facial confusion

[reg]

my problem is confusing to me i have posted several times on this board in different topics but the same ?  i can smile, use my facial muscles fine, eat and drink normal  but i have severe tightness and slurred speech allso a feeling i just came from the dentist thats constant am i making any sense?  does anyone else have that complication and if so does it ever leave?

[yardtick]

It makes perfect sense to me, because I have a facial neuroma.  I deal with what you are dealing with on a daily basis, plus daily headaches and facial pain.  Was there any tumour left on your facial nerve? 

Anne Marie

[mk]

Reg,

the symptoms you are describing sound like trigeminal nerve issues. The trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) is a sensory nerve, controlling sensation. The novocaine feeling is also called hypoesthesia. It is not unusual for large ANs to damage the trigeminal nerve, either as they grow, or during surgical removal, thus causing these symptoms. Quite a few of us have them and while annoying they are usually tolerable. The worse case scenario is trigeminal neuralgia (aka severe pain), which can be intolerable but happens to a very small percentage of patients.

Marianna

[reg]

thanks for the replies and all tumor was removed (thank god) the feeling in tlolerable but very annoying iam hoping this med (effecor) will help it it dulls the sensation

[Pooter]

Reg,

I think I've posted a similar question here recently on a similar topic.  I think I said that my face on the AN side feels like I went a few rounds with Mike Tyson.. just sorta "puffy" feeling.  I still have that senstation (but my surgery was after yours), so I can't tell you if it will go away or not, unfortunately.  Like you, it's tolerable but annoying sometimes.

Good luck with the meds and hopefully the sensation will go away soon..

Regards,
Brian

[amymeri]

I have partial paralysis and significant sensory involvement with the a variety of sensations.  I always have a sense of tightness and that gets worse if I talk a lot or I am out in cold weather.  I also have buzzing, electrical sensations, sometimes feel like someone has punched me hard in the face, and generalized stiffness.

I am 4 years out and gradually my facial paralysis has improved to a tolerable level but the sensory problems sometimes make it FEEL like my face isn't working at all.

I send you my sympathies.  I think what you are experiencing is common enough but certainly upsetting.  I hope the medication helps.

Amy

[Wwoodian]

Can trimenial neuralgia develop 8 months after surgery?  Up until now I haven't had any kind of facial numbness or pain.  Does that make any sense?