Physical therapy for my daughter’s TMJ 12/23/2025

Last night I and tried to sleep without Gabapentin. I fell asleep around 9 p.m., but woke up around 1 am from pain. Since then, I could not go back to sleep. I gave in and took one pill of gabapentin. Right after that, I fell asleep. I could sleep 5 hours until next morning.

I could not wake up with the wakeup alarm. I needed to wake up at 6 a.m. for my daughter’s physical therapy session.

We left the house at 7 a.m. My daughter has suffered from the pain in jar area. My male doctor at the physical therapy clinic told me it is called TMJ. He is a specialist to fix TMJ. The doctor checked my daughter’s jar and the bone alignment thoroughly. He diagnosed that her condition was not severe and does not require a surgery. He instructed my daughter some homework exercise to do every morning and night.

After came back home, it was my daughter’s time to take a nap to rest. I was not drained because I didn’t do the physical therapy today.

I went for a walk by myself. While I was walking, I run into a new neighbor who recently purchased the house and moved in. She saw me carried by my husband and worried about me. She asked about me to my husband the other day. She offered us her help anytime we need.

When we passed by, she greeted me and asked me how I am feeling. Then we introduced ourselves and had a small chat. She seemed to be around my age. She is a retired medic at the US army. She learned the western medicine and licensed as a nurse, but she is also interested in alternative medicine. We both were happy to have each other as our neighbor. I hope I will get to know her more gradually.