Author Topic: so i got a tumor removed from my face yesterday...  (Read 1604 times)

...yeah the whole gist is in the topic title.

i had a keratocystic odontogenic tumor. awhile back i posted a picture of what 1 surgeron was doing to me to shrink the tumor.

last year april i went to a doctor saying i had a cold when he noticed one of my nostrils shut. he gave me some meds and a ENT's number to call if they didn't work. the latter happened. ENT called for a CT scan and what we got was astonishing.



ENT claimed i needed an orgal surgeon and someone who was willing to take it out. my mom was freaking the stuff out so she called my dentist who gave us a contact for a surgeon and even set up the appointment and gave us a group hug :).

we met up with the surgeon and he said it's so big that removing it would require massive reconstruction of my skull so a drain was put in (if you want a picture of this hole in my face i'll post a picture again but it's very NSFW/wtf)

he was also pissed that the ENT said what he said because he was was like "then who's gonna take care of this problem then?!?"

i ended up getting a drain and a biopsy done which ended up to be that tumor i mentioned above. it technically a cyst but it has tumor-like symptoms.

after a year of taking the plug out and cleaning it frequently, i was put into the hospital for the landmark removal yesterday.

after a few hours (and some complications) i'm tumor free (hopefully.)



i know is this such a /b/logland post and all but some people actually asked me about it so i figured i'll post the update.

the next few days will be tv show watching and chilling in my room with lots of meds to take.

i'm open to questions too if you're wondering more of what i had.

woah, glad to hear that's finally taken care of.

did the tumor hurt before it was removed? like, did it cause complications or anything with everyday life?


So what do you think will do for the reconstruction of the area with the hole?



woah, glad to hear that's finally taken care of.

did the tumor hurt before it was removed? like, did it cause complications or anything with everyday life?

oh yes it did.

at first i thought it wouldn't be a problem but once in awhile it would flame up. sometimes the acyrlic plug would fall in too deep and i'd have to take it out and re-position it.

the second problem was that it smelled. bad. like it stunk like stuff. now that's out of the way i can live live again without getting looks like i didn't brush my teeth.

So what do you think will do for the reconstruction of the area with the hole?

right now it's all natural. the void that's there right now is normal, it's just exposed since the hole is still there. my surgeon packed it in and said next week he'll pull the packing out. in theory it should go back to normal.

Just shove a cork in it. It'll be fine.

the second problem was that it smelled. bad. like it stunk like stuff. now that's out of the way i can live live again without getting looks like i didn't brush my teeth.
yikes
did breath freshener help at all or was it too strong for that

wow
this is a lovey topic
pics pls

im serious, i wanna see pictures of this

yikes
did breath freshener help at all or was it too strong for that

i used to clean it with listerine and a cotton swab. worked for like a day.

wow
this is a lovey topic
pics pls

im serious, i wanna see pictures of this

here's before surgery: this is seriously gore/nsfw click for the ones who want to see what i had done before they took it would minus the plug.


is the hole patched up or are you going to have a mine in your mouth for all your life?

no more shirtless dances on webcam :{