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Just type it in.. I don’t know why.. it does when I click it…

ha ha ha, well a certain person I live with tells me it isn’t porn. WHATEVER.

I had two surgeries, both of which I also was on pain medication, but except for an extremely itchy and watery eye (due to a sudden foreign body being planted underneath it), I really didn’t feel that much due to the nerve damage. Unfortunately, because I now have a foreign body inside of me, I am always at risk for sudden immune rejection of my implant which does happen in people from time to time (which would put my vision at risk unless I made it to a hospital within about 24 hours to have it removed).

Im the person with the broken face from the car accident.. The severe damage to the trigeminal nerve is what causes the condition. By the sounds of it you were lucky and the nerve was damaged completely (Well…luck shouldnt be the word used) instead of almost completely. When my zygomatic bone broke it broke inwards severing the nerve 90%, which means its hanging there triggering pain daily. The nervous system does repair itself so if you start feeling these symptoms even in the next year or two it is worth checking out and jumping on right away! It took my doctors forever to diagnose so thats why I warn….not to be morbid or anything. Hopefully all things go well and the nerve stays dorment for you. My two front teeth and gums also feel like yours. My dentist tried to tell me the nerve had to come out of those teeth in fear of them rotting as the nerves in them are most likely dead…..don’t do it….its been 3 years..still no rotting. So do you not take any pain medication for your face then if you do not feel much?

I hope all is getting better for you and we’re all here to talk!

Justin

The sad thing is I had a medical student see me about a week after everything happened. After looking at my CT scan he told me everything was fine and I was to go home and wait six months. It was only because I got a copy of my CT scan myself and sent it to a guy on the internet (some surgeon who chimed in on my blog and offered to help) that I received a proper diagnosis. Unfortunately, by the time I got into the OR, it was too late to properly fix the zygomatic bone, so it’s currently slightly out of place.

If anyone wants to see, I did a 3D rendering of my injuries once I got a hold of my CT scan CD myself. It’s a bit graphic, but you can hover over the image and see where the breaks are. It’s available here.

So I read your story about being assaulted and thought there is something that you might find interesting (Well…not interesting but informative). Three years ago I was in a serious car accident and broke almost every bone in the left-hand side of my face. After being discharged from the “lovely” Meadow Ridge Hospital in Maple Ridge with them saying that I just had a broken nose and nothing else was wrong (as well as being accused by a nurse of drinking and driving…I guess tea really messes people up these days) I found myself having some pretty severe facial pain (obviously I was in pain…but something was very wrong). After going through some proper channels I learned that I had fractured my ZYGOMATIC BONE, which from your description is what you might have fractured, I had been diagnosed with something called TRIGEMINAL NEUROPATHY (or it can be called TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA) What it is is basically a severe nerve condition usually caused by a blood vessel aggravating the nerve; but mine was caused by the fracture breaking inwards and damaging the nerve. This condition is known as one of the most painful ailments known to medical doctors. I have severe pain every day combated only with a harsh regiment of narcotic pain killers that bring on a whole new line of problems themselves. It is VERY likely that you might have damaged this nerve by the sounds of your trauma. The pain is so severe that depression is almost a given. Everything you have described in your entry is what happened to me to a tee. Social anxiety, depression, pain etc etc. I write this entry not to take away from the pain and turmoil, but to bring this to your attention. Along with terrible migraines and aching in the left-hand side of your face, trigeminal neuralgia can cause very severe electric-like pain caused by triggers. (ie. brushing your teeth, touching your face, kissing someone etc.) Sorry about the length of this but if you have any of these symptoms I think you should SERIOUSLY look into this.

hope things are well!

Looking forward reading your good words!

No, I don’t hear that term on that channel but I still think the channel is porn.

Sorry, what was the question?

Patrick, you are such a guy. That made me laugh.

I’m so out of the dirty slang loop it is embarrassing. I once bought my son a t-shirt that said “I’m ready for my money shot”. For those of us who don’t watch porn, these things just aren’t obvious …

Thanks for clearing it up.

Yes it is always a joke with me - starting at 5 in the AM by looking at the mirror!

I love happy endings too!

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Patrick, please explain … I wasn’t trying to be funny.

Always a joke with you …