Jaw Surgery

I have failed to update you on my TMJ situation. I saw the oral surgeon on Oct 16. He did not like the feel of either jaw. He ordered me an MRI of my jaw and then to come back. I had that done on Oct 23. I saw him immediately after the MRI. The cartilage in my left jaw was almost completely out of place and the cartilage in the right jaw wasn't nearly as bad but was slipping. So I had surgery on Wed, Oct 29 to fix that. It was an outpatient surgery and I came home that afternoon. I've been in a lot of pain and slept a lot since then. It's eased up a good bit today but is still pretty sore.

Another Update

I went back to the hip dr today for a re-check. The dr pretty much released me. He said I was doing good. There's still some healing going on but it looked good. He told me to make an appt for 2 months but if I didn't have any problems or concerns to cancel. The therapist also said I was doing good. I'm still lacking some external rotation and she gave me a couple of exercises to do to help that. But I already have back some of the movement that most people don't have back yet. She seemed real pleased.

HOWEVER...

My ear is hurting pretty bad again. Started last week. I went to the ENT and he verified what I suspected - it's the TMJ flaring up. It is stopped up causing a negative pressure reading which could be why it's hurting but he also said that my jaw is not moving good. I'm being referred to an oral surgeon to have the TMJ evaluated further.

I'm kinda tired of being a medical case.