Diary
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Welcome to my diary. I’ll be posting here how my pain is, if there was anything different that may have affected it, and if I tried anything for pain relief. Perhaps by sharing this kind of information, we can find something in common with our daily experiences.
- Diary
![Sept. 23/24 – It was a tough weekend](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_2641.jpg)
Night time it terrible for my burning mouth syndrome. The burning lip pain intensifies. Typically BMS pain lessens at night and builds during the day though.
- Diary
![Sept. 19/24 – You know when you scratch your lip?](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/And-the-pain-keeps-increasing-qucs5rvb1qe1ai57dk4b7hmevyt72rcye3i9ecfo78.png)
Yup, it's getting worse. And on top of it, I scratched my lip.
![Sept. 18/24 – Good times don’t last if you have BMS](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/sad-face-qub6eizp502376d6psjun6hhdv5i62w7us5qdfcs3o.png)
Well, the good days are history - the pain is starting to increase consistently again.
![Sept. 17/24 – Didn’t forget my meds today!](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Such-beautiful-weather-same-pain-level-qu99s7dfrqdeoenbnzdbok2iej24qvvuvtila24ksk.png)
Beautiful sunny day, but too afraid to go outside! (yes, I know, I can cover up - I should have.)
![Sept. 16/24 – Slight increase in pain](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/431ed7a8-8cf6-4dd8-be5f-a9fd8e052a5d-1-qu7pxkporlz04b76bvkf4xky1171qrtps4m3gbb2h0.jpeg)
Slow increase in pain. Very frustrating!
![Sept. 15/25 – So afraid to even say it!](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_2614-scaled-qu63v4lbeyb1o9ow2rp0cy79omqw3xw4pde9jou2is.jpeg)
I'm almost afraid to say how little pain I have today. It feels a bit too good to be true.
![Sept. 14/24 – Could the sun make it worse?](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_2617-scaled-qu4adqb1457hyzxwm9rxgbwvws20fo6uxca52265ok.jpeg)
Could being in the sun worsen my burning lip pain?
![Sept. 13/24 – A surprisingly good day](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_2611-scaled-qu2g5xpwvtz27yjaav310vfhkdh1leoyinm4don9l0.jpeg)
I hesitate to say this, but today was a good day. Overnight wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible. All day though, I'd say my pain level was down to a 3/10, somewhere it's not been…
![Sept. 12/24 – Tabasco sauce to the rescue](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/tabasco-qu0bknxd5bh5enmku0mlvnsq4fpscmiirfcr3cvps4.jpg)
It may sound odd to use Tabasco sauce or a capsaicin topical ointment if your lips are on fire, but there is science behind it.
![Sept. 11/24 – Night and day, what a difference](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/quilt-dresden-plate-qtyog2isfpl9sbj2bx59esylw3adc053fv0j1gywck.jpg)
Overnight pain was bad, but it eased up a good bit when I got up. The timing is so odd.
![Sept. 10/24 – Woke up with more burning](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/flames-Pain-increasing-again-e1725968040376-qtwfzsdhz8srz2jgkzj3io5rsqoxqo3pwli2pzbcqs.png)
Woke up with worsening lip burning. It's so frustrating not knowing why.
![Sept. 9/24 – Another decent day](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_1734-scaled-qtt8pc4kmr574bawaxj9q0tvr7qls33klrqkhd8bb8.jpeg)
I guess I could say I’m lucky. I’ll occasionally get stretches of several days when my burning lip pain isn’t as bad as it can be. It’s the same as yesterday and it wasn’t horrible…
![Sept. 8/24 – Holding steady](https://burningquestionsaboutbms.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_0733-scaled-e1725809270676-qtt8u9s2ifwe2m4uhkbrba0011ez6voua71c6nwwn8.jpeg)
It’s a gray/grey cool rainy day here in Montreal. The temperature dropped and the wind and rain moved in. The weather change was quite sudden. We had sunny warm days and then midday yesterday, the…