Wisdom tooth recovery 8 months on ......

Well I am beginning to get my life back finally but it's still a struggle. I still think that it was the right thing to do as life without the head pain is better.

Mouth - I still have TMJ disorder (diagnosing myself with it). My muscles in my mouth are tender to the touch, not painful any more. I had a couple of loud cracks which were a bit frightening but they didn't hurt so I tried not to worry about them. My dentist can't find anything wrong with my jaw function but I know its very subtely off. It is creaky inside, but all my joints have gone creaky like their is sand in them. Since the cracks my jaw been a lot better, think it was realigning itself as inflammation finally going down. My lumps in my mouth are still there but are much smaller, still tender to the touch. My gums very slowely going back to how they were.

Tinnitus in my ears is maybe once every few weeks now, still the odd shooting pain up my head.

Eyes/fatique - lot less yellow in eys but a different doctor did conclude based on my symptoms that they agree I have iron deficiency (probably from the usual female issues). My iron level gone up from 29 to 49 and this dr told me to get levels up to 100! But they could not explain why I feel like I have altitude sickness at sea level. So I decided to go on supplements, it was do able by food, however if I slipped off my diet for one day I really struggled again. So I am taking Vitabiotics B12 (with iron as furnerate which does not upset your stomach as much). I do have a lot more energy and have been able to start running 3 miles once a week (still like torture) and a weekly pilates class. Through experimenting with diet I realised it might be B12 deficiency so I am now taking microlingual methy-B12 (already methylated form of B12 so your body can just use it) and my energy zoomed up. BINGO. My visual snow and brain fog is really begining to clear now! I feel reasonably intelligent again. My eyesight is loads better I can actually see in the dark, I have never been able to see in the dark. So annoyed drs never tested my B12.

Vertigo - think this is B12 related, piano playing makes it worse getting much better now I am on the B12

Headaches - occasional shooting pain from my tmj and the other day I had my first ocular migraine. Zigzag flashing line that took 30 mins to move to the side and out of my vision. Freaked me out as I couldn't see but relieved its classic migraine symptom. Only had the one.

Muscles - been with my massage therapist now 7 months and she has worked wonders getting all those knots out there was millions (no exaggeration!). Shoulder hurts 24/7 but it did before so can't blame my wisdom teeth for this, wished I started massage therapy yrs ago. My neck is back to normal, think this really helped calm my mouth muscles down.

Vitamin D3 - in my opinion this has really worked on getting the inflammation in my jaw down can literally feel less pressure in my head. Had a lovely holiday and managed to get UVB rays and got my levels up from 51 to 61, the dose dr gave me was pathetic 400 IU. Good dr put me on 4000IUs a day, now it's really working. I have now upped the dosage to 5000IU mainly because it means I can take 1 pill instead of 4. Also you need to adjust for weight so my daily dose should be 4800 IUs and I know I am deficient as I have had no more sun since test therefore 5000IU will make me slightly less deficient everyday while I wait for the sun to come back.
I am also taking transdermal magnesium (if your vit D deficient your likely to be magnesium deficient as they are co-factors). This really helps my aches and pains. When I first took it I got heart palputations. This implies a toxic lymphatic system... umm strange I eat an all organic diet. This is when I started looking at toxicity.................

My next thoughts........
If a person is toxic and has vitamin and mineral deficiencies they are bound not to be in a fit state for any operation....another light bulb moment... but I eat all organic diet, never ever eat fast food, drink soft/energy drinks, I do drink lot of tea and wine (my only vices). I cut out poisons in my home 5 yrs ago when I got cats (they are stupid enough to lick everything... I love my cats but they can be quite dim). So I thought I was healthy. So where is this poison coming from.

The garlic and beetroot incidences...

I went to garlic restaurant on holiday had 8 cloves of slow cooked garlic and pesto with raw garlic. I suddenlt felt extremely hot like I was going to catch on fire, I drank a whole jug of water and then all my muslces started shaking. I did consider ringing an ambulance. After not knowing what to do after about 10 mins I stopped shaking. Luckily it was not that noticeable as in middle of restaurant. I couldn't eat another thing, so my husband lucky for him had to drink a whole bottle of wine to himself. Went back to hotel room and felt OK but not hungry I did not eat for 2 days, it felt like my whole digestive system was poisoned. After 2 days I felt so much better. It felt like the garlic was trying to cure me. I know that this was a really big clue. My dr just told me not to eat garlic...really helpful.. not!

So I was still working off many theories.. like worms (hope not) or viruses.

I learnt raw beetroot is really good for you. So I got some in my organic veg box so I ate a little raw beetroot every day for 5 days. Bit woody but much easier than cooking and peeling (no faff). On the 5th day had a really good run and went to bed. At 5am I awoke and turned to look at the clock and thats when I realised how bad I felt. I honestly thought I was going to die (I am not being melodramatic). I don't believe in God I am a scientist, but I prayed to God to make me die cos I felt so bad. After a while I fell back asleep and to my amazement awoke in the morning. That was a horrible scarey incident I never want to repeat. Again it felt like my whole digestive system was poisoned. After 2 days I felt soooo much better. Now the interesting fact about beetroot it is a powerful detoxer, it does phase 1 pulls things out of cells and phase 2 combines with the toxins (viruses etc) so that the liver can excrete them through the digestive system.

So it seems to back up the toxicity theory.

What next......
So I have cut out flouride and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) ladened toothpaste and switched to flouride and SLS free. Gums are feeling so much better. I have switched to Unbleached tea bags and organic tea. I am cutting down caffeine, I have 1 normal tea, 1 green, 1 white and the rest are herbal (dandelion, nettle, raspberry, detox ones). I am switching to less poisonous shampoo/conditioner... I have stopped sneezing in the shower HOORAY! I even cured my period pains ..... yes you do not have to suffer... and I can tell you it was quite a shock to have NO PAIN. Now I am begining to feel much better.... much better than I did before.. so how long have I been sick without realising?!

The biggest source of poisoning could be from my 6 mercury fillings... oh dear.........I hate drills!!!!
.......... I feel another blog coming on ................