May. 27th, 2008
in and out surgery in 30 minutes
May. 27th, 2008 01:09 pmAbout 4 weeks ago, I bit my tongue severely, eating fast. Twice in the same place. A week later, while brushing my teeth, I noticed a red mark on my tongue. Sorta like a blood blister, but hard inside. And it seemed to get worse and larger. And when I ate my molars would rub on it and it would bleed (yes no kissing or sex with this in the way). So today I had it looked at. Neurotic as I can be, I thought I had a possibility of cancer. The very nice female Dr looked at it and said that this is sometimes common, when the tongue is traumatized, biting, puncture from bones, etc. And very rare to be cancer, since I never smoked, and this would look different if it were. When traumatized, it can sometime heal strange. So I had the choice of going later for removal, or do it now. I opted for now. She injected my tongue. That was the most painful part. But not as painful as a nipple piercing. Then within minutes it was numb. She removed the mass. It was the size of a large pea. Stitched up the hole. And I was off to work. They are sending it to pathology, as protocol. But she said it looks fine. In a few days, I will be healed up. Tongues heal fast. But now with a numb tongue, I am slurring on the phone LOL . Just eat normally. Will just need some Tylenol for later. Lesson = Eat your food slowly!
Years ago, one of my boyfriends' was into this. Sprint car racing. On Fridays he would rush down from his home in Sac, and we would go over to Fremont, CA to watch. He would meet up with friends. Bearish, straight friends, that supposedly did not know about him, or me (I butched it up as much as I could (lol). I initially kicked and screamed on my way there, but after time, I actually enjoyed going. Most of the Sprint car races were held in the Mid-West and South. Fremont, and some other track in SoCal were the few out West. The Fremont track sold for condo development yrs ago. I met some of the racers. Talk about hunks! And you think this is a redneck poor man's sport? Not really. Some of these men, with the help of their sponsors, made easily over 200K per yr. And that was over 15 yrs ago. I would like to see another race sometime. Damn I was so butch!