I was injured by a medical professional during a routine dental procedure - replacement of three fillings in my teeth - on June 7, 2012. It was a rare injury caused when the needle used to inject anesthetic left a paresthesia, or numbness, that so far hasn't fully recovered. Paresthesia is so rare many online dictionaries suggest corrections to the spelling. That's because paresthesia impacts less than 1% of the population in a given year.
There's a few articles online about what paresthesia is, but precious few that describe the perspective of someone who is afflicted by it. Forced to endure weeks of discomfort and pain. Forced to suffer in silence. A speech impediment. Anxiety over the exact time frame of recovery. This journal, written in "real time," will help, hopefully.
There is another form of paresthesia called ASMR and many more than only 1% of the population experience it. http://www.asmrstudio.com/
ReplyDeleteApparently the tingles are also pleasurable.