Wait till tomorrow if you can stand it. It's a holiday week, they're probably moving slow.

(eta: that should really be an adverb, shouldn't it? And yet, I don't want to change it.)

askye, project~ma.

Lilty, what Nora said.

Well, I started this post like 20 minutes ago. I suppose there have been a bunch of posts since then. Work is getting in the way of my posting. Damn!

No coffee spillage yet. I wore a black skirt, just in case, though. And the coffee is almost gone. Looks like we're on track for a good day.

OK, I made the big mistake of looking up a mild but annoying symptom I've been having off and on since Tuesday afternoon on Yahoo Health just before I went to bed last night, and now I've added full-on health panic to everything I was going through last night.

The symptom in question is a tingling, occasionally slightly numb sensation in the face, but without any loss of mobility. Despite the absence of any other symptoms, I'm in panic mode that it's either MS or brain cancer, because I can't seem to find anything less frightening that leads to facial tingling of this type. My doctor's office doesn't open for another 45 minutes.

Talk me down?

Susan, DEFINITELY call the doctor, but don't self-diagnose. It's worth getting checked out, so you're doing the right thing. Try to accept that you cannot do anything until you get ahold of the doctor's office, and that you will be fine until then. Stay focused in the moment...don't think ahead. Just get through each moment until you can call the doctor.

The symptom in question is a tingling, occasionally slightly numb sensation in the face, but without any loss of mobility.

Susan, drink a large glass of milk. That can sometimes happen if calcium levels drop a lot.

Susan, it's more likely that it's either caused by (1) something dental -- like a minor inflammation or something; (2) sinuses swelling could press a nerve; (3) it could be trigeminal neuralgia, which is annoying in its vagueness, but it's not anywhere near the categories of MS or brain cancer.

That can sometimes happen if calcium levels drop a lot.

I did not know that.

Susan, what everyone else said. It's good to go to the doctor, just in case, but I've scared myself into any number of scary conditions when looking up a symptom. Get to the doctor's as soon as you can to bring yourself some peace, but until you can, just focus on whatever (else) is at hand and relax.

Thanks, Teppy. t shakes fist at Yahoo Health for not mentioning any of those I doubt it's the tooth thing because it seems more concentrated around my forehead, cheekbones, and nose--could it be sinuses even if I'm not experiencing any congestion?

I'm in panic mode that it's either MS or brain cancer, because I can't seem to find anything less frightening that leads to facial tingling of this type.

Bell's Palsy does that, although it tends to be on only one side. I had one scary "oh my god I've had a stroke" round with it years ago and since then the right side of my face gets tingly and numb, particularly if I'm tired or stressed. You can also get so tense that your muscles clamp down on the nerves in your neck. Try some heat on your neck muscles.