Doctors and more Doctors

I spent a majority of this morning trying to make doctor's appointments. I have TMJ and I saw a specialist for this when I was in high school. I guess I either grind my teeth or clench really hard at night, and lately, all of this work I am doing in the middle of the night has left me with awful headache and neck pain. I have tried advil and tyelonol. I have tried my trusty heating pad. I have tried icy hot and stretching. Finally after 5 days, the headache has gone dull, but I have the worst pain in my neck and right shoulder.

After this morning, I know have an emergency appointment with my dentist to talk about my night jaw activity. An appointment with a new primary physician since it had been so long since I had seen my last one that I would be considered a new patient. Oh and by the way she is not taking new patients.....make an appointment with her residents. No thank you. So I called J's mom to see who she uses. I called the office and for some miracle, he had a new patient cancelation for February 9th.....I scheduled a visit for J too on the next available new patient date (July 31)...unreal. I mean, I find this a little ridiculous. Do I need to plan to be sick? I have even resorted to seeing a chiropractor on thursday as well. If he can get my neck muscles to relax, I may lose some skepticism I have with chiropractors. It would be nice to turn my head with out stabbing pain.