Jawing off

My eating problems have further increased with a very sore jaw over the past 10 days or so.  First I thought I might have an abcess on the gum or toothache and rang the dentist who said  in which case antibiotics would be called for so i went to the doctor who prescribed them for me and examined my jaw but after taking the drugs for the weekend there was no improvement. 

Then went to the dentist for an X-ray and he now thinks it is TMJ disfunction.  This is the temporal mandibular joint and its painful muscle which I can apply heat to or massage gently.  It makes eating and opening my mouth for getting food in hard and painful.  Chewing is difficult.  

However have further modified my diet to have softer vegetables and smaller and thinner pieces of food.  Thin sandwich bread instead of toast bread for breakfast, no hard crackers or crunchy apples, or hard cheese but instead have discovered some nice Woolworths Select Rosemary and Wheaten biscuits, juicy pears and kiwi fruit and cream cheese.  

The good news is that things seem to be improving over the days a little bit.

Looking forward to some broad beans in the near future.  Roll on Spring!