Critter’s Krib

As you can see by the previous blog entry, we lengthened the split in my tongue last week. When we made the initial cuts we only went as far as the healed pocked from my tongue ring. This meant that I had no cut tissue resting on itself, since the back of the cut was already healed.

Since we added to the cut, I now have open tissue at the back of the cut that wants to close up and heal. This is not what I want, though. The tongue heals very quickly, and the newly separated pieces will try their best to reunite. Re-growth is inevitable.

I have been taking tissue paper and grabbing both halves of my tongue and pulling them apart. This keeps ripping the re-growth so that I can keep as much of the split as possible.

I was sitting there yesterday, staring blindly at my bathroom countertop, when I had a revelation. *bright idea* I can use dental floss to help separate the tissue! I took out a strand of floss and “flossed” the split, pushing my tongue out as far as I could, against the floss. It made quick work of the tissue that had regrown with much less pain than just pulling the tips apart.

So there you go! If you ever need to separate tissue (I guess it would actually be muscle since it’s the tongue.. oh well), unwaxed dental floss is what you need.

I am glad I could share that with you. My day is complete. Gnite.

We lengthened the split in my tongue just a hair or two. It was mainly to cut through scar tissue I had built up over the years from my oversized tongue ring.

The video isn’t really gory, the only blood is towards the end when I spit.

( popcorn seeds can really be a pain, JSYK )

Well, not really, but that sounds so much more interesting and flashy than “der.. tattoo update”, right?

I know that the 6 of you have been waiting on baited bated breath, whatever the hell that means *shrug*

You can actually see the needles in this one

And yes, the shin area was a bit tender, but only off the bone. Hitting the bone doesn’t seem to bother me as much.

It’s been a long few days. The time change coupled with a hectic schedule on Sunday played havoc on Phoenix. His naps were off in the morning and afternoon, and by nighttime he was ready to crash at 6pm. He didn’t get up until 7am on Monday. He’s definitely got Jenene’s ‘I like to sleep genes’

Talon received his report card this past Tuesday. Everything was pretty much average. He does (as expected) need to work on his talking and pay better attention, as he is easily distracted. He was also marked with 4 marks for tardiness. This came as a small surprise considering that fact that Talon has been put on the bus everyday since school began. I phoned the school yesterday, and was told they would fix his record. Not that big of a deal, but I’m not all pleased to hear that the bus was late to school 4 times and I had no idea.

I was finally able to get Talon and I scheduled for the dentist (read: I finally got off my ass and did it). I went in for my initial consult yesterday. I have a porcelain onlay that he says is not fit properly. I could have told anyone that. I have a gap at the bottom of it that acts as a food trap. I did mention that I would eventually like to get my teeth whitened. He recommended Crest White Strips. *shrug* Ok, that works for me.

He started his exam.

>> “Did something happen to your tongue?”

“I split it”

>> “On what?”

“Not on, with. We used a scalpel”

>> *blink*  “You did that on purpose?” (both he and the dental hygienist had stopped doing what they were doing)

I explained the procedure and the why, but I think they were both a bit shocked. Both of them commented that they had never seen anything like that before. *shrug* After that he went back to talking about ‘Baby Spice’ (seriously).

Talon and I go back for our cleanings today. In other good dental news, while my medical premiums have shot up over $300 for next year. Dental has gone down $2. Score!

I met up with Neal (website coming soon, kthnxgbye) this past Sunday for a couple hours of ink. Now that the outline is completed, the exciting work has begun. I cannot wait to see it finished. It gets better and better with each session.

Oh, and yes, them were some sensitive areas.

I have had a ton of queries on how we did the actual tongue splitting. Rather than constantly repeat myself, I thought I would make a short post about it.

For those of you that don’t know, I have had my tongue pierced since the early 90’s, and had successfully stretched the piercing to an impressive (if I do say so myself) 1/2″ (thank you very much). I haven’t worn the tongue ring in over 3 years, but due to the large size it never fully closed. Even after 3 years I can easily fit a pen through the hole.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about the procedure. I wasn’t at first, but the closer it got, I was definitely a tad lot nervous. Not that I doubted Jason’s ability to do the procedure, but the thought of cutting through my tongue with a scalpel brought along with it a few images of intense pain.

I was sitting in Jason’s room, and ready to put it off for another day, but Jason LOVES doing this stuff. No way he was letting me back out LOL.

Jason did his markings - top and bottom.

It was time.

I held the left side of my tongue with the forceps, while Jason held the right side. He brought the scalpel up through the bottom of my existing  piercing and began to cut forward. My anticipation of the pain was actually worse than the pain itself. The tip was a bit sensitive and apparently a bit tougher to cut through as Jason had to do a bit of sawing with the scalpel.

I had a large container to catch all the blood, and pretty much all the bleeding stopped within 15-20 minutes. Since then it’s been healing up rather well. The tips feel a bit weird, and I still have to get used to working the tips. Practice makes perfect. I imagine that holds true to tongue wiggling as well.

short video of healed tongue after the jump

The outline was finished a few weeks ago. The design is all Neal’s. We started the fill yesterday, and from the looks of it, it’s going to look awesome when it’s finished.

The phoenix was done last year, just prior to Phoenix being born.

Dear mom,

I must insist that you not view the full contents of this post. So that you are not disappointed, I will leave you with a picture of Talon and Phoenix.

If you are not my mother, you may continue after the jump…

I read ModBlog.com daily. Careful before you click that link though, it is definitely NOT SAFE FOR WORK, nor in some cases  easy on the stomach. I’ve always been into body modification, in one form or another, and I love reading that blog, because it is amazing some of the things people do.

I was shocked to find this when I opened up my RSS reader this morning:

It is also posted on Shannon’s IAM page. Drama sucks. I hope they are able to get it all sorted out… whatever the mess…