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Help Cast with relief from chronic pain!

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Heyo! It’s Cast. I’m in a bit of a medical crisis and I’m asking for some help! If you can’t donate personally please circulate this where it might be right.

basically I’ve had issue with TMJ disorder for about 10 years, getting quite chronic the last 2 years. TMJ refers to the major joint that connects your skull and your jaw, it’s a very important joint, involved with speaking, eating and has a few nerves bundled through, I believe. With my life and mental health situation as it be (neurodivergent af) my jaw has been clenched for most of the last three decades. Which over time means my muscles are unbalanced, my ligaments are frayed and my very bones are more rounded in x rays. Which results in terrible, terrible, headaches. I’ve had a headache for about 3 years, with up to months of 8/10-10/10 pain. I’ve spend thousands of dollars the last year trying to treat this, but I’m having a major flare up, and the pain is making it impossible to work, to do my self care, to really live, or do anything except be in pain. it’s effecting my quality of life and my very will to live at this point, and it might keep going for a few months. I am almost completely debilitated. I’m waking up and going to sleep in serious, unavoidable and unignorable pain.

this is where you come in! There is a short term medical intervention (lasts about 3-6 months) that is hugely supported by docs but more importantly heavily advocated for by people who live with this condition - people who have been able to have the experience of no-pain after years or decades of in pain. It’s a series of muscles relaxant injections around the TMJ area. It would be a quick fix, but would give me enough time, will, and resources (by allowing me to work) to keep on the journey of treating this at the source. If you have any spare dollars please send them through; I’d be extremely grateful and this is nearly my last resort. The stress of looming credit card debt just triggers more stress and more pain. The treatment itself will probably cost a little less than $1,500 but any else will be put towards good food and recovery vibe. Oh and if you have any Nintendo switch games to swap/donate/lend that is appreciated too!! It’ll be a week before I get the treatment and need to buffer the pain somehow.

lots of love! And thank you for even reading this far. Hope y’all get the care you need. Lots of love.

cast xx
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