{"id":27,"date":"2003-03-20T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2003-03-20T22:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lopeyland.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2006-06-29T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2006-06-29T17:57:44","slug":"dont-bite-your-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lopeyland.com\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Don’t bite your tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 1 of 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Had an interesting learning experience this week. Having someone chop parts of your tongue off is an exciting way to learn something new. Seems I had a tumor on my tongue, as well as some “pre-cancerous tissues” that needed to be removed. The operation started with a spray on my tongue to numb it a bit, then two shots to numb it some more. Surprisingly, these shots didn’t hurt as much as my prior experience with Novacaine, which had always felt like it numbed pain by blasting<\/strong> the pain receivers into submission. Then the kind doctor said, “stick out your tongue a second,” and when I stuck it out, he clamped onto it and yanked it way out and laid it over my teeth!
\nThe doctor then cut pieces off with a scalpel. In total, about half of my pinky in volume. Stitching it up was fun, too, since you can feel the yanking on your tongue as he pulls the thread up.<\/p>\n

So why tumors? Well, apparently, I chew my tongue — a big surprise to me! And this chewing irritates the tissue, and caused it to grow back, well, poorly. So my advice today is:
\nCheck your tongue, and make sure you’re not chewing on it. Sounds stupid, but *I* sure didn’t know I was doing it either. If you look at your tongue from the sides, and it has ridges, or TEETH MARKS, then look out, you might be a tongue biter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part 1 of 3 Had an interesting learning experience this week. Having someone chop parts of your tongue off is an exciting way to learn something new. Seems I had a tumor on my tongue, as well as some “pre-cancerous tissues” that needed to be removed. The operation started with a spray on my tongue … <\/p>\n

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