Last post I talked about how JIA has affected my jaw, and I mentioned how I had to have yet another MRI due to it. Last Tuesday I went for the MRI in Hershey, and my rheumatologist just gave me the results yesterday. According to the MRI, the inflammation has returned to the right side of my jaw. I had inflammation there about a year ago which went away after the last steriod injection. Now it's back, and that not a good sign. The inflammation on the left side is still present and has actually gotten worse. There is increased joint damage on both sides - - another bad sign. Due to the results of the MRI, I have to get yet another (this will make three) steroid injection in the jaw joint on both sides of my face. The injections require me to be put under general ansthesia. Then a doctor who is an "interventional radiologist" will us a CT machine to help guide him as to where to inject the sterioid into my jaw. These injections are extremely painful usually requiring me to miss at least a few days of school. Oh, as an added bonus, the anesthesia usually makes me throw up.
So thats the latest news with my jaw I'll be keeping you updated.
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