This is the week since I lost all that feeling in my left half of my chin and lip that I have experienced the most sensations. These sensations are either a sharp poke or as if someone is gently pressing a cool spoon against my chin. It feels weird!
Other than waiting for my feeling to return, life is normal and there isn’t really anything to report. My insurance claim is resubmitted and my responsibility for the hospital bill is about $2,900. Which is much better than the nearly $6,000 it was before. Make sure you are 100% sure that everything on the EOBs reflects what is in your insurance plan because if I didn’t know how much my in-network versus out-of-network benefits was, I would have been out $3,000! That is definitely not pocket change. As far as I can tell, my gum line and the inside of my cheeks are still 100% numb. Whereas my chin and lip are probably about 95% numb. Some change is good change! If I have residual swelling where I think I do (under my chin), it hasn’t changed in the past week. If you look at my swelling photos, you can see that under my chin and neck area was where I had the bulk of my swelling, so it makes since that this is where the last bit of swelling resides.
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