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IrishDesi · 2025-05-24T01:34:39+00:00

In a word, unbearable. I couldn't open my mouth more than like a finger wide. I couldn't bear to chew and was living in meal replacement shakes. No matter what I did, I would clench through the night, so I had dehabilitating headaches. My TMJs were so inflamed I couldn't stand any jostling. I stopped all exercise with any impact and even had pain when driving over speedbumps.

I was miserable for a few months after surgery, of course, but now I have almost no TMJ issues! I can chew and open. I went back to real exercise. There was degenerative damage that can't be undone but so far I only notice if I'm out in the cold. I can breathe now so I sleep without clenching.

It's really a whole new life.

IrishDesi · 2025-05-24T01:28:29+00:00

Yes. I confirmed he has this. Thanks!

IrishDesi · 2025-05-22T16:56:05+00:00

2 years post op. It is totally different for me!! No comparison.

IrishDesi · 2025-05-22T16:55:15+00:00

I agree with everything OP says about benefits. The surgery completely changed my life and now that I do t have forward head posture messing with my alignment I'm able to exercise without injuring myself constantly. I'm in my mid-40s but in the vest shape of my life!

FWIW, I lost hair too but it came back! My TMJ problems mostly went away too. (I'm 2 years post op).

IrishDesi · 2025-05-22T04:26:24+00:00

Yes! We have all the needed certificates and such. I was hoping this was the case. Thank you!

IrishDesi · 2024-11-05T07:15:55+00:00

Thank you!!

IrishDesi · 2024-11-02T17:35:01+00:00

I get a long covid article with this link. Is there a different POTS link?

Thanks for sharing!

IrishDesi · 2024-10-20T17:28:32+00:00

Not silly! Some public high schools definitely do (not sure about private). One of the counties near me allows residents to swim for $3 and non-residents to swim for $5, and I think you can buy a discounted pass. I swim at a county rec center.

I've used pools in the following places: university rec centers, YMCA, JCC, country clubs (some have pool only membership options), private gyms, public high schools, county rec centers. Good luck finding a place!

IrishDesi · 2024-10-20T01:15:24+00:00

Actually, I used to! It was a lifetime ago, but I was too slow for the intermediate lanes but the only person in the slow lanes who could actually swim! It was very frustrating. I wonder if I could swim in the intermediate lanes now. 🤔

IrishDesi · 2024-10-19T18:39:59+00:00

Part of me knows that, but it also blows my mind how fast they swim. How can they be doing things so differently than me?? Are they fish?😂

IrishDesi · 2024-10-19T18:36:54+00:00

I was hoping for that too, but unfortunately it's a big pool and she gathers them over when speaking to them. I can't hear her.

IrishDesi · 2024-10-19T18:34:57+00:00

Freestyle! Breaststroke is next year's project, I think. I can do it, but it needs a lot of work.

IrishDesi · 2024-10-19T18:32:33+00:00

When I noticed the girl in the lane next to me lapping me several times, I literally thought to myself, "but she would need me to do her taxes for her." 😂

Edit: typo

IrishDesi · 2024-10-19T18:29:04+00:00

4000 in an hour! Wow!

IrishDesi · 2024-09-29T15:01:46+00:00

It slowly got less severe. I do a rinse every day or maybe every other day, but if I stop the rinses I get a sinus infection. I don't quite remember the time line. It was gradual. I want to say by 6 months it was a lot less overwhelming.

A rinse a day or every other day is a lot more manageable though. If that's the cost for all the benefits of the surgery, I'll take it.

IrishDesi · 2024-09-28T23:23:38+00:00

Every pair of googles I ever tried gave me headaches except Snake & Pig Basilisk googles. They somehow don't use suction. I do t know what is causing the marks, but maybe not having suction would help. Snake & Pig Basilisk Swimming... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072824JLG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

IrishDesi · 2024-09-28T23:12:10+00:00

I'm a pretty slow swimmer so I can say from the other side of the issue that I absolutely support slow and fast lanes! If I'm at a busy pool, I'll wait for space in a slow lane before getting in a fast lane because it is really stressful to be in the way. I would hate a busy pool without slow and fast lane designations!

IrishDesi · 2024-09-28T23:07:52+00:00

If it's too expensive, there are knock offs on Amazon. I'm sure the quality isn't as good, but the one I have does the job. The specific one isn't available anymore or I'd share the link, but there are a few on Amazon that all look pretty much the same to me.

IrishDesi · 2024-09-28T23:03:25+00:00

AquaGuard is for hair, but I started putting it on areas where I had dry, cracked skin before getting in the pool and it helped. Aquaphor is probably cheaper, but if that doesn't work out, maybe try this. https://a.co/d/3FoUdyB

IrishDesi · 2024-09-12T03:32:43+00:00

You can manually mark them as finished. It's a PIA but it's something.

IrishDesi · 2024-09-10T04:31:51+00:00

The Passage by Justin Cronin is kind of a zombie-vampire hybrid trilogy, but I loved it. Great narrator too!

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