Week 3

Wednesday 7/10/09

Felt great for the first few days of the week, and yesterday the burning and tingling was completely gone, my tongue just felt furry. Today (7/10/09), the tingling is sort of back, but it's a metallic feeling, the "tasting a battery" feeling.

I'm starting to conclude that I'll have good days and bad days. Let's hope the good ones outnumber the bad ones...

Thursday 8/10/09

Metallic taste is gone this morning, right side of tongue is slightly burning/tingling. About as it was a week ago. However, by evening the pain is back as is the metallic taste.

Am noticing things change daily, sometimes it feels like it's improving, other times it feels like i'm going backwards.

Friday 9/10/09
Same pattern - ok in the morning, then pain/burning in the evening. The worst so far this week, particularly the taste which is disgusting. All I can taste is batteries. Then, all of a sudden, all the pain is gone but the taste is there....

Saturday 10/10/09
Ok in the morning, pain builds, metallic taste is back, but it's less bad this time and the sensation has shifted to just the side of my tongue.

Sunday 11/10/09
Pattern same as yesterday but the pain is minimal, the taste is almost gone and the sensation is really on the outer edge of my tongue.

Today was the best day I've had since the injury - I'd say it feels 95% better this evening.

Overview: Over the past three weeks, in the first week it went from numb to burning. Week 2 the pain decreased and I thought I was getting better, then a huge set back with horrible pain. Week 3 pain replaced by burning and horrible metallic taste but now at the end of the week, all symptoms are receding and I feel almost well.

Things I think helped:
1. not focusing on the pain
2. taking care of myself - exercise, eating well
3. I took B supplements. The B12 sublingual seemed to make it feel better for a while
4. Alcohol was probably not great for healing, but a few glases of wine were the only thing that took the sensation and pain away so I had wine a few times to stop me obsessing about the pain. I think this was one of the best things I did because it meant I didn't get so wound up.