Fledylids
08-08-12, 07:22
Hey all! Been a while since I've been here. I still haven't found an effective technique for getting my health anxiety under control; if it's not one thing it's another!
But anyway, here's what's up. Sometime between 2 weeks to a month ago (I forget when) I scraped my foot up against some metal thing jutting out from the basement floor. Kinda dirty, MAYBE a bit rusty? Not too much. Anyway, it was a very minor scrape, didn't even bleed or anything. However I don't recall if I had washed the wound. Instinctively, I feel like i would have, because this thought would have been on my mind back then--but I don't remember explicitly doing so.
So now, I've got some pain in my jaw, just on one side, like it hurts if open it quite a bit. It just flared up last night, along with kind of a dull--ache? I don't want to call it numbness but it feels kind of like an anesthetic but without the numbness in my jaw. Again only on one side.
I think it's been almost 10 years since my tetanus booster, so I'm due to get another one soon, I probably should head to the CVS to do so. However, I just need some reassurance that this isn't anything to worry about. I feel like it's more likely to be something like TMJ pain. I grind my teeth a fair amount and clench a lot, and usually open my mouth pretty wide for yawning and sometimes eating. But with anxiety I'm freaking out about it. I haven't been grinding my teeth as much lately though, at least I don't think I have, which is why the sudden flare up seemed so out of place.
What do I do guys?
But anyway, here's what's up. Sometime between 2 weeks to a month ago (I forget when) I scraped my foot up against some metal thing jutting out from the basement floor. Kinda dirty, MAYBE a bit rusty? Not too much. Anyway, it was a very minor scrape, didn't even bleed or anything. However I don't recall if I had washed the wound. Instinctively, I feel like i would have, because this thought would have been on my mind back then--but I don't remember explicitly doing so.
So now, I've got some pain in my jaw, just on one side, like it hurts if open it quite a bit. It just flared up last night, along with kind of a dull--ache? I don't want to call it numbness but it feels kind of like an anesthetic but without the numbness in my jaw. Again only on one side.
I think it's been almost 10 years since my tetanus booster, so I'm due to get another one soon, I probably should head to the CVS to do so. However, I just need some reassurance that this isn't anything to worry about. I feel like it's more likely to be something like TMJ pain. I grind my teeth a fair amount and clench a lot, and usually open my mouth pretty wide for yawning and sometimes eating. But with anxiety I'm freaking out about it. I haven't been grinding my teeth as much lately though, at least I don't think I have, which is why the sudden flare up seemed so out of place.
What do I do guys?