Kalee B.

Just wanted to share something a bit personal. Before I started treatment, I was put on several steroids, antibiotics, etc to try and help with the pain. Things got so bad for me that I couldn’t even chew food without excruciating pain and thus over the course of one month I dropped twenty pounds. This was scary for me as I am small to begin with and was now underweight. I could see the outline of my sternum and felt very insecure. There’s been a lot of ups and downs during treatment (which is to be expected) but lately there have been a lot of ups. I have successfully gained back my weight and am now at the same weight I was comfortable at for years prior to TMD symptoms: so today on Thanksgiving I wanted to express my gratitude for this group and for my LVI doc Brian McDowell. My doctors team is amazing and never have I been shown so much compassion and empathy by a doctor. He is advocating for my health beyond just his treatment and it is so nice to have someone there to back me up. Happy Thanksgiving all. For those that aren’t in treatment yet, there is hope. Simply finding this page with this group of passionate doctors is something to be grateful for. Take advantage of it and move forward. For those that are, take a minute to see how far you have come. Have a great day! 🦃 I’ll be stuffing my face pain free thanks to LVI 😉