I don't if these stories are still being read but here is mine. Just before Labor Day 2006 I went to see my G-P because of a sore throat. It was to the point I would need to take 2 Tylenol after eating dinner. The G-P sent in an intern who thought it sounded like streph to her. She took a long Q-tip and swabbed the back of my throat and touched my left tonsil. When she did that I nearly shot out of that chair. Nothing was said about it. So the results come back negative and it is said I have a sinus infection and gave me some Nasanex (steriod). Well we went to Philadelphia over the holiday weekend and flying back to Atlanta I could not get my ears to pop. Finally the stewardess told me to plug my nose and keep my mouth closed and blow out. This worked. A couple of days later the TMJ on my left side got to hurting so bad I could barley open my mouth. I just thought it was a side effect of the steriods and quit using it. Well I waited about 3 weeks for the steriods to clear my system and I needed some relief. I finally got in to see an ENT on 10-16-06 and he reconized it as soon as I sat down and openned my mouth. Well the rest is history and I now have a new G-P. I tell everybody and anybody if does not go away get it checked. I am now felling about 80% of where I was prior to getting sick and am positive I will make 100%.