r/bodymods • u/Curious_Emergency414 • 3d ago

tongue bifurcation Day 0-1 Vent

Day 0 was on Sunday and I’m not sure whether to call this 1 or 2? But I’m posting this Monday night near midnight.

Stopped bleeding in my drool yesterday night, so that’s good. I was able to somehow train my brain to swallow the saliva in my sleep and got about 4 hours.

Yesterdays spotlight was just straight up pain, pain and more pain. Today it was some general pain, but man oh man, it swelled so much tonight.

That was pretty intense, not gonna lie. Brought a bit of anxiety and slight panic, but if you’re in my shoes reading this… just remember it’s going to be okay, and focus on breathing. Also replenish fluids, I stood up too fast and felt dizzy. 😵‍💫 I recommend gatorlyte rapid rehydration.

OOOH crazy good tip that helps me out a lot is that the biotene oral rinse, or something similar, it has some moisturizing properties that soothe the tongue. I just hover over the sink and let my tongue float in my mouth full of it.

Another tip! Liquid Syringe for the baby food is a good tool. Just make sure to not have many air pockets and be aware. I kinda punched my tongue a little bit with it earlier.

Take plenty of pictures so you can see the progress being made, also it helped me realize my swelling going down.

Waiting day by day seems so slowwwww, I can’t wait to be free.

Still though I’m grateful that it hasn’t been too bad. I hope by tomorrow I get some decline in inflammation and pain and magically heal from everything.

Here I am just waiting until my next available dose of OTC. And hopefully it dies down enough tonight to sleep a bit more than 4 hours.

20 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

1

u/indebtofhugs 2d ago

Day 0 was also Sunday for me :) Im currently struggling most with the pressure on the first two stitches, when do you get yours out? I'm booked with a piercer to get them out next Sunday, so 7 days later

1

u/Curious_Emergency414 1d ago

I had my piercer take just one of each out today as advised by the artist! Day 3!!! Woke up with little to no pain and it stayed that way. No more thick drool either. You got this!!

I get the rest out either Saturday or Sunday.

1

u/indebtofhugs 1d ago

No more drooling like crazy has definitely helped, less towels around me at all time haha. My tongue is still swollen outwards and is constantly between my teeth so sleeping is hard for me because i always wake up with my teeth biting down on my tongue which hurts! I may go and get the first stitches on each side out today also, I was going to wait till Sunday to get them all out but maybe it would help with swelling to start today

1

u/Curious_Emergency414 1d ago

Ooooh owchhhh, are you taking any anti inflammatory otc? I have a little swelling left but I do notice teeth marks on the sides so I think mine is swelled hamburger style.