Pain was better today, which makes me think neck tendonitis/traps tightness because being upright and working the pain was very intermittent, rather than me lounging around for the long weekend where the pain was non-stop no matter what I did (poor posture aggravating the situation, which I did notice that when I sat up straight it reduced the pain). Still had bouts of simply incapable of doing anything but grimacing and breathing deeply, but they did go away after about five minutes. But not triggered by anything for the most part.
But as I type the pain comes back.
Chiro on Wednesday, waiting for the dentist to call me back.
§ ita §, to le nubian about the background and aftermath of the last sequence on this radio show, which I'm being mildly cryptic about because it's such an awful story, so well told, that I don't really want to spoil it for anyone who wants to click and listen.
If I could stab your pain in the neck without touching your actual self, I would stab the shit out of it and kick it to the curb.
And quite randomly, the pain (not intense) has travelled also to my ear. Which I've read is a side effect of both toothaches and tension headaches.
Please dear god let it be tendonitis, because it's less expensive and the solution is also less painful and invasive.
Julie, it's also a symptom of TMJ. One thing the TMJ specialist told me that helps is keeping the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth. It's weird, but it keeps you from tensing your jaw muscles.
Julie - it also sounds similar to what I went through with my mouth pain. Trigeminal nueralgia. The Lyrica is finally doing its thing and I've had a week of good days!!!
That is excellent news, Suzi!
One thing the TMJ specialist told me that helps is keeping the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
That is a good suggestion. I have been clenching, grinding my teeth lately and this does stop that action.
The Lyrica is finally doing its thing and I've had a week of good days!!!
That is beautiful to hear.
I was feeling made of Fail for most of today for a variety of reasons that I won't go into, but I have salads in jars for lunches and 5 breakfasts in the freezer (or on the counter about to go into the freezer) so I've got that going for me.
