burnned2much,
COVID is pure 💥👿💥. Your experience sounds awful. I am in shock that it has never caught me. Maybe my disabling health problems that have kept me in a hermit mode for 15+ years, actually has a good effect. I have a friend that has been vaccinated and he still has had Covid documented 13x + gets sick from the vaccine. I feel so bad for you and your struggles with Covid.
I just had a parathyroidectomy 3 weeks ago. It's a major controller of calcium in our bodies. Long story but, low calcium can cause tingling especially in face, lips, hands and feet. I have had tingling, neuropathy, pins and needles for 17 years, following 2 recreational accidents; this is making it difficult for me to tell what is causing it now. But, the whole face part is new. You could easily start with calcium, vitamin D, magnesium, PTH blood tests. It's not usually diagnosed with one set of tests, it's a combination of trending high or low .This may not be a problem for you but, it can't hurt to look at it. An endocrinologist is the "specialist doctor " who treats this. I f you are female and over 50, it may be more applicable. It's more common in this demographic... but... it's rarely a first line problem any doctors will think of. The diagnosis usually takes 7+ years to get the doctors to have an AHHA moment.
With your burning dry lips, mouth, etc do your lips peel? The best lip treatment for me has been to brush off the dead skin and then apply a pound of Vaseline, over and over again and keep my mouth closed. Does your tongue burn? I have tried every product I've ever seen and my lips feel like they might peel right off. My lips were never big, but over this time they really are disappearing and very pale, except when they are are fire and then it looks like I have bright red lipstick on.
If you feel well enough, I would really like to know about your surgery, discs and full body spasms. I videoed my worst episode to show my neurologist (I only saw him for Botox and migraines) he LOL at the video, then put the diagnosis of mental conversion disorder in my chart.(I had to look it up). He said it was caused by my childhood trauma???? Except, I don't have any childhood trauma...well, unless you count being grounded from using the telephone for 2 weeks 😱, as a teenager I thought it was devastating 🤪
Spasms of any sort can also be related to calcium levels.
No rush on your part, but I would really appreciate your input. Thanx, ShelleyW