hello all, reading all these letters is bringing a tear to my eye. had all my teeth removed. 39 imrt's 3 chemo's, i'm not sure of the number of amofoststien's but i do remember they were everyday. spent 5 months living in the cancer ward. had numberous infections from port's that after a while just went bad. what i tried to forget about is all coming back reading this forum. i was released from the hospital to go home and heal. i thought for sure i was going to meet my maker. day by day went by slowly, but i began to feel better. better than the last 6 month's, that's for sure. began speech pathology for speaking and swollowing. got fitted for dentures, now i have a smile i never had in my lifetime, ear to ear. graduated from speech path after 53 week's, nothing more they could do for me i was healed. 2 day's after graduation my cancer was back 3 week's after that my larynx was removed.this operation was 6 week's ago. still getting used to not being able to talk, but i still have a beautiful smile, and i'm still here, which if i was a betting man i wouldn't have taken that bet.what i'm trying to say is, having your teeth pulled (although it sucks) really isn't that bad as long as you are still here! you will learn to live a little differently, live being the main word. god bless all of us