NUMB CHIN AND LOWER LIP

[numbchin56]

HAD LOWER LEFT WISDOM TOOTH OUT TUESDAY AND NOW IT IS SEVEN DAYS LATER AND STILL HAVE LEFT LOWER LIP AND LEFT SIDE OF CHIN NUMBNESS AND FRONT LOWER TEETH AND GUM ON INSIDE ALSO..GOING BACK TO ORAL SURGEON ON THURSDAY TO SEE WHAT HE SAYS..ALSO ALTHOUGH THERE IS THE NUMBNESS I HAVE PERIODIC ITCHING FEELING AND CRAWLEY FEELINGS IN MY CHIN AND LIP, DOES THIS MEAN I HAVE INFERIOR ALVELOAR NERVE DAMAGE..WILL IT GET BETTER  IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN TAKE TO HELP THIS SITUATION..THANKS FOR THE HELP

[Timeheals60]

Thanks for your kind words.  I appreciate you being here as well and sharing your journey with the forum including keeping this injury in perspective relative to all that life has to offer.

My hope is to learn more and as each of us make an effort to communicate with the medical community, our knowledge of different therapies will grow. Because of our timelines and even extent of injury can be different, I believe it makes sense to develop a roadmap of sorts which maybe slightly different for each of us.  I hope you get to a point where this injury is of no consequence in your life.
Thanks again and be well.

[blessed2bme52]

I think it is a good conversation to have also and I am glad we cleared that up.  I am so grateful that you are on this board and have been so involved in the search for healing.  Of course, I don't mean that I am happy you are suffering - I just mean that you are a great asset to the forum.

I look forward to hearing about your consultation with the specialist later this month - this could very well be the answer that many of us here have hoped and prayed for.  

Wishing all total health and happiness!  Peace!  xoxo

[Timeheals60]

You have an interesting philosophy blessed2bme and I suppose it is difficult for anybody to interpret precisely what you have written about God without the elaboration you have just provided. The counterpoint to what you wrote of good coming from bad is...good can come from any circumstance including good as well which is my personal preference FWIW.  But no doubt your particular belief works for you.  What is most important is you say you aren't suffering but rather have an 'irritation' based upon your condition.  I suppose it could  be proposed having an irritation is suffering.  For example, I would say that that my condition at 5.5 months is mostly irritating.  But I believe I am also suffering at some level as this irritation occupies my consciousness and I find my mouth  less comfortable compared to how it used to feel.  I am fussy about how I feel.  I like feeling well.

So this is a good conversation to have as many will choose different paths in terms of what therapies they would consider moving forward.  In my case, I have an appointment with the nerve specialist at Univ of Florida late this month.  I have decided that if I feel no improvement in the next three weeks, I will seek a prescription for neuropathic meds.  This is partly based upon previous discussion when it was confirmed that taking a neuropathic med has no bearing on nerve recovery.  I wanted this confirmation. I am in no physical pain and neuropathic pain for me has mostly subsided however  I am considering two meds based upon discussion with different MD's.  The reason is...I want to feel as good as I possibly can or back to how I used to feel.  So I will try a medication to block what I also consider an annoyance or irritation or what I would generically refer to as suffering on some level.  
Semantics I suppose.

Because we may have a slightly different perspective, its a good conversation to have.
I wish you the best of health.

[blessed2bme52]

Hi!  It is great that you are looking into Dr. Shankland in Ohio - I eagerly await your info on him and his methods!  I am impressed that you are so thorough and so sharing here.

But please, let me clarify something - I really think you have taken some of the things I have written not as they were intended.  I never meant to imply that God wants anyone to suffer - I do not believe this one bit.  It is a mystery why bad things happen to good people - I just meant that God can and will use it to your benefit.  Good can come out of bad - that is what I meant.  

It might be appreciating a beautiful sunset, meeting someone that you would have never known, changing your habits to live a healthier life - many good things can be the result of a negative thing - if you are open to it - I try to be open and encourage those here to be also,

Also, I didn't mean to imply that I am suffering - I am not.  I have no pain - just a persistent icy feeling when eating and general tightness - it is irrating, but it is not bad enough to make me consider medication.  I choose not to focus on this and instead I count my blessings!  

Wishing all here a quick and total healing!  Peace!! xoxo

[Timeheals60]

Nice to hear from you and glad your move went well but sorry to hear of your continued suffering.
You repeatedly state this is 'God's plan' but I wonder if you consider therapies to reduce your dysesthesia? Personally I don't agree it is God's plan to have you or anybody else suffer but this a difference of opinion on a theological level.

I will share my opinion of your condition if I may because I may very well be in your shoes in another year.  I don't want to suffer long term.  Once I have determined there is little opportunity for the nerve to regenerate in a manner whereby it doesn't communicate pain or discomfort, I will consider intervention at some level.

Your options will be based upon current technology which include:
1. neuropathic meds to reduce pain sensation,
2. therapies to block pain through the nerve. (I am learning more about these options based upon discussion with Dr. Shankland in Ohio.  I will share his thoughts after his response to my recent email.

I hope you aren't in too much discomfort and my best to you.

[Timeheals60]

Soph,
Communicate exactly what you are going through with your dentist.
The only way I know of for your IAN to be damaged based upon braces would be the numbing process with an needle to numb you.  Injecting the nerve can damage it but this is rare.  Hopefully this didn't occur.  If it just happened, you need a bit more time to determine your status.  Stay close to your dentist and let us know what he/she says.
Best of luck.