Day 14

2 weeks post op!! It feels great to have finally hit a small milestone in this journey. One week was something, but since I could still barely see straight at that point I wasn't too concerned with what day it was. I kind of can't believe that it has been 14 days that I've been dealing with trying to recover from this surgery. 14 days just sounds like such a long time to me, and really I'm still in the beginning.

So, I'm going to start with the good. I have made a good amount of progress, I think. My eating is still pretty limited, but I feel like I'm able to eat a lot more than most people who are 2 weeks post op from double jaw surgery. Of course, I don't know that I'm actually supposed to be being as adventurous as I have been with my eating, but I just can't stand yogurt all the time :P And now that I know I'm able to chew it's almost impossible for me to go backwards. I'm going to talk to Dr. L about it on Wednesday to make sure I'm not overdoing it. I'm dying to try some kind of meat..I'm missing it sooo much..but I don't want to venture that far without talking to Dr. L first.

I had another complication pop up today. My face is breaking out like crazy, but it doesn't look like acne. It's just tons of red dots all over my face..like I have some kind of crazy rash. I had read about other people having problems with break outs, but this is pretty over the top for me. My skin has never acted like this before, and it kind of freaks me out to see it this way. I guess this is just another thing I'm going to have to deal with, and wait for it to go away. Seems like my skin is just as annoyed about staying swollen for 2 weeks as I am, Ha. That's the other thing that still really bothers me. It feels like the swelling hasn't gotten any better at all for days. I'm beyond ready for it to go down, but I guess it will in its own time. Now, I'm just counting down the days until I get this stupid splint off..only 3 weeks & then it's back to life, school, and work. WooHoo :P At least I'll be able to eat normally again. All of these food commercials are killing me. I want a salad..I want peanuts..I want carrots and apples and steak and a big juicy hamburger that I can bite into. Sigh. Yeah. 3 more weeks.