My right cheek just started hurting like someone socked me.

[redqueen]

WTF?!

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Voodoo dolls.

you messed with me one too many times.

[redqueen]

5. Not the face!

[kick-ass-bob]

10. alright. I'll switch spots.

[auntAgonist]

2. could be sinus problem starting?

facial cheek yes? :shrug:

[redqueen]

6. hahah.. yes

But no... my sinus problems started weeks ago... ahhh, spring in Texas.

[LisaM]

3. Muscle spasms?

I get those sometimes. Not to get personal, but do you mean FACIAL cheeks?

[redqueen]

7. heheh Yes, facial cheek!

Lounge lizards have such dirty minds. ;)

[pdx_prog]

4. Still hurting, or did it go away?

[redqueen]

12. Fading...

Man, that was freaky!

Right on the cheekbone, like someone punched me... not too hard, but wow.

[chookie]

8. Trigeminal nerve?

I hope not....

[redqueen]

13. Something for me to look up.

It was pretty localized.

[chookie]

24. Here's some info

The sudden onset and short-term severity of the symptom brought this to mind.

Here's an article:
Trigeminal neuralgia causes facial pain. Trigeminal neuralgia develops in mid to late life. The condition is the most frequently occurring of all the nerve pain disorders. The pain, which comes and goes, feels like bursts of sharp, stabbing, electric-shocks. This pain can last from a few seconds to a few minutes.

People with trigeminal neuralgia become plagued by intermittent severe pain that interferes with common daily activities such as eating and sleep. They live in fear of unpredictable painful attacks, which leads to sleep deprivation and undereating. The condition can lead to irritability, severe anticipatory anxiety and depression, and life-threatening malnutrition. Suicidal depression is not uncommon.

People often call trigeminal neuralgia "tic douloureux" because of a characteristic muscle spasm that accompanies the pain.

* The pain comes from one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve—the major carrier of sensory information from the face to the brain.

* There are 3 branches of the trigeminal nerve: the ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular. The pain of trigeminal neuralgia occurs almost exclusively in the maxillary and mandibular divisions.


* You most commonly feel pain in the maxillary nerve, which runs along your cheekbone, most of your nose, upper lip, and upper teeth. Next most commonly affected is the mandibular nerve, affecting your lower cheek, lower lip, and jaw.



* In almost all cases (97%), pain will be restricted to one side of your face.


* Most of the time, doctors cannot identify any disease of the trigeminal nerve or the central nervous system.


* Trigeminal neuralgia most frequently affects women older than 50 years. The disease occurs rarely in those younger than 30 years. Such cases are usually linked to damage from diseases of central nervous system, for example, multiple sclerosis.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/9700-1.asp

[redqueen]

26. Well damn.

That's weird. Doesn't sound like my problem though... this was a more consistent dull pain that just faded away.

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. Don't give me any ideas.

:spank:

[redqueen]

15. Try it.

I'll grapple you so hard... :P

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. Don't give me any ideas.

:evilgrin:

[redqueen]

20. Yeah I'd need a good reason not to do so.

Got any?

[Magrittes Pipe]

21. Nah. I'm not an idea man.

More a man of action.

[redqueen]

22. .

:rofl:

[demnan]

11. Were you making faces at your television last night?

I was ready to cash it in. And the cats tried to kill each other too.

[redqueen]

16. hah no... I didn't watch

listened to some coverage on AAR... it was entertaining.

[hfojvt]

14. sorry, I meant that as a kiss

but I am kinda clumsy. Kissing is not hitting though, even though you do get hit with lips (and sometimes a nose too).
Toothache?
Not as scary as unwarranted chest pain, unless it is a stroke.
Don't mind me, I am a hypochondriac.

[redqueen]

18. Awwww...

well it's the thought that counts, right?

[giant_robot]

19. Karmic smack upside the head? n./t

[sundog]

23. tooth abscess?

eek! they really really suck :(

[redqueen]

27. Nah...

it was right on the outer tip of my cheek. Weirdness.

[patcox2]

25. Has happened to me, I think its sinus or tooth related.

And I don't even want to think about anything else it could be because I am a hypochondriac.