My appointment this morning wasn't too exciting. It was mainly to take out the sutures on my face & neck. My surgeon said everything was looking good. He asked me what I thought and then agreed with me that it's too hard to tell with the puffiness. Apparently I'm still 70% swollen. Not cool, man. Not cool.
I got the stitches out, which didn't hurt despite having feeling there. Then I got some x-rays. I'm not able to put my teeth completely together because of the splint. It's in the way. The surgeon wasn't worried though so I'm not either.
He also cleaned the back of my splint!! Food gets stuck in it like no joke. :( The splint has an arch in the back that supports the roof of my mouth that grabs everything. He said that sometimes they cut that part out after a week, but not for me unfortunately. :( He said I was doing an okay at cleaning though other than back part. I've not been trying very hard though, haha. Get to make an appointment to that this splint out in approx. 5 weeks. Sucks. Hardcore. It's so hard to talk.
Being at home has been nice, but my air seems to be dryer than my mom's. So my nose is going crazy. Sleeping was... challenging. But I managed after a while.
I'm off the pain meds. Just taking Tylenol as needed. Which doesn't seem to help either way. It's not painful, but uncomfortable. Especially the puffiness.
Not a very uplifting entry. It's so nice outside. But it's been a blah day. About to pick-up my car and spend like $400 on it so I'm not excited. At least we get to pick-up Amelia afterwards! Yay!
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He also cleaned the back of my splint!! Food gets stuck in it like no joke. :( The splint has an arch in the back that supports the roof of my mouth that grabs everything. He said that sometimes they cut that part out after a week, but not for me unfortunately. :( He said I was doing an okay at cleaning though other than back part. I've not been trying very hard though, haha. Get to make an appointment to that this splint out in approx. 5 weeks. Sucks. Hardcore. It's so hard to talk.
Being at home has been nice, but my air seems to be dryer than my mom's. So my nose is going crazy. Sleeping was... challenging. But I managed after a while.
I'm off the pain meds. Just taking Tylenol as needed. Which doesn't seem to help either way. It's not painful, but uncomfortable. Especially the puffiness.
Not a very uplifting entry. It's so nice outside. But it's been a blah day. About to pick-up my car and spend like $400 on it so I'm not excited. At least we get to pick-up Amelia afterwards! Yay!
I have heard about splints reading some other blogs: does everyone have one? It seems like some people mention them and some don't. I just had an upper palate expander removed. For some reason it reminds me of a splint (maybe the cleaning part).
ReplyDeleteThe splint is similar to that I think. It's basically a plastic arch piece that goes over and around my upper teeth. It helps keep everything in place. The muscles want to move the bones before they're ready and the splint helps under the bones are strong enough to do it on their own.
DeleteNot everyone needs the splint. Lucky them. Hopefully you're not one of them! haha. I didn't need it until they decided to go up into my sinuses and clip the tissue. They had to go up through behind my front teeth. It just depends on the procedure I guess.