Come on, man!

It might not come as a shock to anyone but I'm a big football fan and the title for this blog comes from my favorite Sunday pre-game show. Every week they do a segment they call "Come on, man" where they each talk about their favorite idiot move of the week either by a team, a play or a player. They show a clip and then say their piece and end it with "come on, man." It's always entertaining! So now that we've cleared that up. I just want to give a big fat COME ON, MAN to my body!
A little over a month ago I was doing GREAT! I was ready to be done with physical therapy and seeing the pain management doctor and just move on. Then Melissa, Adria and I went up to Rochester to spend a weekend with my mom and had a blast!! Until Tuesday that is. Melissa, Mom and I all ended up at our different doctors within a few hours of each other. I was first and lo and behold the excruciating pain in my throat, neck and head turned out to be strep throat. A week later I still didn't feel better and the headaches from the strep hadn't really gone away. The physical therapist started questioning whether the headaches were from the strep or if the first facet joint block was starting to wear off (miraculously it was exactly 3 months from the injection.) Blah blah blah it took near a month for me to fully recover and start feeling better - mind you that was even after 2 rounds of antibiotics. Headaches still there and neck pain getting more intense. THEN...THEN... last weekend I noticed my jaw was feeling kinda funny in a bad way. Like it was getting tight and opening my mouth wide or chewing much was a bit uncomfortable. By Monday I couldn't chew even if I wanted to the pain was so excruciating. I could hardly talk for more than 5 minutes or so without it going crazy. Didn't get better and thankfully I had an appointment with the pain guy Wednesday as well as my PT. What I learned is that it's VERY common for people (especially women) that have whiplash caused by an auto accident to have delayed TMJ (temporomandibular joint) pain or dysfunction. So this all goes back to the wreck again. Now they want me to see a TMJ specialist - keep in mind I'm the one who has already had her jaw broke and reset so having jaw joint pain is quite frankly freaking me out. AND because the headaches are back and are coming frequently again they want to do another facet joint block. Really at this point I don't care what they do and truly I couldn't care less about my head or neck I just want my jaw to quit hurting. I told my mom that I will take the headaches and the neck pain but I cannot live with the jaw pain again. She promptly told me that yes I could, and I would if I had to and would get through it. Now that that's settled! Anyway, I still can't chew or talk very much and it's very uncomfortable and annoying. Hopefully I can get in to see this fabulous TMJ specialist that everyone has brought up and hopefully she knows just what to do. Actually I pray that she knows what to do.
So to my jaw, my neck and my head - COME ON, MAN!!
P.S. I promise to update more!