I can't believe I've made it two weeks! Since my 10 day post I feel like my face changed so much! Still dealing with a ton of swelling but I look a little more "normal." Also this is my first day without the JAW BRA!! It's awesome. I did my hair (aka dried it) for the first time in more than 2 weeks!!! Woohooo!!
Food: I'm eating just about everything I can get into my mouth, haha. I mean I had a piece of pizza the other day. It took me like 20 minutes to finish it by cutting it into really small little pieces, but I did finish it! Haha! Except for the crust. Today was the first day I used real silverware (not baby spoons)!! I can control my upper lip mostly now and put my lips together so I am able to get the stuff off of the spoon/fork. No chewing still, obviously, but I've learned to break up what I can with my tongue and bottom teeth. My obsession lately has been bread rolls. HA. Needless to say I've only lost about 10 lbs since the surgery. Definitely getting my calories in. So eating/drinking- not a big deal anymore. Still loving the smoothies, too. Those are pretty healthy generally, though.
Numbness: I swear I've been feeling more over the past two days. I can feel most of my nose, except for the tip and nostrils. And more of my upper lip, but the apples of my cheeks (where the swelling is the worst) is still really numb. Anytime my hair touches my face it itches like crazy, haha. Good sign I think though.
Pain: My teeth have been a little more sensitive (especially when I eat cold things) so I've been in a little more pain. Not really pain per say, just achiness.
Sleep: Back to normal! I've been kind of sleeping on my side. I'm sure it's not helping the swelling, but my swelling is mostly on the front of the face so I'm not too worried about it.
Breathing: It's been really great lately. No more bloody nose! Breathing at night is still okay, but I'm still using my vaporizer. I'm sure that helps.
Energy: We took a walk yesterday around the neighborhood with the stroller and by the time we got back I was exhausted. I took a nap! I haven't taken a nap during the day since like day 5, lol. I also have been taking care of a sick baby. That's exhausting, too. She would not let us put her down at all. I loved cuddling with her, but I couldn't really do much else. I also decided that I'm going back to work early... ahhh. I'm just a little bored at home. My work is not physical labor and I'm only going back 4 days early. So that's happening! Just got the okay from the surgeon's office.
Skin: I'm SUPER annoyed with my skin right now. I'm breaking out below my lower lip and below my nose. And my cheeks are like peeling... I don't understand why. I exfoliate and use lotion and aquaphor. Nothing seems to help. I think the under my nose problem was from wiping my nose out so much. Now that I'm not doing that anymore I'm hoping it will go away. Overall this (and getting food stuck) is my greatest annoyance from jaw surgery.
I'm still pretty concerned that I feel like I have an overbite. I know the surgeon said it was not a big deal and it was from the splint, but I'm still kind of freaking out about it. Luckily I go back to see him next Tuesday.
I love my new smile. Not as "toothy" as before where you can only see like all of my upper teeth. I know I will only start to love it more! And I can tell from these two pics that the bottom of my nose is still pretty swollen.
Okay that's my 2-week update! Overall I'm feeling pretty great. :)
Food: I'm eating just about everything I can get into my mouth, haha. I mean I had a piece of pizza the other day. It took me like 20 minutes to finish it by cutting it into really small little pieces, but I did finish it! Haha! Except for the crust. Today was the first day I used real silverware (not baby spoons)!! I can control my upper lip mostly now and put my lips together so I am able to get the stuff off of the spoon/fork. No chewing still, obviously, but I've learned to break up what I can with my tongue and bottom teeth. My obsession lately has been bread rolls. HA. Needless to say I've only lost about 10 lbs since the surgery. Definitely getting my calories in. So eating/drinking- not a big deal anymore. Still loving the smoothies, too. Those are pretty healthy generally, though.
Numbness: I swear I've been feeling more over the past two days. I can feel most of my nose, except for the tip and nostrils. And more of my upper lip, but the apples of my cheeks (where the swelling is the worst) is still really numb. Anytime my hair touches my face it itches like crazy, haha. Good sign I think though.
Pain: My teeth have been a little more sensitive (especially when I eat cold things) so I've been in a little more pain. Not really pain per say, just achiness.
Sleep: Back to normal! I've been kind of sleeping on my side. I'm sure it's not helping the swelling, but my swelling is mostly on the front of the face so I'm not too worried about it.
Breathing: It's been really great lately. No more bloody nose! Breathing at night is still okay, but I'm still using my vaporizer. I'm sure that helps.
Energy: We took a walk yesterday around the neighborhood with the stroller and by the time we got back I was exhausted. I took a nap! I haven't taken a nap during the day since like day 5, lol. I also have been taking care of a sick baby. That's exhausting, too. She would not let us put her down at all. I loved cuddling with her, but I couldn't really do much else. I also decided that I'm going back to work early... ahhh. I'm just a little bored at home. My work is not physical labor and I'm only going back 4 days early. So that's happening! Just got the okay from the surgeon's office.
Skin: I'm SUPER annoyed with my skin right now. I'm breaking out below my lower lip and below my nose. And my cheeks are like peeling... I don't understand why. I exfoliate and use lotion and aquaphor. Nothing seems to help. I think the under my nose problem was from wiping my nose out so much. Now that I'm not doing that anymore I'm hoping it will go away. Overall this (and getting food stuck) is my greatest annoyance from jaw surgery.
I'm still pretty concerned that I feel like I have an overbite. I know the surgeon said it was not a big deal and it was from the splint, but I'm still kind of freaking out about it. Luckily I go back to see him next Tuesday.
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| Before profile |
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| After profile. Still puffy. :( Also my lower lip is a little more set-back. =\ |
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| Still kind of hurts to smile. It feels like I'm stretching a lot when I do. |
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| This is the biggest smile I can manage! |
I love my new smile. Not as "toothy" as before where you can only see like all of my upper teeth. I know I will only start to love it more! And I can tell from these two pics that the bottom of my nose is still pretty swollen.
Okay that's my 2-week update! Overall I'm feeling pretty great. :)
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