Guest guest Posted February 23, 2000 Report Share Posted February 23, 2000 Can anyone tell me some info about this? I just came from the Dr. for a regular check up. He said I had TMJ inflammation and pointed to my jaw line. He asked if I wear a guard at night to prevent teeth grinding. I said no as I never knew I was doing it, and don't think I am. I have noticed my jaw is starting to make cracking noises like my neck. He also said my stiffness is from the FMS but my dizziness is from the ACM.. just working together to make my life miserable! ( although it's not, miserable that is! I won't let this get the best of me!) He asked if I was still planning to have the surgery. I said yes, in May. He told me not to have an unreasonable expectation that I will be completely cured. He said it will help with the head pain, dizziness, etc.. but I will still have the FMS symptoms for life. I told him that I was primarily doing it to prevent Syringomyelia and if I had any symptom reduction it would just be a bonus. He liked that answer. He's very supportive. I told him about the 20/20 show this Friday and he plans to watch so I hope it's good! Connie ACM 1 13mm & FMS surgery 5/19/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2000 Report Share Posted February 23, 2000 can someone please tell me what the 20/20 show will be on Friday. Thank you Greg & Connie Wade wrote: > Can anyone tell me some info about this? I just came from the Dr. for a > regular check up. He said I had TMJ inflammation and pointed to my jaw > line. He asked if I wear a guard at night to prevent teeth grinding. I > said no as I never knew I was doing it, and don't think I am. I have > noticed my jaw is starting to make cracking noises like my neck. > > He also said my stiffness is from the FMS but my dizziness is from the ACM.. > just working together to make my life miserable! ( although it's not, > miserable that is! I won't let this get the best of me!) > > He asked if I was still planning to have the surgery. I said yes, in May. > He told me not to have an unreasonable expectation that I will be completely > cured. He said it will help with the head pain, dizziness, etc.. but I will > still have the FMS symptoms for life. I told him that I was primarily doing > it to prevent Syringomyelia and if I had any symptom reduction it would just > be a bonus. He liked that answer. He's very supportive. I told him about > the 20/20 show this Friday and he plans to watch so I hope it's good! > > Connie > ACM 1 13mm & FMS > surgery 5/19/00 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WACMA Site: http://www.pressenter.com/~wacma > > Your Personal support group member page: http://www.eGroups.com/group/chiari/ > > **Avoid List Congestion: > > Unsubscribe from this list: mailto:chiari-unsubscribeegroups > > Contact list mgmt: mailto:chiari-owneregroups > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > eGroups.com home: /group/chiari > - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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