Just A Bump
The other day, I bit into a slice of pizza, and I burned my tongue. You know, the very tip of it. The next day, it was sore and raw every time it rubbed against my front teeth. Also that next day, I bit the side of my tongue. As in, it got in the way of my teeth and I bit down. Hard. So now my tongue is burned on the tip, and has a big bump on the right, and it just hurts to eat or talk at all. I was feeling very sorry for myself. Then my thoughts went to my mom, as they often do these days. And I thought about how my mom's chemo treatment has given her multiple sores throughout her mouth and throat, making it difficult to eat ... anything, Some days she eats whatever sounds good (even if she can't taste it). Most days it's whatever is soft and palatable. ...and suddenly the "big bump" on my tongue no longer seems all that big, and I just need to suck it up and find some Listerine to swish in my mouth and move on with my day. The point of my s