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Tue, Apr 24, 2007

TMJ

Posted at 10:57 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

Ever since I had the crud last month I've had pain in my temporal-mandibular joints: the kind where you feel a nasty snap when you yawn or move your jaw from side to side, and it still is sore when you aren't doing anything to annoy it. First it was on one side, then both, then the other side. It started when I had a sore throat: I think things in there got swollen up and annoyed.

Since it started I have been dealing with the septic tank business. I got my taxes done, and the truck repaired. I traveled to California and back, then worked a nearly full day on Saturday and a full work week the following week, on top doctor's appointments dealing with being called in for the special views mammogram. And I've had a plumber, electrician and HVAC guy doing things to the house. And gotten word that there were problems with the septic design.

Today I got a call from the septic engineer saying he had figured out what to do about my weird yard, and gotten permission from the Health Department to do it, and he gave me an estimate for how much it's likely to cost, which turned out to be quite feasible for me financially.

I still need to either get him a copy of the lot survey that was done at my last mortgage refinance or take a couple of measurements that his guy forgot to do once it stops raining bucketfulls (or both). But the mortgage company is mailing me an extra copy of the survey document, so I'll have that one way or the other.

As I hung up the phone from talking to him (or rather, set it back down in its stand/power-supply) I felt the TMJ unlocking. It felt rather weird.

There is still some residual soreness. The pain has been worst in the mornings: it will be interesting to see whether things get better or worse over night.

It would be nice to get my stress levels down to where i have the energy to work on Techlands, or some side programming jobs I've promised the office...

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