Hi all,
Its been nearly 8 weeks since I had my partial glossectomy on the left side of my tongue, the neck dissection was prosponed for now, because of other health issues, it would have been too much to handle all at once.
I did have an unexpected artery burst in my mouth and bleeding, when I woke up in recovery, so had an emergency 2nd surgery. I was in hospital for 9 days and felt I was so well looked after. All the NHS staff were amazing.
What I would like to know, when I have been for follow ups, I was told the 'pain' can take up to a couple of months to ease in the surgery area. My tongue is less painful now and closing up and healing well, it is still numb on the left side and thick looking. I was told it could be permanent because of the nerve damage.
The 'pain' that is still there, is below the back teeth gum and where the tongue attaches to the floor of the mouth. I am not sure if it is an infection, or just painful and will take time to heal. I did not have surgery there!
Has anyone had this, where it isn't healing 8 weeks later?
Unfortunately last week I caught covid from my husband, who was usually as careful as I am, but he caught it from a neighbour.
I am on the vulnerable list, so have had to have covid treatment at home, as I didn't want to go into hospital. Today is my last day on the treatment and 3 more days of isolation, so can't see the Dr regarding this 'painful area'. I will ring and discuss this with my GP on Monday though.
Just need some feedback, if this has happened to anyone else around the same area. I did start to eat soft foods recently, but because food gets caught in this area, and it is so very painful, I had to go back to liquid/puree diet, so I don't chew foods. So not sure if maybe food caused it!!!!!!
Thank you all so much to the people who helped prepare me for the surgery, since I came on here as a newbie.
You gave me the confidence to go through the surgery without fear, even though I had a bit of a mishap, I got through both surgeries. x
