Author Topic: Left side translab one week post op  (Read 1463 times)

Pbellovin

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Left side translab one week post op
« on: June 30, 2019, 11:55:52 pm »
Has anyone experienced soreness pain and “herpes” like sores on tongue, gums, roof of mouth and lips that makes eating very painful and opening jaw to chew very difficult.   There is almost like a fuzziness inside my mouth on the left side and certain foods like citrus, soda, beef, sweets, salt, well almost anything is nearly impossible to eat. I’m wondering if this occurrence will go away or is this the new norm? I am one week post translab surgery

chrisabbott

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Re: Left side translab one week post op
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2019, 06:51:06 am »
Hi - I had a mild version of that prior to surgery, and it was noticeably worse post translab for a few days.  Dry mouth &/or numbness in the side of your face & tongue could be causing it.  I also think returning sensation to the facial nerve can feel like a lot of different sensations - tickle, pricks, hot & cold - just weird.  I noticed too that I had a worsening of soreness in one side of my throat + difficulty swallowing dry foods like cornbread for a while post-op, but that has gone again (I'm 2 1/2 weeks post translab)

I'm sure its too early to know if this is a new normal for you - have your symptoms changed any?
Strange tastes, facial numbness symptoms led to MRI 3/2019: 2.4 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm VS on left side
Left hearing went 4/2019
Translab 06132019:  1.4 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm residual stuck to facial nerve & brain stem
MRI 12122019:  1.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Translab 01132020:  0.1 x 0.75 x 0.57 + 1.5 x 0.5 cm
GK next

jami

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Re: Left side translab one week post op
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2019, 03:42:37 pm »
i had a thousand cold sores after surgery. They went away, but it really hurt until then.

(exaggerating the number)
Jami
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5/17/18: 2.7 x 2.2 x 2.1cm
8/12/18 right retrosigmoid craniotomy @UNC
8/15/18: 1.0 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm
3/04/19: 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
4/23/19 Cyber Knife treatment
10/23/19 0.7 x 0.3 x 0.8 cm