Just like any man, I’m stubborn. I hate to admit it but its true. But a month ago, I had to shut up and do what I had to do (after much pressure from the wife).
One Sunday morning, I awoke with numbness in my face. It was pretty bad but it was only part of my face and the left part of my tongue, mouth, lip, chin and cheek. The man in me kicked in and said, “Oh, it’ll go away.” After kicking and screaming about calling a doctor, my wife finally convinced me to do so. Needless to say, it would be a month before I got into the Neurologist’s office. It wasn’t until a week and a half after I got the numbing sensation, that things got worse. I had a stressful day at work and the numbness got 20x worse. I ended up going to the emergency room cause I got scared for the first time in my life (lie..not the first but when it comes to my health, yes it is). After a CT scan and some other tests, it all came back negative. My dentist gave me his .02 and he said to wear a mouth guard when I go to sleep because it sounds like it’s a nerve that’s being irritated by clenching and/or grinding of my teeth. Ever since then, I’ve been feeling better.
Lets fast forward to last week. I went to see my neurologist and she ordered some MRIs. One was for my brain to see how those little hamsters were doing in my head and the other was for Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (aka: TMJ). The MRIs came back negative and the only thing that can be determined is that it’s an irritated nerve that will heal on its own. This conclusion was made because my symptoms have gotten better over the last few weeks.
So the moral of the story is that I should continue to being stubborn. It would of saved me some money on co-payments..lol. I’m kidding. But when it does come to my health, I sure won’t be hesitating to get help when I need it. The last scare was good enough for me to take this real seriously.
Lets just hope things get back to the way they were cause the numbing sensation is starting to annoy me. Lol.
