Thanks for asking, bizi! I started to have pain about 1 1/2 week before Easter. I suspected it came from a tooth because I had pain in my teeth as well. There are some nerves crossing around there, so that's why it is possible to have pain in all the teeth on one side of the mouth.

I visited a dentist Friday before Palm Sunday and he did some minor work in one of my teeth. I continued to have pain in half head and half jaw during the whole Silent week and was back at the dentist's office after that week. They think that my root canal in one of my teeth have to be filled, but since the root is difficult to fill, that has to be done by a root canal specialist. They want to wait until more of the root canal has died. I had pain in head and jaw for still another week after my second visit to the dentist. It calmed down two days before I was going to Spain.

In the sun and heat I felt OK and even after I came home. I think the pain of today came because of me chewing nuts at the suspected tooth yesterday.

But it's not only that. I do have an inflammation in both my shoulders. Because I am a diabetic, they cannot give me cortisone for my shoulders. Instead I have been given exercises to do with a rubber band. I shall do these exercises three times a day for three month. I don't think I have been clever enough with the exercises when I was in Spain.

This morning with pain here and there I wanted to scream out loud. I cannot do that because of the neighbors. Instead it manifested itself in some sort of a "It's enough" feeling. I see now, afterward, that I could have stopped all the tension that came toghether with the pain by using CBT tools, but done is done. Once the Valium was swallowed, it was too late to get them up again.

Tomorrow there is a new day and new opportunities.

Thanks again for asking!