Earthmother, I keep myself in the background her most of the time but I had to come out a little bit to see if you are still having your icy burning cheeks. I could write a book about the icy cold burn which has been present in me for over 8 years now. It started on one side of my face and progressed from there to both sides. There are days that I have it in my chest and worse days, in my legs and arms. It is a very unpleasant, painful feeling. Today is one of those bad days and I felt compelled to touch bases with you. Other than myself, I have never heard or seen where someone had the symptoms of the icy burning feeling in their face. Of course, I have a host of other problems , but the icy cold burn is the worst and no one understands it. My doctor used to be more interested and originally thought it was autonomic neuropathy but I guess my autonomic testing revealed central nervous problems, not peripheral which neuropathy is. My doc has tried just about every med known to man with no success - I think she's taking the nut case direction with me as well. Did your icy burn go away yet? If so, do you know what caused it or did you get a script that helped with it? The only thing I know that makes mine go away is to fall asleep and hopefully, when I wake up in the morning, it will be gone until the next time. Feel free to drop me an email if you want to compare this nasty symptom. I completely understand what you're feeling. nancy