What a Pain in the...

Mouth. Ever since I can remember I've always gotten canker sores in my mouth. They are so painful and drive me INSANE. My brother and I used to get them all the time and we've try out every sort of treatment for them (usually some sort of vitamin). Over time I've tried to figure out what brings them on. Is it food? Is it time of the year? Is it me constantly biting at my nails (obvi)? I've come to pinpoint (what I think to be) the two major factors to me getting canker sores: 1. Lack of sleep and 2. Stress.

But what can I do with that knowledge? If I'm not sleeping for a few days, there really is no way around that besides the obvious of get more sleep and if I'm stressed, there is little to do about that as well. Instead of screaming at people, or, even worse, going for a run, I get cankers.

Right now I have some that bring tears to my eyes they hurt so much and I'm so annoyed! But I got to thinking this morning, what if it's going to be like this for the next ten months!?! What if, the day I go wedding dress shopping I can't even smile because it hurts so much? What about my wedding days?! So basically I've come to the conclusion that I need to learn how to manage stress better and get on some type of meds that can help minimize the sores!

Bye Bye, cankers, (hopefully) see you never!