TMJ

My left arm can finally move! yay. The pain and numbness has finally improved. The nerve pills helpd alot. Now that the overwhelming fear of that mysterious ailment has improved, I have my jaw to contend with. I had no idea jaw problems could lead to so much pain in my neck, shoulder, and back. The headaches are a given. But the swelling on my left side is glaringly obvious every day now. So is the misalignment. It used to not be so noticeable. The clicking has gotten worse. I can't eat somedays without total pain, and my left ear feels like a have a bad ear infection every day. Thankfully, I know I am not alone. I got online and found some TMJ pages on facebook. I can't describe the relief when I started reading other's symptoms and they were very close to mine. I was starting feel crazy. On the other hand, it seems there is not much agreement in the medical or dental community on how to treat varying TMJ problems and not much seems to work.

I have quit exercising, and doing a lot of things I enjoy because the pain gets so bad. I don't know if my frozen shoulder, arm pain and numbness were the result of the TMJ problems, but now that I have a little relief from that, I see some light at the end of the tunnel. I am going back to the Dr. tomorrow to see what he thinks about my jaw. I will keep doing acupuncture treatments because it just help soooo much with so many things. I hope I get the okay to start back doing some physical activity. I just go for a walk, and my upper back and shoulder blades start to burn. And I mean a fierce burning pain, where i have to stop and bend over for a few minutes to be able to keep walking. Simple housework and cooking/baking (which I love to do) does the same thing, and I am sad I wont be able to work in my yard w/out the crippling pain coming on.

I keep surfing, reading, waiting, praying, to stumble across that miracle piece of information that will change everyting! My body feels so very weak and tired, and i hate it, hate it, hate it.