Something strange but pleasant...

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Hi All

Just wanted to fill you in on something strange but pleasant that

happeneded to me today. I've been out and about running errands all

day and since it's hot as hell over here in NYC I thought to myself,

between the jaw, splint, bad skin and sweating I must look a state.

Instead on 3 separate occasions I was approached by 3 different men,

respectable looking men I might add, not your classic NYC psychos,

and all 3 of them said to me something along the lines of that they

didn't want to bother me but just wanted to tell me that they thought

I was beautiful. WOW! That has never happened to me. It was as if

they had been sent to reassure me by someone who knew about my self-

esteem and image paranoias since the surgery. Well it worked because

when I got home I looked in the mirror and said to myself, " Mmmm,

maybe this new look isn't so bad afterall. " Ha ha!

Oh, one last thing, I've found that over the last 2 days since I've

been running around a lot my swelling has also gone down drastically.

I think the exercise has helped. So maybe after two weeks post-op one

should make a point of taking walks as much as possible to help the

swelling.

That's all for now!

Sara