Talking with the darn splint

[Guest guest]

Ok, question, how long before you can start to talk with the splint in

and by talking I mean being comprehensible? I've been grunting around

the house for the past 4 days and every time I try to say something no

one understands me and it's starting to get really frustrating. I sound

like a 7 year old that mumbles all her words and has to suck up all her

saliva because it gets trapped in the front part of my mouth. I know

some people went back to work soon after surgery with the splint still

in and I assume they talked so is there a trick I don't know about or

am I just not a good talker? I can't imagine myself going anywhere

public at the moment talking and sucking up saliva like this. It's not

even the way I look but how I interact with people that is driving me

nuts. Sorry about the vent.

Sara