Week 8

It's now Friday of week 8 and it's been pretty good this week - a few times it's completely gone away, but then it comes back - mostly as a sensation of crackly tingling down the side of my tongue that increases or decreases (often according to how tired I am or whether I talk a lot).

Not really painful, more tingly and still that dry, raspy feeling.

Sunday 15/11/09

Yesterday was a good day - not much pain at all and many points when it felt almost healed. This morning, raspy and tingly again, but has a "waking up" feel about it so fingers crossed there are more good days.

The main thing I've learned is that the symptoms go in cycles, but at the end of each cycle it's a bit better. It will flare up, the pain will spike, the burning/tingling will spread out over my tongue but when it settles, the part that's affected will be smaller.

The hardest thing is to remember that it's a cycle, because right in the middle of a flare I get panicked that it's come back and it's worse, but if this is happening to you, hold on to the belief that at least for one other person this meant it was healing. It might be for you too.

It's now, on Sunday evening, down to the smallest patch of tingling it's been yet. The end might just be in sight!

Monday 16/11/09

Best day yet! No tingling, no burning, no nothing! almost perfect, just a slight sensation difference and the back of my tongue aches, but I think that's just from testing it out all the time!

What I have noticed is the tingling has taken on a more "crackly" feeling when I have it - hard to explain, but if the tingles are little, the crackles are a similar feeling but bigger.

anyway - sooooo close to being healed!!!