Re: Re: seeing the rheumy soon

July 30, 2008

Hi !

I am about 40 minutes from Kalamazoo. I am right on Lake Michigan near South

Haven and St. Joe!! I hope that your appointment goes well! I go to U of M for

treatment but have just heard from my neighbor whose sister is a nurse about a

really great rheumatologist in Kalamazoo that was able to diagnose a man who had

a rare rheumatological disease when all his lab works were coming back

seronegative. Mine do that except for the CRP, Westegren and Sed Rate. I'm

almost thinking of checking him out for a second opinion and because he's

closer. My physical therapist and I had that discussion this evening. He

stated that even though the hospital I go to is one of the best in the nation,

academic hospitals tend to test and test until they get a diagnosis and not

really consider other conventional medication approaches. I hope the research

on TMJ helps you! Another thing to notice with TMJ is if you favor one side of

the mouth to chew on when eating.

Sometimes, in a bad flare you might hear a popping sound or feel something in

your jaw feel like its out of place. Mine doesn't do that as much as it used to

but hurts quite often..I just realized I'm clenching my teeth now again:)

From: <jaayimee@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: seeing the rheumy soon

Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 5:31 PM

Hi !

Where are you in SW MI. We are south of Kalamazoo.

I'll have to look up TMJ. Now that you mention it some times I will realize I am

clenching my jaw and will myself to relax it but every time I wonder how often I

do that without realizing it.

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Hi !

I have teeth and jaw pain..I have TMJ so that might be why. Many of us with

chronic pain grind our teeth and night in our sleep or clench our jaw as a

reaction to the bad pain. I try a warm steamed cloth and just do stretches (like

yawning) to help ease the muscles..sometimes I resort to the heating pad on my

face:)

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