[Sca-cooks] 'Lanie's Jaw

[Elise Fleming]

'Lanie wrote:
>Today it doesn't hurt much unless I try to open my mouth wide
>enough to put something in, then it sticks and won't open without a
lot of
>banging and popping. My ear is blocked on that side too. I'd sooner
chew
>ground glass than go back in to the dentist. Any grand ideas before
I
>resign myself to my fate and call in in the morning?

Maybe a problem such as (temporo-mandibular jaw syndrome)?  Not sure
of the spelling, but yawning is painful, chewing causes crackling
and popping and so forth.  Had it once myself.  Not nice.

Alys Katharine