Sara/Re: Caboose:-)

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara Girl,

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I think I am so close to

hitting that wall, but keep catching myself. My upper lip is still

quite swollen which is driving me crazy. Then there's this drooling

that has just started up that is also driving me crazy. If this

keeps up I am going to have to wear a baby bib..(haha) I had a good

cry over the weekend and now I feel better today. Tomorrow is my

next appt. with my OS so I will let you know how that goes.

I will be there holding your hand today when you get the results of

the biopsy. Please keep me posted.

Yes, I am sure you are going through craziness with all those

bomb/terriosts alerts going on. I have been hearing about them and

very worried about you. You better be safe!!

I will check back tomorrow to see how your appointment went and to

update you on my OS appt.

Hugs to ya,

--Caboose

> Hey

>

> Yes this is just a temporary phase in our life and IT WILL get

> better. I promise. I've just come back from another long weekend in

> Tuscany. Alessandro, his sister and her boyfriend and I spent the

> whole weekend painting, cleaning and moving furniture and I am

beat!

> Obviously I wasn't allowed to move very much because everyone is

> terrified that my jaw will just drop off my face (it's hilarious

> really, the things that come to people's minds!) but I'm impressed

by

> how much I did despite being only 6 weeks post-op. I'm also eating

a

> lot more. I managed to eat a sausage last nite cut up into very

small

> pieces so that I wouldn't have to chew it. And Alessandro's mother

> has been cooking up delicious pasta recipes for me every nite.

Yummy!

> I fear the weight I lost will start to come back on if I don't

> exericise soon. Mind you, squatting on your legs for hours while

you

> paint the bottom of a wall does a number on your muscles! But it's

> just so satisfying to see all the apartments on the vineyard coming

> together. I am looking forward to relaxing there when it's all done

> and over with finally!

>

> I sent an update pic of my bite to my OS and he said things are

> looking good. I still wear my elastics only at night and every day

i

> feel that I am getting more and more accustomed to the feel of my

new

> bite and the shape of my palet in its new position. I asked my OS

> about exericise and he said to stick to light exercise such as

walks

> and simple yoga movements for now and if I went swimming to make

sure

> no water got into my mouth or nose. To be honest I don't think I

> would have the energy to do heavy exercise at the moment.

>

> The elastics are really not that bad . I don't think anyone at

> work will even notice them and I find that now that my jaw is in

the

> right position I even mind the braces less than before. Everything

> just seems improved now so the pesky braces are bearable. On

Thursday

> while I was on the train going down to Florence from Milan a family

> of 4 sat in front of me all eating big fat sandwhiches. I eyed the

> sandwhiches longingly but it was nice to know that some day soon

I'll

> actually be able to bite into one properly!!

>

> Keep me posted on how you are doing. I get the results of my biopsy

> today. Keep your fingers crossed for me. It's mad being in Italy at

> the moment. We are constantly on terror/bomb alert after the London

> bombings and now that there has been a second terrorist attack in

> Turkey it looks like Alessandro and I will have to cancel our

holiday

> there. Oh well. I still have a good bite:-)

>

> Sara