  So,  for years now,  since I was 5 or so,  I've suffered from mouth ulcers,  also known as canker sores. nbsp;  They've just been& nbsp; a part of my daily life. nbsp;  They hurt like hell. nbsp;  They las for about a week at a time and did I mention they hurt like hell?  & nbsp;
 I've gone through so many bottles of Ambesol in my life I should have bought stock.
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 That's the only thing I've found that does any bit of good and all it does is numb the area for a few minutes -  usually long enough to keep me from losing my mind from the pain.
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 Well,  last month I had to go to the doctor with my bi- anual sinus infection and happened to have an ulcer at the time.
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 I asked him about it and he looked at it and was like " oh yeah,  that's an aphthous ulcer"  and gave me a prescription.
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 I was like -  thank GOD!
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 I finally have a name for these stupid things ( I knew it wasn't cold sores cause they've always been inside my mouth and I knew it wasn't a STD since I've had them since I was 5)  and hopefully something to make them go away!
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 So I went to my local CVS to fill the prescription only to find that the ONLY company that makes this medicine is in the process of being bought out and has "
halted production"  of the drug.
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 The other good news is that this is the ONLY company that makes the ONLY drug prescribed for aphthous ulcers.
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 Sweet.
 & nbsp;  So,
 that ulcer went away as usual in a week or so.
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 Now I have another one on my lip.
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 This one caused by a " trauma"  to the mouth (
I bit my lip while eating)
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 It hurts like hell.
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 Having this pain makes me ill almost to the point of insanity.
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 It makes my whole mouth hurt which makes my jaws hurt which makes my neck hurt which gives me a headache.
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 I can't sleep at night from the pain unless I take Niquil or a sleeping pill,  and I certainly can't do other things I enjoy (
use the dirty part of your brain here)
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 Well,
 this whole situation reminds me of how I feel about life in general.
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 I have issues but don't know how to solve them so in the meantime I do things to numb the pain long enough to keep from going insale.
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 I could also assume the drug I need to fix the other problems in my life has been halted in production while someone gets bought out.
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 Typical.
