I have something on my toungue… It’s a bump. I don’t know if it’s an inflamed tastebud or coldsore or herpes or whatever… but it hurts… it hurts like a bitch. So, my buddies, Ost and K-man suggest that I take a pair of fingernail clippers and snip the little bastard right off.
"OW! Sonofabitch!!"
If you happened to be walking beside the bathroom in my office about 10 minutes ago, this is what you would’ve heard. Now that I’m bleeding, I’m thinking my little attempt at surgery was not the best idea.
Anybody have any idea what this thing was/is? And why it hurts? And why it won’t stop bleeding?
I’m not a doctor, but I’ve had inflamed tastebuds before, and that’s what it sounds like. very painful, and I’ve snipped them off with nail clippers before, and it took forever to stop bleeding. I didn’t die, though. After an hour or so it felt a lot better, actually.
“People who want to laugh at my pain” would be a much better term.
And I’m offended! You went to REAL LIVE people first instead of coming to the Board for advice!? Good heavens, man, do you want your membership revoked? I mean, there’s penalties for having a life, ya know.
Lost somewhere in the sewer by now… along with 12 pints of my blood. I thought I only had 8… I was wrong. I wish you guys knew my aversion to seeing my own blood… <shudder>.
BunnyGirl… You’re right… I wasn’t thinking. Can you ever forgive me?
I like the term toungue zits pcubed… that’s an appropriate name. And according to a poll here in the office, everyone (read: 5) who’s ever had a “toungue zit” has clipped it off. ((And two of us aren’t high right this second. ))
Simetra, you dumbass. If you had left it alone, it would have gone away. Plus, now you’ll have me pressing my tongue against the roof of my mouth all day, cringing in your pain.
Plus, I actually said ‘eek’. There are people in this office who will take advantage of such a thing.
I have one right now. Somebody either come clip it off or bite it for me. I keep biting it, but then the pain becomes unbearable and I let loose of my teethgrip. Make it go away.
Um, fingernail clippers??? Did you disinfect those things first? Some pretty nasty things live under fingernails, even when the hands are kept clean. I agree with Zebra. Get some Listerine. It’ll sting, but it’s better than gangrene.
Oh, and Ginger… I’m sorry. But you actually made me feel better at the thought of someone saying “Eek!” and by making me laugh at being called a dumbass… which I am.
If it was a hypertrophied lingular papillae, I’d be glad to excise it with a little antiseptic, & sterile cutting instrument. I’d skip the local anesthetic, as it would hurt more than the excision. Then I could charge about $120 for doing it. Or you could leave it alone, and it’ll get better.
