Re: Orofacial Pain Center

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Hi ,

I'm on post-op day 6, soon to be 7 in 1 hour (lol)...and you have my

utmost sympathy with your tongue pain!

I have it too, and was guessing that mine is likely due to the nasal

tube they had going down my nose, throat and into my stomach for

over 12 hours last week.

I notice my tongue pain is worse right after doing the salt water

rinses, it burns for a while then, and also if my mouth gets too

dry; which happens often because I also had my deviated septum fixed

during same surgery so sometimes my nose is plugged up and/or

draining, and I do a considerable amount of mouth breathing at the

moment.

I'm wondering where this clinic is that you're now going to (the

Orofacial pain clinic)?

Take care and I hope both our tongue's feel better soon :-)

Judy

(upper & lower jaw advancement, plus genio, plus deviated septum

fixed, plus uvula removal all on June 20).

>

> > Hi everyone

> >

> > Time for my update. I am still having a great deal for pain with

my

> > numb tongue. I Saw a new Dr yesterday. Orofacial pain

specialist,

> this

> > is the only clinic of it's kind in the world. This is great for

me.

> We

> > had a 2 hour appt. He has put me on another nerve blocker and I

am

> to

> > rinse with lidocaine 4 times a day. The fun thing about this is

it

> > makes everything numb that isn't numb already. It does nothing

for

> my

> > tongue pain. He was very honest and said that this is just going

to

> > have to be keep trying things until maybe something works. It's a

> > pretty good bet I'm going to be in a medical book at some point.

> >

> > My very good new is that my surgery wire is gone, I have anormal

> wire

> > on now and the OD said next month the fine tuning and in Aug the

> > braces will come off. I cried, and had all the gals in theoffice

> > crying for me. The OD said we could keep them on longer if it

makes

> me

> > that sad. Oh he's a funny guy.

> >

> > My teeth are perfect and that makes me very happy,having said

that

> > it's hard to be happy when I'm having so much pain.

> >

> > My best to all of you.

> > Michele