April 24. One month after jaw surgery! I can't believe it's been a whole month. My baby girl just turned 9 months old. And I had my jaw broken one month ago! It's been a ride. I'm still the kind of tired that sleep can't fix, haha. Perpetually tired.
Swelling: It comes and goes. Always worse on my left side. Still look like a chipmunk. Makes me very sad. I just need to remind myself that it won't be there forever. And I had major surgery a month ago. I can't expect things to go back to normal so quickly. I think I just had expectations that after 3 weeks most of the swelling would be gone from looking at others' blogs. I guess everyone is different. Whatever. I'm trying to get over it. I just make people take pictures of me from my right side. It's a little less swollen, haha.
Numbness: Been getting a lot of upper lip and below the nose tingles! Little tingles on my cheeks, too! That's a good sign! In the past few days a lot of feeling has come back. I'm not annoyed with the numbness anymore- just putting in my contacts in the morning is sometimes a pain because I'm not fully awake and my upper cheeks are still slightly numb. So I sometimes can't hold my eye open wide enough, haha. A weird side effect of jaw surgery.
Pain: At the end of the day my teeth sometimes feel a little more sensitive/sore. Especially if I eat any chocolate or sweets. I had some caramel chocolate eggs on Easter and that was a bad idea, haha. Not only did I get it all over my hands from breaking it up to get it small enough, but I also got it all over my splint. Definitely brushed my teeth after that one, haha. Also my upper gums bother me from the surgical hooks. I can't wait to get those off in less than 2 weeks! May 6th is going to be a great day! :)
Photo spam!!!!!!!!!!
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| Comparing the swelling on the front of my cheeks. Definite improvement. |
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| I'm kind of obsessed with my new profile (nose shape). LOVE it. And my neckline. |
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| The jawline shows itself!!! :) |
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| Left side. |
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| Right side. Was trying to get a better shot of the swelling. Didn't work. |
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| Here you can kind of tell the swelling is worse on my left side. |
Photo from Easter Sunday with my peanut. You can really see the annoying swelling that won't go away in this photo (a left-sided photo, haha).
Alright my next update with probably be after the splint removal!!!!! Can't wait!!!!! One month down!!! Only 12 more days with the splint and then I can chew again!! :)
You are looking wonderful! It's amazing how some people have surgery and they look so different and others have it and they look the same. Hope all is well with you and the family ! Hang in there :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Cassie! I definitely feel like my changes are more internal (except for my profile) and once I start chewing again I hope that my quality of life will improve drastically, haha.
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