Oct 5 recovery (used to be: wah... chin is too big now)

[Guest guest]

Hey, thanks to everyone for the reassurance. I guess I do feel kinda

silly complaining about it at this stage

Anyway, as for the recovery, I still feel lightheaded a lot of the

time, but the doctor said that's most likely due to the amount of

blood I lost during surgery. Apparently, average is something like

400mL, but I lost 1200mL and had to get both units of blood

transfused back to me.

I'm allowed to " eat " anything that fits in my mouth, as long as I

don't swallow. My jaw opening is something like 8mm, which means I

can drink soups with small chunks in it, so not everything has to be

blenderized (thank goodness). The left side of my chin is still numb,

but that's to be expected. Most of the congestion I had post-surgery

is gone now, although I still sometimes feel the need to " pop my

ears " , which is not quite possible yet.

> Hey --

> I also had upper/lower/genio on October 5. My chin is still all

swollen and puffy too!! So far, my chin and upper lip have been the

slowest to go down. I would try not to worry about it...at least not

yet : )

>

> How has your recovery been otherwise?

>

> --

[Guest guest]

Hey, thanks to everyone for the reassurance. I guess I do feel kinda

silly complaining about it at this stage

Anyway, as for the recovery, I still feel lightheaded a lot of the

time, but the doctor said that's most likely due to the amount of

blood I lost during surgery. Apparently, average is something like

400mL, but I lost 1200mL and had to get both units of blood

transfused back to me.

I'm allowed to " eat " anything that fits in my mouth, as long as I

don't swallow. My jaw opening is something like 8mm, which means I

can drink soups with small chunks in it, so not everything has to be

blenderized (thank goodness). The left side of my chin is still numb,

but that's to be expected. Most of the congestion I had post-surgery

is gone now, although I still sometimes feel the need to " pop my

ears " , which is not quite possible yet.

> Hey --

> I also had upper/lower/genio on October 5. My chin is still all

swollen and puffy too!! So far, my chin and upper lip have been the

slowest to go down. I would try not to worry about it...at least not

yet : )

>

> How has your recovery been otherwise?

>

> --