Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

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The appointment for the injection in my jaw is today at 3pm. It's 10am right now. I'm gonna shower in about an hour. My partner is going to the appointment with me.

Today's coffee adventure:

I didn't have any coffee yesterday. I just didn't have any spoons to do it. But I made some this morning. My partner set up the coffee maker so all I had to do was push the button. She used vanilla chai flavor coffee. I added some birthday cake flavored syrup and oat milk. It's actually quite yummy. I asked her to add some cinnamon but she didn't. That's ok, I'll do it myself tomorrow morning. I'm very grateful for my partner, she's my rock. I'd be lost without her.

#coffeeadventures #Relationships #TemporomandibularJointDisorders #MentalHealth

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@puppy_nox

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I've got an appointment tomorrow afternoon

I'm getting a cortisone injection in my jaw. I've got bad TMJ and we think it's causing my migraines but we don't know for sure. So we're trying an experiment.

My partner is going with me to the appointment. The doctor I'm seeing is her doctor also. He's decided since he's struggling with being paid for his service he's going to charge his patients to have him as their doctor and I can't afford his fee. But he's still going to do my injections and procedures. I just gotta see the other providers for meds refills. So annoying. And I had medical trauma so it was a big deal to find a doctor I could trust. He's been my doctor for about 8 years.

My tummy really hurts. I ate too much. I've got bubble guts again. If bad for me foods are bad for me, why must they be delicious?

I'm sitting with my partner playing online while she tweezes her legs. I suggested we get some gorilla tape and she wasn't exactly onboard. She always shoots down my ideas.

So the injection is tomorrow, Thursday I have therapy, and Friday I'm going on an adventure with my BHH nutritionist. We're going to my favorite donut shop at 9am. I'm gonna treat myself to half a dozen of my favorite donuts. Then we're going to Aldi for groceries. If we have time I want to stop at trader Joe's for some lavender blueberry almond milk so I can make one of my favorite tea. It's a blueberry rooibos tea. I want to introduce my partner to good tea.

Then on Sunday we're going out with my QPP to go to the cookie crawl event. After that I'm hoping to go get bubble tea and lunch. It's supposed to be my birthday party but I didn't get anything for the party. So it's an adventure day with my people. It'll be nice. I didn't get to go to the cider mill this year but the place with the cookies has a store with all of the yummy treats from the mill. So maybe I'll get me some cider donuts!

I feel awful. I've been staying up too late just so I can spend time with her but she spends hours each day plucking her leg hair out. She has horrible OCD and she's on meds for it but clearly it's not working. And when she's not plucking out hair she's busy working on her computer. So I don't get much quality time with her and she never wants to go out. I haven't been out for fun activities in 4 months. I've got cabin fever. I want to go explore my city's downtown.

Pain just spiked to 7. Fun times. My tummy is making horrible scary sounds.

#Relationships #tummyache #adventures

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It's been a rough day

I woke up with pain. My back, including my spine, has been bad for a while now but the last 3 weeks in particular it's been worse. The half of a Norco hasn't been helpful. The CBD cream takes the edge off. I've had CBD cream put on my back 3x today. It still hurts.

I also had a really bad tummy ache when I woke up. It got progressively worse until I had to run to the bathroom and got sick. Now it's very mild discomfort.

I didn't sleep well last night. I kept waking up from nightmares. I dreamt my partner told me she was just using me for a place to stay and she didn't love me. Not fun times.

I've eaten twice today but I can't remember what I had for breakfast. The day has been a blur. Speaking of blur... My double vision has been awful today. I have to really focus my eyes to prevent it but it's been really bad. My appointment with my opthalmologist is next month. I gotta call the office and get their fax number.

I also gotta call my neurologist for an appointment. The emgality isn't working. And the sumatriptan only works about 50 percent of the time. I'm gonna see if I can get vyepti.

I've got an appointment next week for an injection in my jaw. We're testing a theory about the cause of my migraine. I have very bad TMJ on my left side.

I've got an appointment scheduled for next week Friday to go get groceries with my BHH nutritionist. She wants to meet my partner. We're gonna go to my favorite donut shop before the groceries. It's just a little gift for my birthday to myself.

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1mo

Ear pain

I've noticed ear pain when lying on either side of my body. Yes, i have what I thought was TMJ and what I thought was stiff neck from fibromyalgia. I read somewhere that the "TMJ' could cause ear pain. Could this be the MS though?

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Intense sharp stabbing back pain

On the left side of my back. My left side of my tummy hurts so much too. I took half of a Norco maybe 20 minutes ago. I really need to get a heating pad. It'll really help me with the pain.

I need to call my doctor office to schedule an appointment for cortisone injections in my hips. He also wants to do injection in my jaw cuz I have bad TMJ and we're gonna see if it's causing the migraine.

#TemporomandibularJointDisorders #ChronicPain

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@peaceful76

Conquer Your Mind 2mo

living with anxiety, depression and constant pain

Hi- I’m a 48 year female mother dealing with lots of health and mental health issues. My mom passed away a year ago and it sent me on a downward spiral. That along with having long term covid symptoms which caused what they think was a NSTEMI heart attack. I also have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, ADHD, severe migraines, TMJ, PCOS, endometriosis, chronic fatigue and going through menopause, my body is in constant pain and doctors can’t figure it out so I’ve given up hope! My finances suck because of the world today and we are barely getting by. My job is super stressful and most days I force myself out of bed because I don’t want my son to see what’s happened to me and I’m ashamed. I did grief counseling briefly and quit because I couldn’t afford it. I now have social anxiety and when I’m not working I hide in my home. I’ve pushed most my friends and family away because I’m ashamed that I cannot cope with my feelings. Most days I wish I wasn’t here anymore but I don’t want to hurt my family. I just don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel. I feel like I’ve tried everything and nothing has helped! I do not like the person I’ve become. Am I alone?

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@chronicallyillandhot

3mo

I’m new here!

i'm lyvia, & i suspect hEDS, TMJ, POTS, and co. always looking for friends ✨️

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4mo

Ugh

My migraine started in my jaw. I've got bad tmj and I've never talked to my doctor about it. I'm gonna send him a message over the portal. I'll see what he says. Do any of you get migraines from tmj problems?

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The hits keep on coming

My bank is taking money out of my account cuz it's below the minimum balance. This morning I had 30 bucks. Then I had my laundry done which costs 25. Somehow now I'm 16 in the hole. I get paid on the 28th, sometimes the 26th. I just gotta hold on.

And I've still got a bad migraine. I took a sumatriptan and a Motrin 800. It didn't help. My ex girlfriend put some CBD cream on my neck but that didn't help either. The pain started in my jaw. I gotta talk to my doctor about my TMJ.

I thought today was Thursday so I got ready for therapy and at 1210 I was like gosh he's late and I looked at the date on my phone and was just like well damn.

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