I had a large lump in submandibular gland, first of Oct my tongue became numb, tingling feeling, I had stones in in gland I had surgery and had submandibular excision in Dec. Is it possible that the stones could have affected the nerves in my tongue, it actually feels like it was burn on cheese pizza all the time on left half of tongue. I also has a brain mass about left ear attached to skull could it be a affecting the nerves to tongue. This feeling happened before and has remained since surgery. Docs @ ER didn't think brain mass was causing it. I am thinking the stones were so bad that they could have damaged the nerves in tongue. No body seems to know or care about damage to my tongue. Any ideas as to what I can do or what can be done to fix it or is it something I am going to have to live with