Hi there,
You poor thing, I had trigeminal neuralgia once and it was the most awful thing I have ever had. I'm usually tolerant of pain but this took the cake. I hope you hear from your neuro or any doctor soon.
Funny I went to the dentist too and they couldn't find anything wrong...
I had to have tegretol and anti depressants for the pain, I was unable even to talk, which was a god send for lots as usually I don't shut up..lol as soon as I moved my facial muscles it hit, I was unable to go out in the wind or anything... I laid in bed for days, but I think that was the drugs too....lol
Good luck, I hope you get some relief soon.
Cheers,
Udkas.
Hi there!
The tofu was nice and soft, it was the carrots, broccoli, onions, water chestnuts and other veggies that took me a while. Since the pain is on my left side, I have to take small bites and chew on the right side, which can take a while.
The Wok Inn is one of those places where you pick what you want out of a salad-bar type area, then take it to the counter and they stir fry it for you. I liike it 'cause I can get lots of my beloved veggies. They have some good hot and sour soup, too.
Have you read anything about Trigeminal Neuralgia? If you have pain that bad, it could get worse if you don't have medicine to treat it when it flares up; something about opening up the pain pathways or something much more scientific sounding than that.
I always can find a way to eat, tee hee. I was feeling quite a bit better today, and ate quite a bit of frozen yogurt while watching a movie. I was fine while I was eating it carefully on the right side of my mouth, but a few minutes after I finished, when I was driving down the freeway, the pain hit again like a sledge hammer. It let up after about 15 minutes, and hopefully I'll have enough sense to eat only small amounts of fro-yo in the future.
Human dodgeball, too funny! My face has been flushing lately, I'm thinking mine is from the Provigil I've been taking. It does look healthier than the palid grayish look I get when I'm totally fatigued, so I'll take it.
I think I'd prefer Slimfast to Ensure. Try it if you need to go liquid sometime. The cappucino flavor is pretty good, and I like the deep chocolate or whatever its called; not the milk chocolate. When I was consuming caffeine, I'd make an iced latte using Slimfast for breakfast. Sigh, my espresso machine hasn't been used in a year!
Kathy,
I can't offer much, but if misery loves company, I'll pull up a chair!
Back in Dec. I was getting sharp pain at one tooth that went down to the jaw in shocking waves. I won't lie, I went years without dental coverage and also have a phobia, so I thought it was catching up with me!
I got in and had it looked at, and x-rayed. While I do have a tiny cavity, it's not on the same tooth and the dentist said there is no way I could be feeling that cavity, as it was not near the nerve. I felt very silly, I had been rushed in as an emergency case! Five minutes and some x-rays later, I was out the door!
Since then the tooth pain comes and goes, but I've done what I can to ignore it. Thankfully, it hasn't been that active in the last few weeks.
I get other "weirdness" in my mouth/face, like tingling gums in the upper left, and burning in my cheeks, stabbing ear pain, and lots of painful/freaky cranial symptoms. Since on antibiotics for my Lyme and co., my face is also more prone to lighting up like a big red rubber ball. (I have a full face, so think "Human dodgeball!") It cracks me up, people comment on "how good" my color is. I tend to keep to myself that it's a raging infection, and not a beauty secret!
If even tofu is too firm to take, then they better figure this out for you! If you do continue to have a lot of trouble eating, maybe consider a liquid nutrition replacement in the meantime. One I've been subjected to when necessary is called "Ensure," they have it at all the drugstores and grocery stores 'round me. I hate the stuff, but it helps if you can't eat normally.