE I COULD BE A HERMIT WAITING MY TIME, FOR THE LAST HOLE.