Re: To Fiddlesticks (or whoever knows) re: arnica

[Guest guest]

Thank you Marsha! LOL about the " getting it under your tongue " thing.

At my first post-op meeting with my surgeon, I asked (well, actually I

wrote) about my sublingual B-12 tablets. He said sure, you can take

them. I said where? ha ha He told me to disolve it in a small bit of

water and drink it.

Eileen

> > Hi, .

> >

> > I get the feeling you're our resident alternative therapies expert.

> I

> > read that arnica can help swelling. I don't know if this is too

> early

> > (I'm 7 days post op) but I still have profound swelling in the

> > nose/cheek/upper lip area. I've read about other people having

> > lingering swelling in this area (because they didn't apply ice

> > there). Anyway, I can hardly move my upper lip at all. I asked my

> > doctor yesterday, and he said the nerve is fine, just keep trying to

> > move it. I'm hoping if I can get the swelling down more, I can move

> it

> > more. I am elevated during sleep and during the day, too. Can arnica

> > help? Do I rub an ointment on?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Eileen