hi, I had the same thing done 3 weeks ago and have been left with the same problem. my gums and teeth have now settled but the paid in my lips and chin are driving me to distraction. my surgeon and his assistant are on a course all week and my neurologist is on holiday for a fortnight so have no one with any specialist knowlage to help and no after care given what so ever as yet.

the operation came afet 2 and half years of anti-convulsant meds that didn't really take the pain away and as i'm newly married I wanted to get off the meds completely to try to start a family. I'm now on 4 additional meds that don't really take the pain away either.

I hope your pain resolves, I'm not going to have anymore procedures done as the cure is worse than the cause!

good luck and keep me informed of your progress

I had a balloon procedure in Jan 2008. I got a big hemotoma on my face at the end of the surgery, and I had pain around my eye after the procedure (my TN pain was around my jaw and lips). Because of that pain, I stayed on Tegretol for maybe 6-7 months before decreasing. (As my neurologist said, the Tegretol helps with all nerve pain, not just Trigeminal pain.)

The good news is that the eye pain went away. There's a slight sensitivity around the eye now, but no pain.

The bad news was that I was only off the Tegretol was a week or two and the TN started again. HOWEVER, I didn't need as much medication as I'd needed before for the first 6 months.

Jean