As you can see, there can be a drastic difference in deformation of the spine and cord impingement. I asked the assistant I spoke with to pass this along to my neurologist, but nothing further was mentioned. I woke up this morning with numbness in my left cheek, jaw and left side of lips which lasted several hours. It seems to me there is inflammation or something compressing or interfering with a cranial nerve (trigeminal or facial) that innervates that area. My face is not drooping or anything but this has me concerned. I have told my drs. about all this as it has happened before along with the dysphagia, though not simultaneously.