Question:
my cheek feels numb , it is red, swollen --- has been like this for 2 days; and the inside of the cheek hurts. not the teeth. like if I put my tongue on the inside it hurts. on the outside of the cheek it feels numb though. Also, the other cheek hurts but much much less the same way.

I had Bell's palsy 2-3 times in my life, but it never got so red, or I don't remember. It also was unilateral and I don't remember this kind of pain or this kind of wierd redness - this feeling that I have now that my cheeks are on fire. Yesterday it looked really weird ( but it doesn't anymore --- like areas of whiter color, areas of red, areas of pink all interspersed together. And wider area. Now it settled on a uniform red, hot and inflamed.
Another question that I have is this : would it be possible for me to have some kind of cancer? The pain feels like razor blades at times when I feel pain. Since I have ever started to use a computer, even for one hour or two, since I can remember , my cheek got red and the pain was similar. These days I am having exams so my staying on the net was prolonged. I kinda expected for teh area on my high cheeks to get red and feel a sting, but it actually got worse as described above and the pain is weird likea razotr blade on th e inside. Always one cheek seemed more sensitive than the other --- the cheek that got redder now.