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Your three things today are:
BELLY
LIQUID
HUNGER
Jaw dropping
Many years back while I was working in customer services in a Waitrose, I developed a very strange problem. Over the course of s week I found it more and more impossible to chew or even speak. One morning I woke up and my jaw was clamp firmly shut.
I had to visit the Dr, who when he stopped laughing sent me to see a Maxillofacial Specialist, in fact the Dr rang my dentist and asked him to refer me as he could do so quicker than a Dr.
Long story short I had a clamp shut jaw for about three months.
I could only have liquid food all that time. It was no fun and I did suffer from hunger a lot and belly ache probably because it was empty!
My main fear was I would be sick and I did feel sick a lot. Now because my jaw was clamped shut I worried if I was sick I would choke to death. Luckily I didn’t and I am here to tell the tale.
They never found the cause so it was put down to a ” Mystery Virus” .
Sep 10, 2020 @ 10:03:04
Glad you are OK, and to think that some people choose to have their jaw wired for weight loss!! Mystery virus is such a cop out though. I had that in 1976 when they thought it was glandular fever, then summer flu, then anxiety, then the Mystery Virus arose. Diagnosis made! Take care.
Sep 10, 2020 @ 10:12:01
Lol yes it covers a multitude of sins and yes it’s a real cop out!
Sep 10, 2020 @ 11:38:09
What a frightening experience, Willow. You have had more than your fair share!
Sep 10, 2020 @ 12:22:11
My old doctor always said to me whatever you do you don’t do it by halves and your not boring ππ€π€π€π€
Sep 10, 2020 @ 12:18:05
So glad it went on its way, whatever it was. Chillingly mysterious…
Sep 10, 2020 @ 12:19:50
I don’t know what it was but it was very painful! π
Sep 10, 2020 @ 14:25:42
I was surprised to hear the doctor was laughing, but perhaps that was a way to relieve any worry you might have had.
Sep 10, 2020 @ 16:59:33
It was very stressful but he was an excellent old school doctor and was always in control π
Sep 10, 2020 @ 17:15:38
Wowzer, Sis!
Sep 10, 2020 @ 16:58:09
Lol and it’s all true π
Sep 10, 2020 @ 17:30:53
Yikes! I’m glad you made it through. I think it would cause panic at the least. π€―
Sep 10, 2020 @ 17:35:40
It was not much fun but I survived, thank you π
Sep 11, 2020 @ 04:54:49
This is the most amazing medical problem I’ve ever heard of, Willow. What a strange thing to happen to you. My best friend in high school had an overbite. She had her jaw broken and reset and it had to be wired shut for about 6 weeks. A very strange time for her, poor girl.
Sep 11, 2020 @ 05:02:23
It was a very strange thing and painful. I feel your school friend must of gone through hell it must of been awful for her.
How are you Robbie, I do hope you are okay. π
Sep 11, 2020 @ 07:32:31
I’m doing better, Willow. I have been ill and am on medication now, probably for life. I’ll write about it soon when I’ve got my mind around it. I hope you are doing better.
Sep 11, 2020 @ 07:41:54
I am sorry to hear that Robbie, it’s been such a bad year, with lots of health problems for lots of people. I hope you are okay πππ
Sep 11, 2020 @ 09:14:12
I am sure I will be.
Sep 11, 2020 @ 09:29:01
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Sep 11, 2020 @ 13:47:13
What I don’t understand is why the doctor was laughing… What the hell is that about?
Glad you survived this painful experience.
Sep 11, 2020 @ 14:29:29
He was an old school doctor who thought he had seen everything there was to see. He said to me “whatever you have you never do it by halves! But you’ve never been here about yourself or the boys other than it was necessary! ” He has been retired about 20yrs now so not even sure if he is still alive .
Sep 11, 2020 @ 14:42:26
Still… π§‘π§‘
Sep 11, 2020 @ 14:55:12
It was not funny at the time it was scary π
Sep 11, 2020 @ 15:26:14
I would think there was nothing funny about it.
Sep 11, 2020 @ 15:41:50
No there wasn’t, I was terrified of choking to death π
Sep 11, 2020 @ 15:42:40
No doubt. Scary!
Sep 13, 2020 @ 19:37:16
Wow, that sounds scary, Willow! So glad it went away on its own. Thanks for sharing your experience. (I have TMJ and can’t open my mouth very far but it’s never completely clamped shut.)
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Sep 13, 2020 @ 19:41:15
My mouth dosen’t open very wide either but no one every found out what my trouble was ππ How are you doing π
Sep 13, 2020 @ 19:55:25
Doing okay here, thanks for asking. We’ve had wildfires in all directions, so dealing with unhealthy levels of smoke the last few days. Things are very bad on the whole west coast….many lives lost in the fires. Hopefully the rains will come soon.
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Sep 13, 2020 @ 20:12:44
Praying for you and yours Betty, be safe ππ
Sep 13, 2020 @ 20:26:51
Thank you π
Sep 13, 2020 @ 20:30:27
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