Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Well, I finally have a diagnosis for the excrutiating pain that I have been suffering through for the last 3 weeks. It seems that somehow the cartiledge in my right jaw joint has managed to dislocate, causing horrible pain and not allowing me to open my mouth. I have between a 10 to 15 MM opening (on good day). All my doc has been able to do is medicate me, that means Vicodin during the day I can actually function and work with that, but it doesn't do much for the pain unless I take it every 3 hours and try to prevent the pain from starting. Then I have percocet and flexoril for evenings and weekends. So I have pretty much been in a drugged stupor for the past 2 weeks. I will have an MRI in the next few days to make absolutly certain that that is what it is, and then undergo a second (minor) surgery to fix the cartiledge. And hopefully the pain will go away and I will continue on the road to a full recovery. On Thursday I will be 8 weeks post op and I expected to be close to fully recovered at this point. I missed my first night of classes yesterday. Has this happened to anyone or has anyone heard of it? My OS said it is about 1 in 100 that it happens. Lucky Me! Marsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Well, I finally have a diagnosis for the excrutiating pain that I have been suffering through for the last 3 weeks. It seems that somehow the cartiledge in my right jaw joint has managed to dislocate, causing horrible pain and not allowing me to open my mouth. I have between a 10 to 15 MM opening (on good day). All my doc has been able to do is medicate me, that means Vicodin during the day I can actually function and work with that, but it doesn't do much for the pain unless I take it every 3 hours and try to prevent the pain from starting. Then I have percocet and flexoril for evenings and weekends. So I have pretty much been in a drugged stupor for the past 2 weeks. I will have an MRI in the next few days to make absolutly certain that that is what it is, and then undergo a second (minor) surgery to fix the cartiledge. And hopefully the pain will go away and I will continue on the road to a full recovery. On Thursday I will be 8 weeks post op and I expected to be close to fully recovered at this point. I missed my first night of classes yesterday. Has this happened to anyone or has anyone heard of it? My OS said it is about 1 in 100 that it happens. Lucky Me! Marsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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