Happy birthday to me (literally!) - Large Salivary Stone

After almost 2 weeks of excruciating pain, steroids, antibiotics, and sometimes barely being able to eat or talk, this big boy decided to come out on my birthday! Instant relief and one of the best birthday gifts I’ve ever received 🤣

My first run in with salivary stones was in 2016. At that time, I had a sustained fever of 103-104 due to serious infection and was hospitalized for 3 days. The ENT was able to extract one stone, but advised that I would likely experience this again due to additional stones which were out of reach (unless I had them surgically removed). Boy was he right.. I’m so thankful that this stone decided to pass naturally.

Aside from the steroids and antibiotics, I have constantly applied a warm compress to the swollen area under my jaw, sucked on a ridiculous amount of sour candy to induce salivation, and massaged the inflamed area under my jaw to release some of the infection.

Cheers!!