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Claudia

My TMJ problems began when I was a senior in high school. 1989 was the beginning of the end! I was at my dentist, the oral surgeon, and then finally the hospital all in one day. My jaw locked and that was the way my TMJ problems first started. I did as I was told – exercise, eat a soft diet, apply ice and take medicines. I was fine for a long time and then in 2002 it started all over again. I now have braces and all that good stuff. I have constant pain, I can hardly eat anything that requires excessive chewing, and there isn’t enough Advil in the world sometimes for the monster headaches I get. Reading other people’s stories I know I am not alone and that I am not crazy. People that do not have TMJ cannot understand how bad the pain is and how stressful it is when you can’t explain or find the help you need and want. Some stress could be eliminated by having the insurance companies pay for some of our doctor visits and procedures. It is not fair that these doctors can’t figure out how to fix us and we have to deal with the pain and pay out our noses for treatments that don’t work or last only for a short while. Stay strong my fellow TMJ’ers. Someday they will find a way to help us.

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