I know how you are feeling.  I will be having a throat biospy in the coming weeks.  I was told my appt could take up to 6 week to arrive which doesnt bear thiniking about.  Every moment of the day I am lost in thought of what may lie ahead.  I feel ike I have been carved out inside... hollow  , numb and unable to communicate with others.,, people speak to me and I am not even aware,  I am so closed up inside my own head.. 

Sleeping is so hard.  I did actually download an app for mindful meditation and relaxing, which I  must admit , it did acutally distract me and send me to a better more relaxed mindset and I fell asleep to it .  Annoyingly it is only free for 28 days so looks like I may need to invest for the long time frame I know is ahead .. if my biospy takes 6 weeks and my results 2 weeks I have another 2 months of this . :neutral:

Oh my that is such a long wait. Hope you get it done sooner, it is so difficult when they find something and I feel it's the not knowing and the wait after biopsy for results is the worst, I agree you cant function or turn off no matter how much you try. I have everything crossed for you that it is quick, good news and you have a speedy recovery x 

Whatever happens we will have a hell of a story to tell when this is all done.

So glad to hear you are home and relatively pain free Jo.

I would like to think that I am pretty good with pain (even for a man :wink:). I have had many tooth abcesses in my life. This whole experience has already been life changing and when we do get through this nothing should ever scare us again.

I will definitely make sure I have plenty of pain killers and get some of the strong stuff from the hospital just in case.

have a nice chill day both of you

Alan

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Hi Sue

My sister is a dental hygenist and she advised me to get some gengigel to help with trauma to gums / 'mouth - she said many of her patients swear by it - obviously our wounds are a little deeper but i bought some anyway (anything is worth a go)  and I have been applying it direct to wound and gently rubbing it in with my tongue   - I must admit , theres not a chance in hell I will be eating solid food for a while - disappointing that  this is not mentioned in aftercare by anyone - even soups I am having to blend and eat by straw away from the biospy site  

Jo

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Aww I'm so sorry you are suffering jo, hopefully you will heal quickly, my nurse at clinic said to eat solid food asap as it helps with the healing, she obviously has no clue on how painful it is, wishing you a speedy recovery and clear results.

hugs 

sue x

Well a new turn of events - my stitches have come undone and I now have a hole in my soft palate - have emergency contact for ENT but no-one is picking up :neutral: 

Straight to A&E they will sort you. Good luck hun xxx

Spoke to them , they said not to worry it will heal on its own :neutral:

Hi Sue

Just wondered how you are healing up ? 

Jo

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Hi jo, I'm getting there, coughed 2 big lumps of white stuff and stitches up this morning since then the pain has eased loads and soreness is considerably less than it was which is a huge relief. How are you fairing? Hope you aren't suffering too much.

sue xxx

Wow haopy to hear this Sue , progress at last .  I have lost a few more stitches and the hole in my palate is pretty grim .  Eating is a massive challange at the moment - soups , fruit shakes and ice cream but litlerally I have to eat so slowly and the tiniest amount at a time (took me 30 minutes to eat half a cup of soup lol it was stonr cold by the time finished )  . Weight has fell off me , which scares me as I am not sure if it is anxiety , lack of food or a dreaded symptom  - that said , my weight was fine until I got referred on this trek - so  i think anxiety is burning up what little I am able to eat .  
 

I managed to see my GP yesterday as i was worried with the pain and she issued me some anitbiotics and said take them if things get worse , but what the heck I am taking them now to be sure and not waiting for anything to worsen .  Also given some anxiety medication .. took some lastnight , didnt seem to do dip lol  

When do you get to see somone again ? .. i  dont think stitches and throats are comaptible given we both seem to have had issues 

Jo

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Aww bless you, you are going through it, it's absolutely awful. Your tablets for anxiety will probably take a couple of weeks to kick in I'm afraid, my GP is talking about putting my dosage up from 60mg to 100mg as I am not in the best of places either. Hopefully your antibiotics help and are you gargling with corsodyl mouth wash? That has helped my throat a lot. And I agree I don't think stitches are the best for your throat. I see my G  as p on Monday afternoon so fingers crossed she has a report of results there as I still haven't had my hospital appointment.

sending hugs

sue x

Aww bless you, you are going through it, it's absolutely awful. Your tablets for anxiety will probably take a couple of weeks to kick in I'm afraid, my GP is talking about putting my dosage up from 60mg to 100mg as I am not in the best of places either. Hopefully your antibiotics help and are you gargling with corsodyl mouth wash? That has helped my throat a lot. And I agree I don't think stitches are the best for your throat. I see my G  as p on Monday afternoon so fingers crossed she has a report of results there as I still haven't had my hospital appointment.

sending hugs

sue x

That was supposed to say GP!!! doh