OP "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | okay... i mentioned in my paranoia post that I had a sore chin... right at the tip... and an ear ache.
I have been taking antibiotics and the ear ache appears to be getting better... I am not having pain perse in my chin anymore... now it is an odd cool tingly numbness from midway along my jaw and my cheek... backn towards my ear - the good news... no pain and it isn't as far along my chin as it was two days ago....
I know there is some kind of nerve involvement with regards to the lesion on my tongue it was in the biopsy report, I am wondering if this is what is causing the numbness and ear pain, or if I genuinely have an ear infection (which apparently can cause cheek/chin numbness too..) anyone else experience anything like this? I also have a tender spot on my neck near where my jaw meets it... I know the doctors palpated my lymph nodes a week and a half ago and didn't find any issues that he told me about and this tender spot was there before christmas so I am assuming it's maybe a swollen gland (r/t ear infection?) or maybe im just unbalanced and kinda neurotic...
any ideas...
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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