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#68363 01-24-2008 06:05 PM | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29 "OCF Canuck" Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  "OCF Canuck" Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29 | I had a small amount of my tongue excised for mild to moderate dysplasia, and am now concerned as I sometimes wake up from biting my tongue on either side. I wonder if that caused all my grief and I certainly don't want to go through that again if I can help it. I am trying to contact my dentist to see if I need a mouthgard or something, but I asked him a few years ago when I first noticed this sore and he said it didn't look like I had grinding or sharp teeth. I hope I didn't cause all this from lying on my left side while I was pregnant and chewing on my tongue....although I did find one article that claimed trauma had no correlation to dysplasia... | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I wish about now that I could bite my tongue, or whats left of it , but I would need teeth for that . LOL
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29 | I wish you had more teeth too...
I know I have been through a fraction of what you have been, and what I have seen has been scary as it is...the best of luck for your treatment, you are very courageous... | | |
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