#ow my everything

[brightlotusmoon]

My FB post right now is being so useful:

Me: Okay, someone with TMJ, trigeminal nerve pain, and sinus pain help walk me through the differences so I can figure out what's happening in my face.

My microbiologist friend: "OMG SOMEONE FINALLY NEEDS ME!!!!

TMJ is an achy, muscular pain. If you press on the hinge of your jaw and/or the back of your skull where it meets your neck, you will feel intense pain followed by release. Causes headaches on one side, usually in the back. Opening your mouth wide while touching your jaw will produce a “pop” on one side and a feeling of sliding sideways on the other. Helped by: NSAIDS, muscle relaxants, heat. Hurt by: crunchy food, chewy food, jaw clenching.

Trigeminal neuralgia feels like random electrical shocks at the base of your teeth, radiating up into your cheek. One side. No headache. Pain can also be sharp or burning (when mine was at its worst it felt like someone put a flaming fireplace poker between my teeth and slammed my jaw shut), but the hallmark is that “shocky” pain. Helped by: medication that is specifically for nerve pain (like gabapentin). Absolutely nothing else helps. Hurt by: ??? (Mine is kind of related to the cold but…???)

Sinus pain is usually heavy pressure and an ache or occasional sharp pain in the jaw. Headaches bilateral and in the front of the head, in a “mask” around the eyes. Trigger points are at the inside corner of the eyebrow and the outer corner of the nostrils, applying firm pressure there will cause SEVERE pain that will lessen over time. Cheeks and forehead may also be sensitive to touch. Also might present as a sore throat. Helped by: sudafed, antihistamines, NSAIDS, cold. Hurt by: that depends on the person. If it’s unrelenting and doesn’t respond well to meds you should see a doctor to check for infection.

Oh my goodness I feel so useful 🖤"

My reply: "I love you. I also feel like all of that happened at the same time. But I'm going to call it TMJ, because the thoracic pain and upper shoulder stiffness is specific to the palsy spasticity, which means it'll hit the jaw muscles on both sides in slightly different ways."

Other friends also weighed in!

A. said "TMJ feels like you have the bottom jaw and the jaw joint hit with a hammer. Sinus pain in face feels like you could stick something into your eye or up your nose and it would pop the balloon that growing in your skull. Trigeminal nerve is one of the worst pains you have ever experienced and you would be at the hospital. It usually only affects one side of the face and it feels as thought someone is slicing your face open. (I don’t have it but a friend does but I experienced mild symptoms after a surgery that temporarily inflamed that nerve and even minor pain it was horrid and gave me a much much less accurate idea of how much pain my dear friend deals with cause mine was like 20% compared to her 100%)"

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K. said: "TN can be bilateral and can be triggered or exacerbated by the same range of meds prescribed to relieve it.

Sinus pain may respond to pseudoephedrine, but phenylephrine ain't shit, so check your Sudafed formulation before you decide that decongestant doesn't work.

TMJ, you might notice that you're clenching or grinding at night... or other people might notice more than you do.

Also consider for differential diagnosis, these things that can cause REALLY fucking bizarre referred-pain:

Ear infection (look for fever or pain spiking at weird times when you can't identify a trigger, also maybe nausea)

Dental/oral nerve impingement or infection, try swishing with an analgesic like a chloraseptic spray or lozenge, or oragel. See if pan resolves.

Try tapping on teeth and gums. See if any of them feel 'weird.'

Brush/floss/waterpik/whatever very thoroughly and then gargle and swish as aggressively as you can.

I had a poppy seed making me think I was getting shingles one time. Once it was out, I was fine. Weirdest fucking shit... anyway..."

#how to identify face pain #ow my everything #i realize i can endure pain that might cause screaming

[wulfhalls]

corrupted godhood. reluctant false messiah. prophecy as a creeping all consuming malady. does the oracle see the future or make the future? the horror of trapping yourself inescapably on purpose. the chains of destiny dragging you towards the path you are fighting tooth and nail to free yourself from. there never having been a chance to begin with. no other choice to make. but making that choice regardless.

#feel delirious with how well denis captured all of this. he made my blorbo of all time real 😭😭 timtom i owe u everything <3 #way over half a decade waiting for this was more than worth it. im swooning #dune #dune part two #paul atreides #dunetwo #thats my sweet darling angel baby boy despotic genocidal religious figurehead who never did anything wrong ever 💖

[zootthecat]

i've got a headcold rn, and it's made me realize that my fatigue is literally at illness levels almost 24/7. like i'm fucking disabled disabled holy shit

#ow my brain #ow my everything #a zoot original

[uncanny-tranny]

The hardest, but most important, part of my transition has been untangling what my personal dysphoria is, and what is more a result of cissexism.

What I mean by this is that I learned that I am not dysphoric about certain aspects of myself, my body, and my life, but my discomfort in these aspects was influenced by the cissexist culture I live in which told me I couldn't exist as myself.

It's definitely a slow process, but I have found that it helps me self-actualize and actually see myself instead of what others demand of me.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #dysphoria #and what makes this really tricky is that often it isn't clear-cut as to what makes you dysphoric... #...versus what makes you uncomfortable due to your culture or environment... #...i still experience dysphoria but now i find that my motivation isn't to please the people around me... #...if i truly wanted to please the people around me then i would cease to exist altogether... #...and once i truly recognized that and came to terms with this reality i stopped feeling like i owed the world everything... #...i stopped feeling so disconnected with myself... #...i don't think this will be useful for everybody but i want to offer a different approach to it... #...by no means do i think that this is a 'cure-all' in fact it's not even close... #...because what i found that this has done is bring me *closer* to my trans body and my trans soul... #...i have found that my dysphoria has narrowed (especially since going on testosterone) and i feel more at peace

[fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma]

What if we snuck off to the supply closet while u were working in ur uncles tea shop 😳😳 and we were both boys 😳😳

Bonus :)

#zukka #zuko x sokka #zukka fanart #atla #atla fanart #I LOVE all of the Zuko tea shop fics #so like this is a need #also they look so good in green #also unrelated but for some reason I only read breakable heaven today and??? #oh my lord??? #I owe everything to Haley now btw

[periwinklemoonlight]

red haze

#my art #gtws #goodtimeswithscar #limited life #limited life smp #traffic smp #trafficblr #gtws fanart #limited life fanart #limited life spoilers #namemc spoilers #just a doodle for now but hoffen ink ghoul i owe u everything forever

[mrgaretcarter]

#tmmmedit #the marvelous mrs. maisel #midge maisel #susie myerson #rachel brosnahan #alex borstein #ohtendril #my stuff #i love that midge checked in because this was about both of them #and susie said go for it even if it mean shed be ruined #even if it meant everyone who relies on her would be ruined #dinah every other client #even if it meant theyd all go to shit #because midge is her 1 midge is the person she loves and would do anything for #but most of all midge was her ticket out midge jumpstarted her dreams midge made her world expand beyond the gaslight #and vise versa they owe each other everything and they were together forever

[mousekink]

totally fine ... ! 😀

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long live wad 🖤 @danielhowell

#daniel howell #dan howell #wad #we're all doomed #dnp #dan and phil #dip and pip #son of a bitch now owes me our stage door selfie AND everything's fine acoustic #lesson number one folks #never trust a man #save the bees #my art

[cherryskeletoncake]

Techno summoning chat before going out to rouin someone’s day <3

#my art #fanart #technoblade #technoblade fanart #mcyt fanart #sketch #mcyt technoblade #i owe my life to ​whoever first had the idea that chat was a bunch of eyes #and to whoever began drawing chat as smoke/blood and such #great mental imeges #inspierd by the song ‘only as good as my god’ by everything everything #but not like litterly #because there’s no way i’m drawing techno as a riot cop. that’s just not his vibe

[bisexualrapline]

despite everything yoongi has been through despite battling depression and anxiety and the stress that comes with being a creative in this shit capitalist world esp a creative who didn’t even have the support of his family despite his accident and his parents’ health scares and all the other traumas he’s endured over the years. he still endeavors to be a healing fairy and a home for people he still writes songs like snooze to reach out to younger creatives like himself so that they hopefully never face the shit he did he still writes beautiful heartwrenching songs about self-love and growth and progression and even his own struggles with mental health so that people facing the same struggles know that they are not alone he is still primarily soft and warm in his heart and holds so much love for everyone around him and for armys he is still such a positive, kind, hopeful, loving force in this world. and i literally don’t have the words to express my gratitude and pride for him for being who he is. i just know that he will always always have my support no matter what

#i will always be here #because i genuinely owe him everything. i truly owe him my life i don’t say this lightly #:(((( i’m still fuckig heartbeoken oh man #.txt #yoongi #bts #okay sorry i’ll stop making rambling text posts now (i can’t promise that actually) #agust d #amygdala mv

[pharawee]

Garfield Pantach Kankham as KENTA

▷ PIT BABE 2

#pit babe 2 #pit babe the series #pit babe #garfield pantach #pitbabeedit #thai bl #thai drama #bl drama #bl series #my edits. #kenta is everything to me #so i'm beyond happy to see him again #but also noooo honey who put you in jail #you belong in therapy (paid for by pete) #then again maybe he gets to stab tony again #but also ow my heart hurts he doesn't deserve this nooo my sweet spicy murder puppy

[brightlotusmoon]

SCATICAAAAAA

*goes back to sleep*

#sciatica #aaaaaaaa #ow my everything

[wizardlyghost]

thing about deltora quest that only occurred to me in hindsight is not only just how much jasmine carries the entire party on this quest but also how genre-defyingly brutal she is lol. like, this is a kid's series that hinges on riddles and puzzles far more heavily than combat - even when deaths occur, they're often the result of cleverness in some way rather than straight up combat ability. that said, let's look at the villain kill count at the end of book five of eight of the first series:

- lief: 1 - even there it's with a well-thrown bottle of cursed water rather than his sword.

- barda: 0 - i'm not counting that one unnamed sand beast, that's an animal not a villain.

- filli: 0 - he is a squirrel, this is unsurprising.

- kree: 1 - killed an invincible sorceress all by himself, good bird best friend.

- jasmine: 5 - dropped a tree branch on a mf, drowned two cannibals in quicksand, cut a giant snake's throat, shoved a dude down a pipe full of toxic mold (after having to be told not to cut his throat while he slept jfc).

idk it just suddenly struck me as really funny how this one character who isn't the protagonist is almost from a different, far more brutal story, and uses that fact to consistently be the mvp and save everyone else's asses. i need to read this series again it's been too long.

#lief: i am the hero. it's me. also i have never used a sword before like yesterday but i Won't Let That Stop Me! #barda: i am a big strong man. everything we actually fight is bigger than me tho so mostly i contribute worldly wisdom and life experience. #jasmine: I Raised Myself In The Woods Alone I Can Talk To Trees I Will Cut A Bitch Without A Moment's Hesitation I Carry Two Live Animals #Because They're My Friends And Ten Thousand Dollars Because They're Shiny I Met These Two While I Was Rolling Them For Loose Valuables #one of the characters of all time ms rodda i owe you my childhood #deltora quest

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

MORE...!!!

MORE FLOOFY!!!!!!

(i love your barnaby sm i wanna hug him and squeeze him like an anti-stress toy <3)

FAMOUS TUMBLR USER AKEMIMA ART IN MY INBOX ON THIS BLESSED DAY

#omg omg omg omg OMGGGGGG LOOK AT HIMMMM #this is everything to me. i will proceed to stare for the next five hours #uno reverse card i love YOUR barnaby. and your eddie. and your howdy. and your frank. and your poppy. and your sally. and your julie #Wailing Wailing Wailing #the noise i made upon seeing this Notification!!! thank you i owe you my life #im so used to giving and now i get to Receive <3<3<3 #rambles from the bog #offerings to the bog #i would like to Hug Him and Squeeze Him and Take A Nap On Him #he looks so scruffly i cant... #More Floofy!!!!

[colorfulatlas]

Anton fucking blasts!

#atomic art #antonblast #fanart #lately I've been doing so well at exaggerating my artstyle... I owe everything to pizza tower...

[dhmis-autism]

Hey hello!

Here are some colored doodles of the fun little DHMIS bodyswap idea thought up by the very fun, very smart @escargon! I did them way back when and wanted to finish them up to add to the fun lol.

It was sooo much fun to draw and I hope I made it clear whos who by the body language/dialogue but if not! I put a helpful little diagram in there. Also,as well, I think if Duck had access to a relatively-normal sized body like Reds’ that duckman is dressing up and NO ONE can stop him. So that’s the last two.

#DHMIS #don't hug me i'm scared #dhmis duck #dhmis red guy #dhmis yellow guy #I have SOOO MUCH TO SAY ABT THESE BC THIS CONCEPT IS SO FUCKING FUNNY TO MY ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT #so im just putting it here bc. i said everything nessecary I think. #anyways i think yellow in reds body would just be crouching down the whole time. not used to the height and is a lil scared of standing up #also think he would mouthbreathe so hard he'd get the whole front of yarn wet itd be disgusting shkdsh #i think either ONE of them in yellows body is like 'OW WHY DO I SUDDENLY HAVE A MIGRAINE' #and I absolutely think Duck in Reds body would be a literal actual monster #He would let the new height go to his head SOOO FAST its not even funny like. just absolute menacery #and obligatory getting to wear normal clothes of course. again. mad with power imo. #also i DID draw but didnt finish the idea that Red would hate both of the other twos clothes. like just be so viscerally uncomfortable #i drew a lot of stuff that didnt make it here but yknow what thats just stuff only my good friend Bear shall know i suppose............ #my dhmis postings #me art