Sore Tongue, post biopsy pain

Just want to say, a tongue biopsy is very painful! I totally underestimated the discomfort.

Had mine 1 week ago, about 6 stitches into the side of my tongue. It’s getting better, but still sore and very painful to eat food. Still on soup for my main meals.

Stitches are uncomfortable, there is a bit of a knot at one end sticking out the tongue, making the tongue lumpy / sore. 

What are other people’s experiences? How long does it take before the stitches go? How long before normality?

thanks in advance

 

 

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  • Hi Butako, 

    I'm sorry to hear your tongue biopsy was painful and that you're finding things a little bit tough at the moment. 

    [@HWB]‍, [@Vatch]‍ and [@Space_1999]‍ are just a few of the members on the forum that have had a tongue biopsy and now that I've mentioned them in this post they will hopefully stop by when they can to share their advice and experiences with you. 

    You can make a new post and ask any other questions you may have in our cancer nurses section of the forum if you would like to chat to them about this as well.

    I hope this helps and I wish you all the best with your recovery.

    Kind regards, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Hi Butako, 

    I'm sorry to hear your tongue biopsy was painful and that you're finding things a little bit tough at the moment. 

    [@HWB]‍, [@Vatch]‍ and [@Space_1999]‍ are just a few of the members on the forum that have had a tongue biopsy and now that I've mentioned them in this post they will hopefully stop by when they can to share their advice and experiences with you. 

    You can make a new post and ask any other questions you may have in our cancer nurses section of the forum if you would like to chat to them about this as well.

    I hope this helps and I wish you all the best with your recovery.

    Kind regards, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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