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Just an update. I saw an ENT today and he wants me to take a cat scan of my sinuses. He asked me if I was allergic to anything and I said "not that I know of." He explained that the inner part of the nose is suppose to look like a healthy pink and mine is bluish which indicates an allergy of some sort.


He said I definitely have a TMJ problem. He said the muscle is very tight and could be inflamed.


As for my explanation about the motor/vibrating sensation, he is the first one that didn't look at me like I was crazy. He said there can be a few reasons why I'm hearing and feeling that sensation. One explanation involved the carotid artery. He said there are people who hear these "roaring" sounds and feel the inner shaking/vibrations as a result. I just did a search on that and find it interesting but scary. The description of the blood "violently" rushing from the neck to the brain (and also the chest) sounds like exactly what I go through.


I think I'm now going to make an appointment with my vascular surgeon to have an ultrasound done on my neck and check blood flow. My ENT told me today that we will get to the neck but first wants to look at the sinuses. I don't think I want to wait given the whole carotid artery disease thing can lead to a stroke. It may sound crazy but there are times when I thought (despite my age) that I was having one or going to. It appears that for a given length of time we can have little attacks that last anywhere from minutes to hours that mimic a stroke before finally having one. Also, seeing how I have a chiari 1 malformation, I see that there can be a link where the carotid artery is effected. Geez... yet something else to worry about :(


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