About two weeks ago, I was in bed and suddenly had sharp, excruciating pains run through the left side of my face. The pain almost felt like it was in my ear and surged all the way through the left side of my face. I started crying and panicking from the pain and told my mother. As soon as I was done informing her of what was happening, the pain went away. I immediately started researching what was causing my pain. After a while, I decided it was just tooth pain or something not so serious.
The next day, it happened again after lunch. Twice. And the next day, and the next. Every time it was after I would eat! One day the pain scared me so much that I told my boss I needed to leave work and go to the dentist immediately. The dentist concluded that I needed my wisdom teeth removed and maybe (but not definitely) that was causing me so much pain. My lower left wisdom tooth has a large cyst and the top left (which I would believe to be the culprit) is crowded and the roots are fully developed (which may be involving my nerve). I was prescribed medicine until my surgery which is Monday, June 4th. Since I've been taking the medicine, I still have the pain, but it isn't as sharp and it's not as frequent. I'll feel the beginning of the pain and take a deep breath and it subsides without getting worse. I've been eating nothing but soup and smoothies for the past two weeks, as I'm scared to death that chewing too much will cause a great deal of pain. I'm so paranoid and horrified of the pain that I just lay around and try to keep my face muscles relaxed! Sometimes I'll be watching TV and I'll be smiling and a surge of pain will jolt me up from where I'm sitting. I'm a runner and biker and this whole experience has made me pretty inactive, what with the very low calorie intake, my medicine making me drowsy and just sheer fear. However, yesterday I decided to go for a run. I ran two miles and remained pain free the entire time!
I'm writing this with just a small bit of information on TN, I've researched almost every day, and there's nothing else that makes sense. My symptoms are word for word what I've read on TN. My family (mother, father, grandparents) are all brushing this off as my wisdom teeth and not even taking into consideration that it may be TN. They think I'm overreacting. My boyfriend of six years just got orders to DC (he's in the navy) and he isn't here to support me, but he does the best he can from where he is. I do not want to live the rest of my life in fear of this immense pain. First and foremost, I hope that the cause of all of this IS my wisdom teeth. Secondly, if my wisdom teeth are not the culprits, I hope that I can find a way to live a life without fearing the pain.