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Oct. 4th, 2006 02:01 pmI finally got tired of my jaw being achy, and not being able to close my mouth all the way in the mornings, and saw a doctor today. I have an early case of TMJ. So, no more gum for me, like, ever (not that I was a huge gum-chewer to start with), and I have exercises to do a few times a day, and I've been told to go to the dentist and get a bite guard thing to wear at night, because he thinks it's likely I'm grinding my teeth or clenching my jaw in my sleep.
TMJ is one of those things you can't really cure, you can just keep it from getting worse. There aren't a lot of effective treatments for it that I'm aware of. Some people with bad cases get surgery, but that doesn't always work.
Oh fucking yay.
I've been really stressed-out lately (once again, a case of relatively small things piling up on me), which is probably why I'm clenching and/or grinding in my sleep.
In other news, as I got home, Jarrod and his dad were about to walk to the video store to return some stuff. I don't know why his dad is here.
I forgot--there's a street fair outside of People's today! I have to eat something and walk to Euphoria studios by seven-thirty to catch my ride to ritual, though. There's still some of that bread I made on Sunday in there, I'll cut off a nice-sized chunk of that for now.
TMJ is one of those things you can't really cure, you can just keep it from getting worse. There aren't a lot of effective treatments for it that I'm aware of. Some people with bad cases get surgery, but that doesn't always work.
Oh fucking yay.
I've been really stressed-out lately (once again, a case of relatively small things piling up on me), which is probably why I'm clenching and/or grinding in my sleep.
In other news, as I got home, Jarrod and his dad were about to walk to the video store to return some stuff. I don't know why his dad is here.
I forgot--there's a street fair outside of People's today! I have to eat something and walk to Euphoria studios by seven-thirty to catch my ride to ritual, though. There's still some of that bread I made on Sunday in there, I'll cut off a nice-sized chunk of that for now.