Guest guest Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Hi Sara, I have a great idea and that is get that bungee cord out and just bounce right over that wall! If you can tackle Mt. Everest, then you can surely tackle that wall!! I just know that each day will continue to get better for you. That wall is getting ready to shatter in pieces, I promise!! Look, it has to because you have only 11 days until you start helping me with my recovery! By then you will be a pro at all this post op stuff! > for your lovely support posts yesterday when I was in front of my > brick wall. Really appreciated them. The brick wall is still there > today but I've decided to set up a lemonade stand in front of it and > try to sell lemonade until i figure out how to climb over the wall. > > Yesterday I went to see Crash at the movies. Not the happiest of > movies but very powerful I thought and it certainly helped put > perspective on my little brick wall. It was also nice just being out > again. I even went out for dinner after with my girlfriends. I had > miso soup and managed to eat it out in a public restaurant without > slurping the whole contents all over myself. Not bad:-) Needless to > say I was exhausted by the time I got home so my advice to all pre- > opers is that post-op, even when you feel that you are doing much > better, don't underestimate how little energy you actually have. > > I'm happy to report that I am losing a bit of my stitches every day. > They come out in little pieces every time i rinse my mouth post- teeth > brushing. At day 11 post-op a lot of the sensation in my mouth has > come back which means I was able to roll back my upper and lower lips > and see what is going on in there a lot more easily. I saw where I > have stitches on the top and bottom and it's one LOOOOOOOOOOOONG > stitch all across my top and bottom gums. Kind of cool, albeit > grosse. But nice to know where everything is. > > Question to post-opers who are on elastic bands, the less tight ones. > Do you feel sometimes like when you bite down that your jaw goes off- > centred? I woke up today feeling like that and got a little worried > that my jaw doesn't know where it's supposed to go despite the splint. > > Ok, enough for now. I have a banana milkshake calling my name. > > Sara xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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