Ok I have officially deemed myself the worst blogger ever. I will try to be more consistent these next few days. I'm having a hard time remembering things (probably the meds) so to summarize:
Sunday: I ended up going to the doctor's office again in the morning because I have this horrible pain in the back right side of my mouth where my wisdom teeth used to be. That's actually where he made the incision for my lower jaw. Even though it looked pretty bad (I made my dad take a picture of it) the doctor said it looked okay and that it would heal. He also commented on how quickly I was healing...if this is healing quickly, then I would hate to know what healing slowly would be like, because I am definitely not feeling very healed.
Monday: It was very hard to wake up. Usually I can't sleep in, but lately, I've been sleeping SO GOOD. SO SO SO GOOD! (This might be partly attributed to meds also...) I tried to imagine what it would be like to breathe better before the surgery, and I just couldn't. How could I know what it felt like if I've never experienced it. Now that I am living it, it is so amazing! I can sleep on my back and breathe perfectly through my nostrils. Actually, my left nostril is still pretty stuffed up, probably blocked with allergies/scabs, but even so, I can breathe more deeply that I could even imagine. I just love that I can sleep on my back and don't have to turn on my shoulder anymore. I think that caused me a lot of stress, pain and sleepless nights just because it was so uncomfortable.
Anyway, I spent most of the day in bed, sleeping. I did try my hand at making something to eat. My parents have that awesome blender kind of like the vita mix and it has a recipe book for soups. It's been a lifesaver. So I made a mushroom and walnut soup. The soup itself has pieces of onion in it (kind of like french onion soup) but of course I had to blend mine completely. I ended up blending it with mashed potatoes and tilapia. AND IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!! I know it sounds gross but think about it...The rest of the family used the soup as a topping for the tilapia and ate the mashed potatoes on the side. Practically the same thing....
Tuesday: The instructions for recovery state that I should walk around and I haven't been doing much of that, so today I decided to run some errands with my mom. We took meds with us and we picked some things up from my apartment and settled some things with my OLD apartment, etc, etc.
Honestly I am wiped out. I am a bit intimidated by the idea of starting work next week, just based off of today. I have another follow up appointment tomorrow and I suppose I will find out if he will start me on the rubber bands for a week or not. He decided to put off the rubber bands because of the rough start I had post op. Since I was hooked up to the IV for longer than usual receiving so many meds and fluids, my swelling has been very stubborn. This has made biting down very difficult and is causing me to bite the inside of my mouth when I do (which is contributing to the awful pain that is still occurring in the back right side of my mouth that I saw him for on Sunday).
Anyway, I'm sure I'll found out tomorrow. I've heard it can be painful so I'm a bit nervous but we'll see. I'm going to ask the doctor for the xrays of before and after so I can post. Once the swelling goes down, I will post before/after pictures of my actual face.
Til next time!
p.s. I know a few people told me they weren't able to leave comments but I've fixed that so feel free to express your thoughts or ask away if you have questions!
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