Day 20

I haven't had much change in the last few days. Eating continues to get easier. My face is still all rashy/broken out, but I think it's getting better since I started to use the gel that Dr. L prescribed. I'm really hoping that my skin clears up in the next few days, because I'm going back to church on Sunday and I don't want my face to still look all gross by then. I've also been having more jaw pain over the last couple of days. I don't know if thats because I've been talking more and if its just because the numbness is wearing off. It's not awful pain..it's just annoying when I'm trying to talk. I haven't felt much change numbness wise. I keep getting jolts in my chin and it's crazy sensitive to touch, but it still feels just as tingly as it's been feeling. I have most of the feeling back in the right side of my face except for right under my eye, but that is hardly noticeable. On the left side I'm still tingly right under my eye, in my cheek, and in the left side of my chin. Swelling doesn't seem to have improved much either. I'm still swollen along my jaw line, in my cheeks, and in the area right above me upper lip. I think I might still have a little swelling in my chin too, but I'm not sure since I'm not even used to having a chin :P I'm not sure how big it's supposed to be naturally.

I got some awesome news the other day. I had been waiting to hear back from Dr. L's office about an appointment to get the splint out, and I was able to talk them into letting me get it off closer to 4 weeks after surgery rather than 5. The only other option was waiting until 6 and a half weeks after surgery, and that just sounded too awful. So, I'm seeing Dr. L at 10 am on the 30 to get the splint off and then I see Dr. K (ortho.) at 2 to change out my wire. Yay!! I absolutely did not expect to get my splint out any sooner than 5 weeks so I am soo happy to be getting it off early. This means that I won't have to go back to school/work wearing this awful splint that makes my speech incomprehensible. I'll also be able to start using a regular spoon again :) Since surgery I've been having to use a baby spoon and turn it upside down and lick whatever I'm eating off it. Very annoying. This means that all the soup I bought I can't even eat.

Anyway, today was pretty good. I'm slowly getting back into a regular routine of being able to get up, get ready, and get some stuff done. Class just started back so I'm going to be focusing on getting homework done over the next few days. I don't want to fall behind, and it'll be nice to have something else to focus on rather than obsessing over surgery stuff all the time. I can't wait to get to the point that I don't think about surgery anymore. I get closer every day :)