So, sometime in my earlier days of being the Reading Specialist at my school, I started to experience TMJ. I was seeing Parker then and I remember telling him that I had never been punched in the face but that’s how my jaw feels! He worked on my face muscles and made them feel better. He told me that I should talk to my dentist about getting fitted for a mouthguard to help with the pain because I am most likely I’m grinding my teeth at night.
i’m sure that Dr. Fox was able to see me within a week. As a teacher who had just finished her masters degree and had just become the school’s Reading Specialist and was being given the task of learning and implementing two reading programs to the school, what an earth did I have to be stressed about?!
So, because of my teeth grinding at night, I started to wear my newly acquired mouthguard every night. It’s been part of my routine for years. But then, probably a couple weeks ago, I woke up to large blood blisters on my upper gums on both sides of my mouth. I didn’t know they were blood blisters until the one on the right side of my mouth burst. It’s pretty gross to taste a mouth full of blood!
When we called the dentist, I gave her my history of having the mouthguard and she was not surprised at all and said I may need to adjust it or get fit for a new one. I made the appointment for yesterday.
Now, I haven’t been out of my house since February 19th. After months of watching the death toll rise, the thought of leaving the house terrified me but my newly developed mouth sores terrified me a little bit more! I had no choice but to get it checked out!
I recently ordered a second pair of sunglasses because they were really comfortable and did and excellent job of completely blocking out the sunlight from my eyes. My Mom wanted to borrow them yesterday because it was sunny so we were #Matchers! The masks that my best friend had made us, we were #ExtraMatchers!!!
