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Author: grenadilla428
Date: 2013-02-12 20:30
Hi, everyone,
So, last night during dinner, I noticed that something felt weird with my lower lip. I didn't really notice it again until I was on my way to work this morning, and then felt it more specifically. Take your pinky finger and draw an imaginary line from the colored part of you lip downward, pressing lightly. That's what it feels like, just in that one area on the right side of my lip. It's almost like that one strip of lip doesn't want to stretch, but it doesn't hurt. No accompanying symptoms, but the sensation is much more prevalent when talking and forming an embouchure. I tried playing today, and could hold an embouchure, but it definitely felt weird.
I'm going to give it a couple days and see what happens, but thought I'd post and see if you have any thoughts.
Anyone?
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Author: gsurosey
Date: 2013-02-13 03:01
Is your lip drooping (your description confuses me a bit; I can't tell what direction the "pressing" happens)? How about the rest of that side of your face? Without knowing anything else, the former EMT in me wonders if you had some degree of a stroke (drooping + difference in speaking). I could totally be off in left field, but that's the first thought I had.
Hope you figure it out.
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Rachel
Clarinet Stash:
Bb/A: Buffet R13
Eb: Bundy
Bass: Royal Global Max
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Author: Buster
Date: 2013-02-13 04:17
Jesus Christ....
I once had a small splinter find its way into my lower lip after some judicious reed profiling.... it caused some curious effects.
Leave serious matters to an M.D. before diagnosing a small stroke or Bell's Palsy for the love of God; if you please.
Solely to lower the anxiety levels of another reader being fed uninformed, remote advice. As well meant as it may be.
-Jason
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Author: alanporter
Date: 2013-02-13 18:55
Hello Grenadilla428, sorry if my post scared you, but I was just hoping it would encourage you to see your Dr.
Buster, my apologies for upsetting you. I actually am an M.D. and was just trying to be helpful in my clumsy way.
Best wishes to you both.
Alan
tiaroa@shaw.ca
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Author: grenadilla428
Date: 2013-02-13 19:07
I had actually already considered a stroke (or mini, or whatever the term is) and Bell's Palsy. Neither seem likely, nor to fit my symptom, although the idea that it could be indicative of something bigger will send me to the doctor if it doesn't improve within another day or so.
Changes today are as follows - the feeling is very localized. It's just this small strip of my lip (btw, sits just outside where the reed makes contact.) When I touch along the strip between my lip and chin, I get a tingling feeling up in my lip. Makes me think I've done something to a nerve, but can't think of what. No visible swelling.
Hmm...
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Author: Clarineteer
Date: 2013-02-13 20:03
My Father owned a butcher shop and was an MD however MD stood for Meat Department. Every operation was a success but every patient died before they hit the table.
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Author: gsurosey
Date: 2013-02-14 03:00
I have tingling in my lip and chin, but that's nerve damage from a wisdom tooth extraction 2 years ago.
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Rachel
Clarinet Stash:
Bb/A: Buffet R13
Eb: Bundy
Bass: Royal Global Max
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Author: Taras12
Date: 2013-02-14 19:51
If you are really worried about it, you really should see your family doctor. That's what he/she is there for. I'm a family Dr. and don't really like phone/email/curb-side consults. If you're concerned, get real medical advice in person.
Tristan
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Author: Pappy
Date: 2013-02-17 02:57
Shiloh got over zealous while greeting you that morning? :-)
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Author: grenadilla428
Date: 2013-05-07 18:28
It occurred to me that I never followed up on this, and that some may be interested to hear what happened:
Turns out I pulled a muscle, the orbicularis oris, on one side. After a week and a half of rest (so frustrating, played lots of piano that week), I was feeling better, but it wasn't for another 2 or 2 1/2 weeks that I really couldn't feel it anymore. From talking with musicians much more experienced than I, we concluded it was because of work I was doing in ensemble, that playing very high Eb parts with another Eb player, two piccolos on one side, and very highly-scored flutes and first clarinets on the other side, I had strained the muscle while trying to reconcile pitch in long rehearsals. It's not like I was consciously pushing myself - you hear a problem and your inclination is to fix it. The principals in the ww section have since gotten together and discussed the need to be more aware of intonation. (This having followed an argument with a brass player about the need to agree on a pitch at the outset. Grrr.)
I traded my Eb folder with another person in the section for the next concert and took my sweet time getting back into playing. I'm just within the past month or so back up to playing for an hour in one sitting. Sensation is completely gone and I feel like I have the same flexibility that I'm used to. Feeling much better.
The moral of the story - when players don't agree on pitch, someone in the middle could get hurt. ;-)
Post Edited (2013-05-07 18:29)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-05-07 19:41
Tingling almost always means a pinched nerve. Try your dentist first and then an oral surgeon.
Ken Shaw
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Author: tomvrieling
Date: 2015-01-02 02:17
Kinda weird to ask this after more than a year, but i have the same thing with my bottom lip, but how long did that feeling last with your lip? And was it anything serious?
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Author: flexi98ss
Date: 2015-01-27 07:32
Yea I've had a wierd kinda tight feeling in my lower lip left side for about a month now
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