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It appears as though my idea has gotten out already. Open Original Shared Link is a crude battery powered version. Word travels fast around here!

The proud inventor. Notice the flocks of adoring ladies...and disturbing loin-cloth type garb :huh::o:blink:

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DingoGirl Enthusiast
I always seem to stumble in here during the most interesting discussions! :lol:

DONNA! Hi there! come on in any time, you never know what it'll be...... :huh:

That's the beauty of the system. (again, I'm divulging too many trade secrets here...) Since the power plant, if you will, is located in the falsie the oscillation of the falsie is what powers the system. So the bigger the falsie, the more wattage = more twirlage. However, I wouldn't go TOO big, as you might need to apply for a pilots license :blink:

gahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol::lol::lol: *snort* and guffaw!!!!!!

this sentence, the wordage, made me spit out a few crumbs of my corn chips, I read it three times:

"Since the power plant, if you will, is located in the falsie the oscillation of the falsie is what powers the system. "

:lol:

It appears as though my idea has gotten out already. Open Original Shared Link is a crude battery powered version. Word travels fast around here!

The proud inventor. Notice the flocks of adoring ladies...and disturbing loin-cloth type garb :huh::o:blink:

oh my gaaaaaaaaaaawd - - - - please note, this is the most disturbing photo of all (for obvious reasons, the woman on the right)

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an email I just got :lol:

> NEW DRUGS FOR WOMEN

B O Y T O X

>

> Eyedrops that help you see whether the guy you're talking to is a man

> or a boy.

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> D A M N I T O L

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> Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours.

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> E M P T Y N E S T R O G E N

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> Suppository that eliminates melancholy and loneliness by reminding you

> of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn't wait till

> they moved out.

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> ST. M O M M A'S W O R T

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> Plant extract that treats mom's depression by rendering preschoolers

> unconscious for up to two days.

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> P E P T O B I M B O

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> Liquid silicone drink for single women. Two full cups swallowed before

> an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence, and

> prevents conception.

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> D U M B E R O L

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> When taken with Peptobimbo, can cause dangerously low IQ, resulting in

> enjoyment of country music and pickup trucks.

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> F L I P I T O R

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> Increases life expectancy of commuters by controlling road rage and

> the urge to flip off other drivers.

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> M E N I C I L L I N

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> Potent anti-boy-otic for older women. Increases resistance to such

> lethal lines as, "You make me want to be a better person. Can we get

> naked now?.

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> B U Y A G R A

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> Injectable stimulant taken prior to shopping Increases potency,

> duration, and credit limit of spending spree.

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> J A C K A S S P I R I N

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> Relieves headache caused by a man who can't remember your birthday,

> anniversary, phone number, or to lift the toilet seat.

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> A N T I - T A L K S I D E N T

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> A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to

> share their life stories with total strangers in elevators.

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> N A G A M E N T

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> When administered to a boyfriend or husband, provides the same

> irritation level as nagging him.

>

>

I esp. like PEPTOBIMBOL and NAGAMENT :lol:

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I always seem to stumble in here during the most interesting discussions! :lol:

It's getting seriously silly today!! :lol::lol:

That's the beauty of the system. (again, I'm divulging too many trade secrets here...) Since the power plant, if you will, is located in the falsie the oscillation of the falsie is what powers the system. So the bigger the falsie, the more wattage = more twirlage. However, I wouldn't go TOO big, as you might need to apply for a pilots license :blink:

If I may,Richard...a couple of points that are worrying me:

Let us not forget the invention is supposed to be worn whilst show/snowboarding.

Might the oscillation throw said wearers balance out through centrifugal force thus hampering safe landing??? :unsure:

The proud inventor. Notice the flocks of adoring ladies...and disturbing loin-cloth type garb :huh::o:blink:

Not so much a loin cloth than a sporran?? (back on kilts again :rolleyes: )

Oh my!!! :lol::lol:

Burn them bras!!!!

Meanwhile I woke up toOpen Original Shared Link....now where's that snowboard?....

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:lol::lol:

My personal favourites

> D A M N I T O L

>

> Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours.

You know, that sounds quite appealing some days :unsure:

> ST. M O M M A'S W O R T

>

> Plant extract that treats mom's depression by rendering preschoolers

> unconscious for up to two days.

Wow, could of done with that when they were younger!! :blink:

> A N T I - T A L K S I D E N T

>

> A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to

> share their life stories with total strangers in elevators.

Hmmm, could be useful...they alway's seem to sit next to me on trains... :unsure:

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The battery operated ones are in the UK? Or ALL the tassel sites?

What do they do over there anyway?

All the tassel sites- never found the battery operated ones :P :P :P

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That's the beauty of the system. (again, I'm divulging too many trade secrets here...) Since the power plant, if you will, is located in the falsie the oscillation of the falsie is what powers the system. So the bigger the falsie, the more wattage = more twirlage. However, I wouldn't go TOO big, as you might need to apply for a pilots license :blink:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I can ALWAYS rely on this thread for a good laugh and a tassle twirl :P

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OMG- I NEED PEPTOBIMBOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Susie, Nikki and I could be the spokeswomen! :lol: :lol:

Oh and that most disturbing picture of the man in the fan shirt has got to be BURNING MAN which my hubby has gone to in the desert in Nevada and IS ALWAYS trying to convince me to go to. :lol: Susie- It's probably pretty close to you (near Tahoe). We lived in Sf for awhile and they have this critical mass event where people ride their bikes over the Bay Bridge (because it's not legal.

Well, Burning Man has Open Original Shared Link

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It's getting seriously silly today!! :lol::lol:

If I may,Richard...a couple of points that are worrying me:

Let us not forget the invention is supposed to be worn whilst show/snowboarding.

Might the oscillation throw said wearers balance out through centrifugal force thus hampering safe landing??? :unsure:

...another reason not to got to large.

The user's balance shouldn't be negatively affected. The systems doesn't cause any oscillation, it merely harnesses the available kinetic energy and converts it to electrical energy. (like shaking the flashlight). Although the system has yet to be fully tested on the slopes, I'm confident balance shouldn't be an issue.

...with that said, I am working on an optional personal crash protection upgrade for the system. Think mini air bags.

Not so much a loin cloth than a sporran?? (back on kilts again :rolleyes: )

Oh my!!! :lol::lol:

you wiley celts!

Burn them bras!!!!

INDEED! :P

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Oh and that most disturbing picture of the man in the fan shirt has got to be BURNING MAN which my hubby has gone to in the desert in Nevada and IS ALWAYS trying to convince me to go to. :lol: Susie- It's probably pretty close to you (near Tahoe). We lived in Sf for awhile and they have this critical mass event where people ride their bikes over the Bay Bridge (because it's not legal.

Well, Burning Man has Open Original Shared Link

I was thinking Burning Man all the way when I saw the lunatics in the desert...

your hubby's not in any of the pic is he? ;)

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...it seems the intrepid "inventor" (infinger is more like it) of the fan shirt also has several other bright ideas...

Open Original Shared Link :blink:

Check out the movie of the actual implant process - I couldn't watch the whole thing!

Is is me or does Mikey appear to have monkey mitts? (something is afoot in the desert :unsure: )

How about his clever use of recycled paper and concrete - I mean who wouldn't want Open Original Shared Link laced with splintery scrap wood?

Methinks Mikey stood too long in the hot sun without the fans running!

This guy could probably solve the worlds problems if he just put down the "pipe" long enough!

look at all his Open Original Shared Link!

He actually made the big time - "Open Original Shared Link"

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Let us not forget the invention is supposed to be worn whilst show/snowboarding.

Might the oscillation throw said wearers balance out through centrifugal force thus hampering safe landing??? :unsure:

:lol::lol::lol: this concept is actually "worrying" her! :lol: somehow the wording of this sentence made me howl....plus, use of the word "whilst" - - Nikki probably doens't know that Americans never say WHILST but use the more pedestrian "while" - - whilst is the King's English - - makes me crack up every time (just a silly FYI)

The user's balance shouldn't be negatively affected. The systems doesn't cause any oscillation, it merely harnesses the available kinetic energy and converts it to electrical energy. (like shaking the flashlight). Although the system has yet to be fully tested on the slopes, I'm confident balance shouldn't be an issue.

...with that said, I am working on an optional personal crash protection upgrade for the system. Think mini air bags.

oh dear gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd :lol::lol:

Um, okay, MONKEY MITTS indeed - - does that guy even have any opposable thumbs? :huh: Yes, love the concrete furniture......OMG, yes, if he DID put down the pipe for two seconds, perhaps something productive would come of it all.......

OMG Burning Man....possibly the scariest thing of all....and Bev's husband went to the pagan Bacchanal festival :lol::lol::lol: Bev, stay away, be afraid, be very afraid, your hubby can go to Burning Man, you can come here (a mere five hours away) in teh safe cozy Dingo Den...................we'll keep our tops on...................... :P

[am thinking that our subject matter of late could get us chastised - - but do you think that Powers that Be just ignore this thread, satisfied that the naughty stepchildren are safely away from the masses? :lol: ]

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[am thinking that our subject matter of late could get us chastised - - but do you think that Powers that Be just ignore this thread, satisfied that the naughty stepchildren are safely away from the masses? :lol: ]

three words for you...

YOU STARTED IT! :P

(it works for my kids) ;)

I think you should stop posting those indecent pictures at once (just forward them direct to my email :P ) - for the innocents' sake. Do you suppose celiac disease has brought us to this level? Could we ALL have reached these depths without gluten toxicity? :huh: (My alibi is a work in progress)

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OMG Burning Man....possibly the scariest thing of all....and Bev's husband went to the pagan Bacchanal festival :lol::lol::lol: Bev, stay away, be afraid, be very afraid, your hubby can go to Burning Man, you can come here (a mere five hours away) in teh safe cozy Dingo Den...................we'll keep our tops on...................... :P

[am thinking that our subject matter of late could get us chastised - - but do you think that Powers that Be just ignore this thread, satisfied that the naughty stepchildren are safely away from the masses? :lol: ]

That is a deal! I really don't have much desire to fry or freeze my butt off in the desert listening to techno music while burning things with people who don't sleep. I'd MUCH rather hang out with the dingos and you!

Yes- we Celts are naughty but it's alll good!

I was thinking about our subject matter of late as well. Perhaps we can NOT post the questionable links so as to not get chastised. I am a moderator after all and have my reputation to protect :lol::P

It's kind of like when I was a teacher in middle school and people would say, "dear GAWD, YOU are shaping the future minds of America?" WARPING was more likely! And now I'm warping college freshmen MOO HOO AHH ha ha ha :ph34r:

Let's see, to get away from kilts and other questionable matters (mostly my fault due to the current state of the gramming of my mammies :P ) what could we POSSIBLY discuss that would make us SNORT, GUFFAW and potentially bring on the need for Depends.

OK....how about dumbest pick up lines you've heard or used? Hmm... that could go awry as well.

How about people falling? :P Why is it that some people watch someone wipe out so BAD and they come over laughing their butts over, trying not to snort while asking them if they're OK? I had a friend who was SO SWEET but she could only burst into tears laughing when someone wiped out?

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OK....how about dumbest pick up lines you've heard or used?

When I was travelling in egypt the most annoying one was: "Hey, do you know that you walk like an egyptian?"

Actually the first time I heard it was the day after I had spent several hours on a camel, so I was walking like something, but I'm guessing it was more along the lines of a primate, not an Egyptian.

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Maybe the powers that be are relying on the moderator participating in this thread to moderate!!! :lol::lol::lol:

I've been married since I graduated from college, so I don't have any bad pick up lines. There was a guy hitting on me once in a bar leaning against Adam's stool while Adam went to the men's room. Adam couldn't sit down because the guy was there, so I said to him that my husband was standing right behind him. He walked away and NEVER looked back to see Adam! :lol::lol: I always thought that was funny ... Adam would have introduced himself and said he didn't realize I was married if he had made the same mistake. This happened when I was 21.

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ok Open Original Shared Link some G rated humor...

or...Open Original Shared Link

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:lol::lol::lol: this concept is actually "worrying" her! :lol: somehow the wording of this sentence made me howl....plus, use of the word "whilst" - - Nikki probably doens't know that Americans never say WHILST but use the more pedestrian "while" - - whilst is the King's English - - makes me crack up every time (just a silly FYI)

oh dear gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd :lol::lol:

Oh how you mock me so!!! ;):lol::lol:

I shall endevour to throw in as many angloisms as possible!! :D

Do you suppose celiac disease has brought us to this level? Could we ALL have reached these depths without gluten toxicity? :huh: (My alibi is a work in progress)

:lol::lol:

Well I certainately did!!! ....non coeliac here (honoury member!)

*I* have no excuse!!!

I've been married since I graduated from college, so I don't have any bad pick up lines.

Me too! Good lord I've been married since I was 19 yrs old...can't even remember a time BM (no..not bowel movement people!! :rolleyes: ...BEFORE MARRIAGE!! :lol::lol: )

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Good lord I've been married since I was 19 yrs old...can't even remember a time BM (no..not bowel movement people!! :rolleyes: ...BEFORE MARRIAGE!! :lol::lol: )

:lol: Me too, Nikki! I think we've both been married forever :D

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Me too! Good lord I've been married since I was 19 yrs old...can't even remember a time BM (no..not bowel movement people!! :rolleyes: ...BEFORE MARRIAGE!! :lol::lol: )

I was married at 21, you beat me!! :P I think that means I was never single since I was married my entire adult life. :lol:

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Maybe the powers that be are relying on the moderator participating in this thread to moderate!!! :lol::lol::lol:

Oh dear gawd...do not rely on me to be the mature one! I'm probably already fired!

Here's a clean funny:

Little davie

A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She

started her class by saying, "Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand

up!"

After a few seconds, Little Davie stood up. The teacher said, "Do you

think you're stupid, Little Davie?"

"No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!"

**************

Little Davie watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on

her face. "Why do you do that, mommy?" he asked.

"To make myself beautiful," said his mother, who then began removing

the cream with a tissue.

"What's the matter?" asked Little Davie. "Giving up?"

***************

A Sunday School teacher of preschoolers was concerned that his students

might be a little confused about Jesus Christ because of the Christmas

season emphasis on His birth. He wanted to make sure they understood

that the birth of Jesus occurred a long time ago, that He grew up, etc.

So he asked his class, "Where is Jesus today?"

Steven raised his hand and said, "He's in heaven."

Mary was called on and answered, "He's in my heart."

Little Davie, waving his hand furiously, blurted out, "I know! I know!

He's in our bathroom!"

The teacher was completely at a loss for a few very long seconds.

Finally, he gathered his wits and asked Little Davie how he knew this.

Little Davie said, "Well ... every morning, my father gets up, bangs on

the Bathroom door, and yells, "Jesus Christ, are you still in there?"

****************

The math teacher saw that little Davie wasn't paying attention in

class. She called on him and said, "Davie! What are 2 and 4 and 28 and 44?"

Little Davie quickly replied, "NBC, CBS, HBO and the Cartoon Network!"

***************

Little Davie's kindergarten class was on a field trip to their local

police station where they saw pictures tacked to a bulletin board of the

10 most wanted criminals. One of the youngsters pointed to a picture

and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person.

"Yes," said the policeman. "The detectives want very badly to capture

him."

Little Davie asked, "Why didn't you keep him when you took his

picture?"

***************

Little Davie attended a horse auction with his father. He watched as

his father moved from horse to horse, running his hands up and down the

horse's legs, rump, and chest After a few minutes, Davie asked, "Dad,

why are you doing that?"

His father replied, "Because when I'm buying horses, I have to make

sure that they are healthy and in good shape before I buy."

Davie, looking worried, said, "Dad, I think the UPS guy wants to buy

Mom."

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When I was travelling in egypt the most annoying one was: "Hey, do you know that you walk like an egyptian?"

Actually the first time I heard it was the day after I had spent several hours on a camel, so I was walking like something, but I'm guessing it was more along the lines of a primate, not an Egyptian.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I took a 7 hour horseback ride in Costa rica on my honeymoon and let me tell you, when that was over I was NOT walking like an Egyptian. I feel your pain!

Here's my favorite song from a very irreverent movie. It's a rip on Pearl Harbor and Ben Affleck (never saw the movie) but done as a Open Original Shared Link

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How about people falling? :P Why is it that some people watch someone wipe out so BAD and they come over laughing their butts over, trying not to snort while asking them if they're OK? I had a friend who was SO SWEET but she could only burst into tears laughing when someone wiped out?

Don't think I am a horrible Mom after you read this!

A couple of years ago when Walker was learning to ride his bike, we'd taken him down to the park and he rode his bike into a bush. He laughed about, he was a good sport.

Later that day, we were out in front of our house on our sidewalk and he had me holding the seat of his bike so it wouldn't fall over, but that was all I was to do. He would start pedaling, I'd let go, and he'd travel down a few houses on his own.

Well, I was holding the seat, and his handlebars weren't pointing straight down the sidewalk, but more crooked, so he'd have to straighten them up pretty quickly to stay on the sidewalk. I tried telling him and got the old, "I can do it!", so I kept my mouth shut. He started pedaling, didn't straighten up his handlebars and rode his bike sooooooo sloooooowwwwwly into a tree. The bike stood there for a second and then he and the bike fell over. OMG! I thought I would die laughing! I went over there and said, "Hey, where did that tree come from?" :lol: and then laughed some more. :lol: He laughed too, and then got mad and said it was all my fault.

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three words for you...

YOU STARTED IT! :P

DID NOT!! :P Hey, all I said was that I went SHOWboarding on the roof, another culprit started with teh tassels and such......ha ha ha! :D

I think you should stop posting those indecent pictures at once (just forward them direct to my email :P ) - for the innocents' sake. Do you suppose celiac disease has brought us to this level? Could we ALL have reached these depths without gluten toxicity? :huh: (My alibi is a work in progress)

ahem, BTW, I don't think I have posted ONE single indecent photo. okay well, wait a minute, I did highlight an indecent photo, you know the girl with teh sagging, um.....anywho I got that from one of YOURS, silly :P

When I was travelling in egypt the most annoying one was: "Hey, do you know that you walk like an egyptian?"

:lol: Wonder if that line would work if I used it on someone around here? ;)

I was married at 21, you beat me!! :P I think that means I was never single since I was married my entire adult life. :lol:

cannot even conceive of this! :o:lol:

Oh dear gawd...do not rely on me to be the mature one! I'm probably already fired!

Little Davie attended a horse auction with his father. He watched as

his father moved from horse to horse, running his hands up and down the

horse's legs, rump, and chest After a few minutes, Davie asked, "Dad,

why are you doing that?"

His father replied, "Because when I'm buying horses, I have to make

sure that they are healthy and in good shape before I buy."

Davie, looking worried, said, "Dad, I think the UPS guy wants to buy

Mom."

Little Davie :lol: and what can Brown do for YOU?

Linda - poor Walker. :huh::lol:

okay....I have to eat some din-din and then watch my shows....Thursday....big night.....Gray's and Men in Trees.....holy cow, I need to get a life, don't I?

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      I made an account just to reply to this topic. My story resembles yours in so many ways that it is truly amazing. I also suddenly became lactose intolerant, went a little under 10 years attributing all my symtoms to different body parts, never thinking it was something systemic until much later. I had the same mental problems - anxiety, depression, fatigue, etc. In fact, the only real difference in our story is that I was never formally diagnosed. When I discovered that my myriad symtoms, that had been continuous and worsening for years, all rapidly subsided upon cessation of consuming gluten, I immediately took it upon myself to cut gluten out of my diet completely. I live in America, and had lost my health insurance within the year prior to my discovery, so I could not get tested, and I will never willingly or knowingly consume gluten again, which I would have to do in order to get tested now that I have insurance again. But that is not the point of this reply. I also had extreme TMJ pain that began within months of getting my wisdom teeth out at - you guessed it - 17 years old. I was in and out of doctors for my various symptoms for about 5 years before I gave up, but during that time I had also kept getting reffered to different kinds of doctors that had their own, different solutions to my TMJ issue, an issue which I only recently discovered was related to my other symptoms. I began with physical therapy, and the physical therapist eventually broke down at me after many months, raising her voice at me and saying that there was nothing she could do for me. After that saga, I saw a plastic surgeon at the request of my GP, who he knew personally. This palstic surgeon began using botox injections to stop my spasming jaw muscles, and he managed to get it covered by my insurace in 2011, which was harder to do back then. This helped the pain tremendously, but did not solve the underlying problem, and I had to get repeat injections every three months. After a couple of years, this began to lose effectiveness, and I needed treatments more often than my insurance would cover. The surgeon did a scan on the joint and saw slight damage to the tissues. He then got approved by insurance to do a small surgery on the massseter (jaw) muscle - making an incision, and then splicing tissue into the muscle to stop the spasming. It worked amazingly, but about three months later it had stopped working. I was on the verge of seeing the top oral surgeon in our city, but instead of operating on me, he referred me to a unique group of dentists who focus on the TMJ and its biomechanical relationship to teeth occlusion (i.e. how the teeth fit together). This is what your dentist did, and what he did to you was boderline if not outright malpractice. There is a dental field that specializes in doing this kind of dental work, and it takes many years of extra schooling (and a lot of money invested into education) to be able to modify teeth occusion in this manner. Just based on the way you describe your dentist doing this, I can tell he was not qualified to do this to you. Dentists who are qualified and engage in this practice take many measurments of your head, mouth, teeth, etc., they take laboratory molds of your teeth, and they then make a complete, life-size model of your skull and teeth to help them guide their work on you. They then have a lab construct, and give you what is called a "bite splint." It looks and feels like a retainer, but its function is entirely different. This is essentially a literal splint for the TMJ that situates on the teeth. The splint is progressively modified once or twice per week, over several months, in order to slowly move the joint to its correct position. The muscles spasm less, stress is taken off the joint, as the joint slowly moves back into its proper position. The pain reduces each month, each week, sometimes even each day you go in for a visit. The joint has to be moved in this manner with the splint BEFORE the modification to the teeth begins. They then add to your tooth structure with small bits of composite, to keep the joint in its proper place after it has been sucessfully repositioned. Subtracting from your teeth, by grinding down bits of your natural tooth structure, is done very conservatively, if they have to do it at all. This process worked for me - after six months, my face, jaw, neck all felt normal, and I had no more pain - a feeling I had not had in a long time. It also made my face look better. I had not realized the true extent that the spasming muscles and the joint derangement had effected the shape of my face. The pain began to return after a few months, but nowhere near where it had been before. This immense reduction in pain lasted for a little over two years. The treatment still ultimately failed, but it is not their fault, and it is still the treatment that has given me the most relief to this day. Later on, I even went about three years with very, very good pain reduction, before the joint severely destabilized again. This field of dentistry is the last line treatment for TMJ issues before oral surgery on the TMJ. There aren't as many denists around who practice this anymore, and the practice is currently shrinking due to dentists opting for less espensive, additional educations in things like professional whitening, which have a broader marketability. Getting this treatment is also very expensive if not covered by insurance (in America at least). My first time was covered by insurance, second time was not, though the dentist took pity on me due to the nature of my case and charged like a quarter of usual pricing. Most cases seen by these dentists are complete successes, and the patient never has to come back again. But occasionally they get a case that is not a success, and I was one of those cases. A little over a year ago, I began seeing the second dentist who keeps my TMJ stable in this manner. The first dentist retired, and then died sadly. A shame too, because he was a truly amazing, knowledgable guy who really wanted to help people. The new dentist began to get suspicious when my joint failed to stay stable after I was finished with the bite splint and his modifications, so he did another scan on me. This is ten years after the first scan (remember, I said the surgeon saw "slight" damage to the tissue on the first scan). This new scan revealed that I now no longer have cartilage in the joint, on both sides - complete degeneration of the soft tissues and some damage to the bone. The dentist sat me down and had a talk with me after these results came in, and said that when he sees damage like this in cases like mine, that the damage to the joint is most likely autoimmune, and that, in his experinece, it is usually autoimmune. He has sent patients with cases like mine to Mayo Clinic. He said he will continue to see me as long as the treatment continues to offer me relief, but also said that I will probably have to see a dentist for this type of treatment for the rest of my life. He is not currently recommending surgery due to my young age and the fact that the treatment he provides manages my symptoms pretty well. I still see this dentist today, and probably will see this kind of dental specialist for the rest of my life, since they have helped with this issue the most. I did not inform him that I am 100% sure that I have celiac disease (due to my complete symptom remission upon gluten cessation). I didn't inform him because I thought it would be inappropriate due to not having a formal diagnosis. I was disappointed, because I had believed I had caught it BEFORE it had done permanent damage to my body. I had never suspected that my TMJ issues may be related to my other symptoms, and that the damage would end up complete and permanent. Luckily, I caught it about 6 months after my other joints started hurting, and they stopped hurting right after I went gluten free, and haven't hurt since. I of course did the necessary research after the results of the second scan, and found out that the TMJ is the most commonly involved joint in autoimmune disease of the intestines, and if mutliple joints are effected, it is usually the first one effected. This makes complete sense, since the TMJ is the most closely related joint to the intestines, and literally controls the opening that allows food passage into your intestines. I am here to tell you, that if anyone says there is no potential relationship between TMJ issues and celiac disease, they are absolutely wrong. Just google TMJ and Celiac disease, and read the scientific articles you find. Research on issues regarding the TMJ is relatively sparse, but you will find the association you're looking for validated.
    • trents
      Welcome to the forum, @SuzanneL! Which tTG was that? tTG-IGA? tTG-IGG? Were there other celiac antibody tests run from that blood draw? Was total IGA measured? By some chance were you already cutting back on gluten by the time the blood draw was taken or just not eating much? For the celiac antibody tests to be accurate a person needs to be eating about 10g of gluten daily which is about 4-6 pieces of bread.
    • SuzanneL
      I've recently received a weak positive tTG, 6. For about six years, I've been sick almost everyday. I was told it was just my IBS. I have constant nausea. Sometimes after I eat, I have sharp, upper pain in my abdomen. I sometimes feel or vomit (bile) after eating. The doctor wanted me to try a stronger anti acid before doing an endoscopy. I'm just curious if these symptoms are pointing towards Celiac Disease? 
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