will take a B-vitamin now!

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Thanks for the suggestion....will go straight for the vitamin bottle

and skip the probably useless visit to the neurologist. The visit

to this site was much more helpful.

ANn

> > Hello all,

> > I've been gone from this site for a while, but have a persistent

> > question that maybe some of y'all can answer....

> >

> > I had lower jaw surgery a year and a half ago (I was 44 at the

> > time). All seemed to go OK with surgery and recovery,

according

> to

> > the OS.

> >

> > However, I am still completely numb in the chin area, lower lip,

> > bottom teeth, and part of upper lip. That numbness is more on

the

> > right side, where the OS mentioned I'd had a nerve " stuck to the

> > jawbone " (he wouldn't be any clearer or more helpful than

that).

> >

> > When I asked him if I'd ever get feeling back, he " joked " -- " Who

> > knows: you're no spring chicken, you know! " and " I have no

idea. "

> >

> > Well, maybe I was old for the surgery. But the longer I'm numb,

> the

> > less I like to think about myself drooling, not feeling kisses,

> etc.

> > the rest of my life.

> >

> > Has anyone here had numbness that went away AFTER a year or so?

> > Has anyone here had any success with neurologists for a numbness

> > problem?

> >

> > thanks

> > Ann