Ok, my gums started bleeding when eating and brushing so I went to the dentist.

told me I did not have periodontitis and that I have gingivitis. I had a cleaning done and they said to keep up flossing and brushing and bleeding will stop soon. It has been TWO MONTHS and I have been flossing, brushing, and using mouthwash regularly.

still bleed when brushing, flossing, eating, or even sometimes if i just touch them with my tongue. It is WORSE then before I went to the dentist.

this be because they wounded my gums with the drill thing they used to get tartar off? The bleeding has not stopped and I am worried.

those of you that said vitamin c, i take 1600 mg every day, so thats not the problem here. Clark.i just went to the dentist and it didn't help at all, thats why i asked.

i have a coworker hes in his 40's hes a very nice guy, he respects people doesnt bother anybody, i feel sorry for him cause he has a gum disease that has made lose most of his teeth and the few left ones are so lose that he has to eat soft things otherwise they will fall off!i have talked to him about going to the dentist and hes always giving excuses to not go! like the dr.

too far and so on! i have also notice hes taking antibiotics without a real prescription from a dr. he says he takes them when ever he gets an infection or little blisters/ sore in his mouth.

very sad, no matter how bad i tell him this will get if he doesnt go! i know its not my bussiness but i cant help it when hes nice to me at work!by the way we do have the best dental insurance that you can imagine!his teeth are already to being pull out he just need an appointment the finnal its on him! so sad!

Almost 4 years ago my son (age 11 at the time) was away at YMCA travelling camp. I asked the YMCA if there would be any lakes that they would be swimming at along the trip and they told me that there wouldn't be. I knew he swims well in a traditional public swimming pool but I never thought of wave pools because I never heard of such a thing.

the trip, they stopped at a water park that had a wave pool. Supposedly the waves on the shallow end aren't so bad but in the deep section they're a lot stronger. My son swam to the deep section but found it harder to keep his face above water when he came up for air.

waves kept coming up over his face. He found a stranded tube and caught his breath while laying on it.

lady who owned it kept screaming from the poolside kept screaming “Give me back my tube!”. He ignored her and gave it back after he caught his breath.

lifeguard didn't notice that he was even having a problem. He should have rented a a tube but he figured he could handle it. He was clueless and didn't know what he was in for.

have been your experiences with wave pools? rwd, Correction. He just told me that he was hanging on the side of the tube rather than laying on top of it. I wasn't there so I was relying on secondhand information.

to know that you find lifeguards to be so vigilant looking after swimmers.

wasn't my life experience and I wouldn't trust them. I wasn't seeking sympathy. I was looking for information regarding wave pools. I find it hard to believe that you think that lifeguards don't always notice a kid in distress. I was in distress several times as a kid growing up and lifeguards weren't noticing anything.

sound very much like someone who never had a near drowning experience. You're lucky but very naive as well. He was with a large group of kids from camp. I am familiar with the buddy system from when I was a kid. He was with another kid but when he was struggling it was all about rescuing himself. Perhaps if you ever had a real struggle in the water then you would know that the first thoughts on your mind are “How do I rescue myself?” Not “Is my buddy looking out for me?” Nor “Is the lifeguard paying attention to me?” Your mind immediatedly goes into survival mode. I was 7 when I nearly drowned myself in a pool and it was all about saving myself.

is not enough time to alert others (lifeguards or buddies) to help.

save yourself and FAST! rwd, I agree that water safety is serious business. A buddy is a child that supposedly looks out for you in distress and lifeguards are suppose to be attentive.

put WAY too much trust in others for your own safety.

smartest thing to do is swim where you are safe. Granted wave pools are new to a lot of people and those waves don't look so strong until you are actually swimming in the deep section. That's when you learn quick that it is no ordinary swimming pool.

for your opinions but I don't agree with you.