April 12, 2012
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only me…
I always get the “weird” things happen to me. Like hubby told me last night, why can’t you just get the flu or something normal!
OK, let me backtrack a bit. Last night after dinner out of the clear blue & quite suddenly, the left side of my face swelled up & felt like I was having a muscle spasm. The bulge was hard as a rock. Talk about totally freaking out!
This morning, the swelling had gone down some & it wasn’t as hard, but because of that nasty abscess that I had 3 years ago that led to the emergency surgery, I decided I had better get in to see the doctor, sooner rather than later.
This is what I looked like this morning…
pretty nasty, huh! I look like I am a squirrel with my cheek stuffed with nuts for the winter!
The doctor thinks that I have a blocked Parotid Gland & that I need to pass a stone, which is the size of a fennel seed. How am I to do this? Suck on lemon drops all day!
Yeah, seriously! Like I said, I get the weird things! lol…I may not know when I actually pass this “stone”. Since it is so small, you usually just swallow it. However, the swelling will go down once it passes.
In the meantime,they are setting up an appointment set up with the ENT that did my abscess. If it is no better come tomorrow, then I will need to go & see him & also call my doctor back so they can do some type of a scan.Before you ask, no, I am not having any type of teeth or gum pain. Didn’t eat or drink anything different, so it wasn’t an allergic reaction.
Why the lemon drops you ask? Because they will help produce saliva which is necessary to pass this stone.
I hope this is all that it is & that it passes soon. These lemon drops are already making my tongue & the roof of my mouth raw!
Comments (11)
Oh goodness..I just left a comment on the last post and noticed this one on my way out
Aww..Dori Sue.
.so sorry..I remember when you had that awful infection..what an odd thing..I hope it passed soon and I am glad you are seeing the ENT..he knows more about this and might have other ideas…big HUGS to you…feel better soon…’chipmunk’ 
ha..kidding…hope you smile and take good care of yourself.. lots of get well soon hugs..and much love…Lee
Oh my goodness, I never heard of anything like that. You are sure unique! I hope the lemon drops work and your chipmonk cheek gets back to normal soon!
oh my gosh, you poor thing! I hope it passes soon! hugs!
Main thing is that you’re ok and your situation will get better. You’re ok, Zany. It doesn’t look that bad.
Oh, you look so miserable
. I’m glad you went and had it checked out right away. I have never heard of that. I hope it passes very quickly! peace & hugs
you poor thing!!! so true, you do get weird things! haha you look miserable though, poor doreen! i hope you do pass the stone quickly and yuck….lemon drops making your mouth raw. ouch. isla would like that cuz she likes lemon. haha hopeyou get that stone passed super quick!!!
get well soon, hon!!! big hugs to you! 
@priorities - @dingdongdingbat - @WakeUpLaughing - @wematter - @peacenow - @angelahappydot - Well, I was back to the doctor today…the swelling was down this morning compared to yesterday, although still swollen, but I now have a bruise that starts at the corner of my mouth & goes towards my cheek & my neck, making a triangle…poor hubby…it looks like he hit me! The doctor thinks that I have now ruptured a blood vessel, which the bleeding is what I am now seeing. He said to expect it to look worse before it looks better. *sigh*…he did also do some blood work, just to rule out a couple of other things. Thank you all for your kind words & support.
oh no! sigh. hope they find out what is causing all this soon! sigh. poor hubby too….take a pic. i wanna see…so we can compare from the pic above .yes gotta get better soon. poor you, doreen. ok will keep you in our prayers.
ang
oh my goodness
Yeesh
You just look miserable.
Out of curiosity does it feel like you ate something sour all the time?
like that ache you get when you bite a lemon?
Gosh i hope it passes soon and you get to feeling better.
I am starting to think Murphy is back
@zanychk - I hope you are better today! Take good care! peace & hugs