I sneezed! My jaw didn't fall off! Accomplishment. Lol.
So things aren't great. I don't know if it's going back to work or something else but I am miserable. Also have a head cold/sinus infection. Or something, lol. Some bad things have been coming out of my nose, haha.
Pain: Yesterday I was crying my face/jaw was hurting so much. Not sure why. It seems to have subsided today. Everything on my face was just burning and aching. It was like my tooth abscess all over again. So that was fun. No pain medicine helped. I was going to call the doc this morning if it wasn't better, but it was. I'm going in to see him tomorrow anyway. Headaches on top of headaches. I think I've just been pushing myself too hard. Taking care of Amelia and going back to work.
Numbness: I have a lot more feeling back. Just under my eyes and a little under my nose is numb. I contribute some of the pain to that factor. It's mostly my lower teeth in pain. Can't really completely feel the upper ones yet, lol.
Swelling: It's out of control. I don't even want to talk about it. Any tips on helping it? Ice does nothing.
I took a 2 mile hike through the hilly woods on Saturday and went out to eat for the first time since surgery. Successful on both accounts. :)
Right now I'd just love it if my throat stopped hurting and this swelling went away. :(Hopefully the doc will give me some reassurance. Or some medication, lol. Also my lower molar crown is loose. Driving me crazy. Only staying on because of my braces. I'm hoping that's not why my jaw hurts.
So 3 weeks and I've back pedaled so far. Let's go back to 2 weeks. Aren't I supposed to be getting better? Not worse? :( that makes me cry more than anything else.
I'll try and update with some photos tomorrow with my post op appt post, but there are no big changes. If anything I look worse. Ugh I'm so depressed about this. I need to remember that it's going to take a while, but right now I'm just really upset. That's all. :(
Okay one photo. You can only tell a little bit from this angle but the sides of my chin are more puffy than they ever were before. And that's where it hurts. :(
So things aren't great. I don't know if it's going back to work or something else but I am miserable. Also have a head cold/sinus infection. Or something, lol. Some bad things have been coming out of my nose, haha.
Pain: Yesterday I was crying my face/jaw was hurting so much. Not sure why. It seems to have subsided today. Everything on my face was just burning and aching. It was like my tooth abscess all over again. So that was fun. No pain medicine helped. I was going to call the doc this morning if it wasn't better, but it was. I'm going in to see him tomorrow anyway. Headaches on top of headaches. I think I've just been pushing myself too hard. Taking care of Amelia and going back to work.
Numbness: I have a lot more feeling back. Just under my eyes and a little under my nose is numb. I contribute some of the pain to that factor. It's mostly my lower teeth in pain. Can't really completely feel the upper ones yet, lol.
Swelling: It's out of control. I don't even want to talk about it. Any tips on helping it? Ice does nothing.
I took a 2 mile hike through the hilly woods on Saturday and went out to eat for the first time since surgery. Successful on both accounts. :)
Right now I'd just love it if my throat stopped hurting and this swelling went away. :(Hopefully the doc will give me some reassurance. Or some medication, lol. Also my lower molar crown is loose. Driving me crazy. Only staying on because of my braces. I'm hoping that's not why my jaw hurts.
So 3 weeks and I've back pedaled so far. Let's go back to 2 weeks. Aren't I supposed to be getting better? Not worse? :( that makes me cry more than anything else.
I'll try and update with some photos tomorrow with my post op appt post, but there are no big changes. If anything I look worse. Ugh I'm so depressed about this. I need to remember that it's going to take a while, but right now I'm just really upset. That's all. :(
Okay one photo. You can only tell a little bit from this angle but the sides of my chin are more puffy than they ever were before. And that's where it hurts. :(
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