Struggling with Health OCD

Hi, sorry to hear that you're lost in thought on this. It may sound strange, but I know most people feel something like this and don't give it much thought when it goes away. I remember feeling something like this 15-20 years ago and worrying about the same thing. It would happen when I worked out. I think I expect our bodies are supposed to feel like there's a neutral asymptomatic expectation and when something out of the ordinary happens it's something major. Our bodies do a lot of strange things as we're getting older it's not that dissimilar from an engine that's heating or cooling down with pings or creaking of houses with temperature changes. I've convinced myself so many times that I knew the answer related to what I was feeling and so far it's all been wrong or the time something was actually wrong it was very evident. Having numbness may seem very evident of something wrong but it's more likely a transient adjustment to something very innocuous and more likely than not distant memory of that happening like how mine is. I'm trying to let the hypervigilance not seize control of my day when this happens and it helps as hard as it is to stop seeking answers and assurance. When I see people with health problems they are often in better spirits dealing with bad health than I feel with my hypervigilance. It often seems worse than the disease itself.

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I had two root canals in July. Then had the crowns placed. They are both on the bottom (molars). I too am experiencing a weird numbness across my cheek. It was almost constant in the beginning. And now, 2 months later, it comes and goes. I think some days it is entirely gone. And other days it is there again. I believe it is related to all the work that was done in my jaw and the TMJ stuff. I had jaw clicking a lot in my jaw. It has taken 2 months for the jaw clicking to improve. So my jaw is calming down. From what I understand, the numbness can be related to the dental stuff and the TMJ. Did you have dental work done? If so how long ago? And if you have TMJ, that could be irritating nerves that sit along the jaw line that innervate your cheek. Warm compresses help me. I also have a little tinnitus since the work was done, which is really annoying. But I'm getting used to it. The tinnitus calms down to nothing when I sleep and then is present during the day. Concentrate on just bringing down any inflammation for the TMJ with hot or cold compresses. Experiment. I will be praying for you. Theresa