https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 01:36:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youyour-so-chronic-health-issues-support#post-2116666 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 23:22:25 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2116666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ladies, I'm sorry you're all here. :(</p> <p>I don't know if I "count" as having a chronic issue but I had an intestinal infection last year and just had it again a few weeks ago. I had just finally started being able to eat semi-normally once I got hit with it again (6 months of slooow recovery in between), and this time it was worse. I'm pregnant, so I was even in the hospital for four days. (&amp; I had been bleeding due to SCH too.) It has been painful and frustrating. MIL has been a lifesaver, even staying over, and watching DD when DH is at work. I was barely out of bed for awhile, just beyond exhausted and miserable. On top of this all I've dealt with a couple other minor temporary health things. Stomach issues suuuuuuuuck. And I'm terrified that my weight loss or just my body not working right will cause me to m/c. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youyour-so-chronic-health-issues-support#post-2116658 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:51:00 +0000 LovelyPlum 2116658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: @blackbird: so interesting! I have had jaw issues for a while. Huge pain.</p> <p>Yes, I've got chronic stomach issues, asthma/airborne allergies, and bouts of vertigo. The stomach things are the worst. It is definitely GERD, but there is a flare up of something else going on right now, too. I have had several major bouts of pain in the last few weeks, and it isnexhausting and so hard to figure out what is going on!</p> <p>@Silva: I'm being tested now, too. I'm sorry you still feel unwell! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youyour-so-chronic-health-issues-support#post-2114605 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:38:40 +0000 blackbird 2114605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Ugh it was a long road. I had seem some dentists and most wanted to rewire my entire mouth, put me in braces, do massive surgery...I saw an orthodontist and he said no way, my teeth are perfect. So I kept getting second opinions and ended up in a surgical dentists' office and he said i had massive scar tissue in my jaw and that cleaning that up would help. So i had that surgery. And a couple months later, all the pain came back. So i saw a dentist that specializes in TMJ and he recommended a chiropractor, which I totally wrote off as hokey shit, but he said my neck felt misaligned. So i saw one. My x-rays were bad. So i started seeing a traditional chiropractor regularly. I did get relief! And I did get better, but then it just sort of leveled out. After awhile, I wasn't getting any better and I was still having pain, yet i was getting the same treatment over and over. And when I mentioned it to him, he said he wanted to put me through MORE rigorous treatment. It felt like a money scam. An expensive one. So I sought out more opinions. Meanwhile, everyone at my Crossfit gym had been seeing this amazing chiropractor at a Back Pain Center, so I made an appointment with him. And he does both traditional adjustments and ART (which a lot of physical therapists do, by the way!!!! My insurance bills it as half chiro, half PT). He did a full work up on me and said he felt that my issues were primarily muscular, that my muscles were pulling everything out of alignment and causing problems up into my face. Well, he was really far away from work, so I looked up a closer ART provider and started going. Took about 3-4 weeks of treatment, but I see him once a month now (well, now that i'm so pregnant, i go every week). It's just been kind of amazing. No jaw pain, minimal neck pain...and when i do see him, he fixes it. I do still have back issues but now i think they're from sitting at a desk all day and everything getting tight. </p> <p>I wasn't grinding or clenching or anything, i just had tons of pain in my jaw and cheekbones. There are a TON of muscles in that joint that can get inflamed and really jacked up. I was on celebrex, stim, and some muscle relaxers for a long, long time. Nothing seemed to touch it. I had some days I couldn't fit a damn sandwich in my mouth! Anyways, something to think about when you start investigating treatment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youyour-so-chronic-health-issues-support#post-2114572 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:25:24 +0000 mediagirl 2114572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: interesting, how did you end up going that route?<br /> @Silva: wow, that's crazy that you feel that bad from gluten. I hope it gets easier. Yeah, I could see how pregnancy could be daunting with celiac! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youyour-so-chronic-health-issues-support#post-2114566 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:19:16 +0000 blackbird 2114566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I thought I had TMJ for the longest time! I had arthrocentesis on my jaw and wore mouth guards and everything. Turns out it was actually an issue in my neck that was radiating up into my face. It was also causing a lot of shoulder problems. I've been seeing someone who specializes in Active Release Therapy and it has been LIFE CHANGING. Sometimes i still have to have my jaw manually adjusted because it will get off track! It's not even funny the huge, huge difference it has made in my quality of life </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youyour-so-chronic-health-issues-support#post-2114554 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:14:25 +0000 Silva 2114554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was diagnosed with celiac disease in December, and I'm still struggling with feeling better. I feel like I'm accidentally eating gluten at least twice a month, and when I do I basically feel like i have the flu for 3-4 days. I also tend to lose sleep because of the physical discomfort, which is tough.</p> <p>I had always been really healthy, so this has been a tough adjustment. I do feel better most of the time, but still often get sick/have a recurrence of symptoms, and my doctor said it could take a year to fully heal (and in the mean time I am very sensitive to any cross contamination). </p> <p>I'm most nervous about dealing with it when I get pregnant again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youyour-so-chronic-health-issues-support#post-2114542 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:06:54 +0000 mediagirl 2114542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any adults on here have chronic health issues? </p> <p>I know there are parents out there who have chronic health issues. I thought we could start a thread for the mamas and papas out there who have to live and parent with chronic health issues.</p> <p>My issue is TMJ. It started with a popping of my jaw, turned into me not being able to open my mouth wide. Now I have to watch what I eat so I don't strain my jaw and have chronic back and neck pain. I'm looking into physical therapy to help with the pain. I'm also trying to get in to get a splint created but have to wait until my crown/fillings are done to do that. </p> <p>What about you? </p>