Well, things are looking pretty good. I've had a few days where tongue was completely normal - really, truly completely normal. I still have days where it's a bit weird feeling (today being one of them) but it's extremely mild.
This suggests to me that it's still changing, still healing. So even though some doctors say you have 3 months or 6 months or whatever to heal, that's not my experience. I'm 10 months in and still experiencing change that is generally moving towards improvement.
I'm still not taking any supplements apart from pregnancy vitamins so this is all natural. If it's still not perfect once I've had the baby and finished feeding, then I might revisit them. But it's now completely livable. I really do forget about it 90% of the time.
I'll keep checking in, but take the lack of posts as a sign that things are close to completely healed as it indicates that I rarely think about it.
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Imogina, glad to hear you are feeling well! For me, at 7 months, I still think about it 90 - ok more like 95% of the time. Either I think about it hurting, or notice that it's not hurting as much. But after 7 months of dealing daily with an issue, especially when that issue is pain, it is ingrained into your brain; it has now become my life.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the time that I can look back and say "remember when I had that horrible lingual nerve thing" but right now, I'm wondering if that day will ever come.
I'm hoping to hear from some people for whom it has, but that has never happened. I'm working on publicizing our plight more so that we might, perhaps, get some of those stories of hope.
We now have a Facebook page (dental disasters, under Jane Fisher, send a friend request). Additionally, I'd love to get some interest in our plight, and am working on a book or pitch for Discovery Health channel, but need partners in this, as well as stories from others to lend credibility, since chances are they've never heard of this illness.
So glad for your post. Feel well. Thanks :)