Today was less than great. I was kind of surprised..because I've really been feeling pretty good throughout this whole process. I think I might have over extended myself yesterday though with venturing out so much. I keep having to remind myself that I'm recovering, and I can't expect my body to be willing to do everything that it did before surgery. I just don't have the energy, and I get tired so much easier. After all the running around yesterday I went to bed early because I was just exhausted, and then I didn't really wake up until almost noon today. I haven't slept like that since right after surgery. So, I think my body was trying to tell me something. All day I've been kind of tired, and just generally not feeling awesome. My teeth have been really sore the last couple of days where the bands are, and that was really bugging me today. I've also had a headache that I just haven't been able to shake.
I didn't do any more adventuring today food wise. I just didn't have much of an appetite, and when I did get hungry I just kind of wanted comfort food. So it was back to mashed potatoes and mac n' cheese for me. Although, I did notice that eating was easier today than it was a week ago when I first tired mac n' cheese. So, that was nice. I almost didn't have to concentrate on eating while I was doing it and that was pretty refreshing.
I think I'm going to try to chill out for the next few days. I think I've been pushing myself too hard to start feeling back to normal, and that just isn't going to happen for a few weeks. I think that is one of the issues with this surgery. Most people don't know anything about jaw surgery, and so most of my friends and family don't recognize that I'm still recovering. I just don't really feel up to socializing or seeing people aside from my mom and brother. It just takes so much energy just to talk because of the massive splint in my mouth, and if I spend too much time talking my jaw get sore really quickly. Then the jaw pain leads to a headache, and its just not fun. So, I've been putting off seeing extended family or most of my friends. It's just getting to be hard on me because the cabin fever is definitely starting to set in. I've been reading other jaw surgery blogs by people who have had a much harder recovery than me, and I don't know how they did it. I mean, just the inconveniences and annoyances that I've been facing are starting to wear on me at only 2 weeks.
No pictures today. I know I originally planned on taking daily pictures, but I just really wasn't feeling up to it today, and I don't think the swelling has gone down any. I'll definitely take some tomorrow, and work on getting all the ones I've taken so far posted. Fingers crossed that I can get them all up by tomorrow night.
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