Day 11

Today was a pretty good day. I've been getting really tired of just staying at the house since surgery. Usually in my free time I'm constantly out and about. So, I decided to go to a movie with my brother this afternoon. It was a bit more stressful than I was expecting, but I'm glad I did it. It was good to get out of the house. Of course, I was still too self-conscious to do any more than see the movie. My face is still huge, and it's starting to bother me that my lips don't touch. I'm really looking forward to that getting better.

I got adventurous with my eating again today. After the hamburger yesterday I started to get excited about branching out a little. I haven't been able to really get full any time I've eaten since surgery, and I've just been majorly missing real solid food. So, I decided to try some pizza tonight (just plain cheese), and it was another success :) In fact, it was much easier to eat than most things I've been eating lately. I didn't make a mess at all..I just tore it into little pieces, and I was able to get almost 2 slices down! It tasted fantastic, and it was soo mice to eat semi-normally again. Being able to eat things like that are making these 5 weeks with the splint on seem a little more bearable.

Overall, my recovery so far has been a lot easier than I was expecting. I'm not feeling insanely deprived from food anymore, and I feel like I'm starting to feel more normal every day. The only thing that I'm really worried about at this point are my results. I mean, my profile is definitely better..but right now my face still looks so square, and I don't have any definition in my jaw at all. I'm really hoping that I still have a significant amount of swelling and that these things will get better. It's only day 11..so I think I'm getting worried pre-maturely since I know it takes a couple months for the swelling to fully go down, and it's not even 2 weeks yet.