Sara/Re: Caboose pep talk

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That is great news Sara!! I had my fingers crossed for you all day

yesterday!! YAHOOOO!!!!!!

I just got back from the OS and everything is looking okay. I

couldn't believe how much pain I was having when he touched my upper

lip to try and check out the incision site. That hurt like heck.

Still no bands yet. He is still wanting a little bit more healing

before putting those in. He said he will more than likely wait

another few weeks.

Yes, the crying surely helps a bunch. I like you would be like why

am I being such a baby crying? But it sure feels better after and

that is all that counts! I just want this upper lip swelling to go

down more than anything so I won't look like a monkey next week on my

return back to work..(haha)

Anyway, I am getting hungry again so let me get off of here and go

find a smoothie store. I am so so craving for some real food!!!

Talk to ya later,

--Caboose

> ,

>

> I think for the first 3 weeks post-op I averaged about 3 cries a

> week. I used to get so upset with myself for being such a baby

until

> I realized that the crying actually made me feel better very

quickly

> and that hey, my body had been though a hell of a lot, not least

> anesthesia and steroids. So don't feel bad about the crying. Just

let

> it out. I promise it will get better. I still get frustrated from

> time to time and then I remind myself that I'm still recovering. I

> think we need to all remind ourselves that this type of surgery

> involves a LONG recovery process, longer or shorter for some but

> nevertheless longer than we probably expected pre-surgery. So we

need

> to take it easy on ourselves and be realistic about what we can and

> cannot do, at least for the first 8 weeks post-op. And as I'm

> constantly saying to myself, remember, this is just a temporary

phase

> in our lives and consequently so is the feeling poopy and

depressed.

> We'll all be back to our cheery selves soon enough. In fact, we'll

be

> even cheerier because this time we'll have a well functioning jaw

and

> soon after braces removal (aka. THE DAY) a beautiful smile to show

> off!!! Whahhhoooooo!!!

>

> Thanks for enquiring about my biopsy results. This whole second

> adventure has been pretty heart-wrenching because I had only gone

to

> my gyno to see why the hell I was two weeks late with my period

only

> to walk out of his office being told that maybe I had a cancerous

> tumor. Talk about a blow to the stomach. The biopsy was possibly

one

> of the most uncomfortable things I have had to do. Much worse than

> any of the pain I felt during the orthognathic surgery. Go figure.

> Yesterday I went to pick up my biospy results and because my doctor

> had given me the wrong opening times for the lab I had to sit

outside

> the doorstep of the darn place for 30 mins waiting. Aaaaggggghhh.

> When I finally got the results I couldn't understand a single word

> because it was full of important medical terms I couldn't

understand.

> They just all sounded very serious and bad so I sort of broke down.

> Luckily my mother's gyno is a sweetheart of a man and agreed to

have

> the results faxed to him so that he could tell me what they meant.

> Well he called me up later that afternoon to tell me to calm down,

> that all was fine and that I was tumor free! Whoopppppeeee!!! So so

> relieved! I'm off to see him for another visit this afternoon. One

> thing the orthognathic surgery process has taught me is to get a

> second opinion ALL THE TIME. Oh, I also finally got my period, 3

> weeks late. Guess it was the surgery that put my whole system out

of

> whack. Sorry guys for the details!

>

> Sara xx