Re: More 5 wks postop pics with a cheesy smile

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Hi Sara,

I was glad to see your pictures up. Thanks for letting us know. I

don't think the one was cheesy or that the other made you look like a

grinning cheshire cat, though. It must be such a relief to be able to

smile and show teeth after not being able to. I think it looks OK;

good in fact. It shows that everything is working that should be

You definitely have been an inspiration to me, to all of us!

~Joanne

> Hi All

>

> I've put up some more pics of me, this time from 5 weeks post-op

and

> showing my first attempts at smiling. One pic is me smiling showing

my

> teeth and you can tell that my upper lip is still quite stiff. As a

> result I have created a temporary and alternative type of smile

which

> is a no teeth showing version. I think I look like a grinning

cheshire

> cat but at least people know when I'm smiling now:-D. There are

also a

> couple of my profile pics which show that my right cheek is still

> visibly more swollen than the left side but I'm not upset about it.

> I've been taking liquid arnica for the past few days and it has

helped

> tremendously. The profile pics also show that my upturned nose is

now

> slightly less upturned now that the swelling has gone down. Anyway,

> don't mean to inundate you all with my pics but wanted to provide

some

> inspiration to all pre-oppers and post-opers still early in the

> recovery process.

>

> Sara