I apologize for not updating in a while. It's been a busy month, and extra time was no where to be found. Now that I've got a few things off my plate, I have a little more "spare" time to share what's been happening with me as of late.
We are still treating my thyroid with diet. It was going well for a while, but it seems that my morning temps are getting stuck at an average of 96.5 and have been for about two weeks. My doctor hasn't had me change anything, so everything must be going as expected, though.
I saw my doctor just before the 1st of the year, and while palpating my head to adjust it, he noticed that my eustachian tube on the left side was twisted out of proportion, which was causing a lot of my pain on the left side. He adjusted it, and will continue needing to adjust it until it is "trained" to stay untwisted. This probably was the cause of my off-balance feelings and dizziness, because once he did that I've had only minimal of either problem. I can't believe the difference that one little tube has made in the problems I was having!
The next day, I also saw my dentist, and he fitted me for a night guard to help me stop either clenching or grinding my teeth at night. He felt with what symptoms I was explaining to him that my jaw was out of occlusion (proper bite) from doing one or the other, and needed rest. He and I discussed the reasons for the bruxism (grinding or clenching), and came upon the conclusion that it is because of all the work I've had done on my teeth over the last year it has changed the way my jaw rests. If the night guard helps (which it seems to be), there may be a more permanent solution to fixing the occlusion once we finish the last 5 crowns, and that would be to have braces to adjust and settle my bite.
It continues to be a very long road to regaining my health, but it seems like we're closer to it than we have been in a long time. The more mercury I continue to get out of my body the better I am feeling. There's still much ahead, however, so I'm not getting too excited. I now have the go ahead from my doctor to start working on the last five crowns, so I'll be making my next appointment with the dentist soon. In a way I'm looking forward to it, and in another I'm dreading it since it could mean more pain and suffering in new and different ways as my body adjusts to each revision.
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