okay, so. the jaw/cheekbone joint on the left side of my face, really fucking hurts. it's been like this for a few days. when i'm not touching it or moving my mouth it feels constantly like when you press onto a bruise, and when i talk or touch it even lightly it hurts like a motherfucker.

first, we thought it might be an infection, somewhere in the root of my teeth. but when i push / clench my teeth, i can't feel anything. and, on the right side, it feels fine, you know, the cheek bone and the jaw bone are in the right place. on the left, there's a hard lump that feels like bone between them.

i've looked at some medical diagrams, and it's looking kind of like i've dislocated my jaw. i'm no doctor, but from what i can gather, my condile has been either pushed forward over my cheek bone, or pushed underneath it. [link]).jpg

but i have no idea how. i haven't been punched, or crashed into anything, or put any stress on my jaw at all. i've tried cracking my jaw to fix it, and pushing it backwards and everything to fix it, but nothing's working.

anyone know anything else it could be? it's really bothering me.