Wow. I can't believe I'm already at 4 weeks. I feel great to be this far along, but I still feel like I have a long way to go. Have I mentioned how insane this recovery is? I thought I would be practically all healed up by 4 weeks. Don't get me wrong, I can tell I've made a ton of progress. I just didn't realize all the small things that this surgery would effect, or how much those small things would bother me. Like how my lips still don't touch at rest. I knew this would probably happen, and could last for a while but I didn't realize how much it would irritate me. My sinuses really bug me too. Every time I try to get out of the house the cold weather drives them insane. My nose gets all runny, I get a lot of sinus pressure, and I end up with a pretty bad sinus headache. Extremely annoying. These things are just inconveniences though. I know I've gotten off a lot easier with this recovery than a lot of people. I'm just not good with patience, and I am beyond ready to feel completely back to normal. This recovery is just a huge test of my patience, but every day I get closer.
I'm crazy excited for tomorrow. I have an appointment with my surgeon at 10 to get this silly splint out of my mouth. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. It was one of the things I would dreading the most about recovery, but it's surprising what you can get used to. Even a huge piece of plastic wired to your top teeth gets normal with time. For anyone who is reading this that is pre-op, don't spend too much time stressing over the splint. It's annoying, and it will make you talk funny but it is just inconvenient and you'll be surprised by how little it bothers you..especially in the first week. The splint was the last thing on my mind for the first week or so. It will be great to get it out though. I'm hoping I'll be able eat better with it out. I know I'll be able to eat with a regular spoon, and that alone will be great. It's funny how much not being able to eat with a regular spoon can effect your diet. I bought all this soup before surgery because I knew I would be on a soft food diet, but I can't eat any of them because I can't eat off a regular spoon. I'm hoping that Dr. L approves me to start to expand my diet a little though. I've been inpatient in this area too. I haven't been super limited with my eating, but I'm still very aware of what I can't have and I want it so much more just because I know I can't have it :P
I'm going to post before/afters pictures after I get the splint out. I still have some swelling going on that goes up and down, but I'm hoping by now the difference between me now and me before surgery is pretty obvious.
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