Sara/Re: Caboose:-)

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Hi Sara Girl,

Well my OS yesterday decided not to do the bands just yet. He

decided he wanted the jaw to heal a little bit more because he didn't

want to put any pressure just yet on the upper jaw. I just love him

because he is so supportive and understanding. He hasn't informed me

just yet how many bands he is going to put in, but the way it is

looking like they will be put in on the week I return back to work.

Just my luck..(haha)

As far as the makeup goes, I am getting used to walking around

without the stuff. Luckily, my face hasn't started breaking out yet

and I am keeping my fingers crossed it will stay that way. My face

is so sore when I touch it to even think about putting makeup on.

Now when I return back to work in a few weeks, I am going to have to

figure out a way to apply that makeup because there is no way I am

showing up to work with no makeup on.

Glad to hear you enjoyed that wine for me. You will have to let me

know when Alessandro's wine makes it here to the US so I can run and

get my bottle! Tell him that I will be the first in line for a

bottle! Also tell him Happy Birthday for me!! BIG 30!! Just think

I will be the big 40 in about 3 weeks! YIKES!!

Thanks for keeping that bulldozer ready for me. This week surely has

been tough, which I am thinking is probably the withdrawal from the

steroids. I am so moody and just tired of all of this and want so

bad to return to normal life. But I pull myself together and

remember you saying that this is just a brief period in our lives and

we will get through it! So I am hanging in there! As far as

exercising goes, my OS informed me to hold off a little while longer

before I return to the gym. He said to just take some walks during

the day for now.

Anyway, take care of yourself and I will write you in a few days!

--Caboose

> Hello my dearest Caboose

>

> It's so good to have you back and even better to know that your PC

is

> in the shop now and will soon be fixed. We've missed your good

cheer

> here:-)

>

> Well your recovery sounds like it is going very well. Putting on

> makeup takes a while. I think for me up until 3 weeks post op it

just

> felt so weird applying stuff to my face when I just couldn't feel

> anything and I certainly missed out on the lesson at makeup school

> entitled " How to minimize big swollen cheeks and how to maximize a

no

> longer existent upper lip " . The swelling is going slowly down

thanks

> to a combination of patience, daily walks, MLD massages and liquid

> arnica but I still feel that my right cheek is very swollen. I want

> my cheek bones back! My upper lip has recently decided to make an

> appearance and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will stay

put.

> Eatingwise I am still limited to a soft diet but I have been

cheating

> and just chopping up food into very small pieces and throwing it

down

> my throat without chewing. My current favorite meal is chopped up

> cooked ham, diced mozzarella and cherry tomatoes tossed with virgin

> olive oil and black pepper. Very yummy and very filling.

>

> I did indeed have a glass of wine in your honor in Florence. It was

> actually the first glass of Alessandro's new wine which he will be

> launching in the US in October. Very very good. This Thursday is

his

> 30th birthday so I am running around like a headless chicken trying

> to organize birthday presents for him. I get so tired so easily

since

> the surgery. It gets frustrating but then I remind myself that this

> is only a passing phase.

>

> So did your doctor tell you how many bands you will have on and how

> long you will need to keep them on for during the day? Did he also

> tell you how long until you can start exericising again? I am

> starting to get anxious about getting more physical activity since

my

> visits at the gyno. The worrying never seems to stop lately. Mental

> note: must not complain, I am a healthy woman and will get through

> this and am very lucky.

>

> It does take time to get used to one's new look doesn't it? I

promise

> that as the swelling goes down you start to look more and more like

> yourself. When I found myself obsessing too much about how I looked

I

> made a point of not looking at myself in the mirror too often. It's

> funny because in the US everyone I would see would make a big deal

> about how different I look and here in Italy instead no one has

said

> anything, which I quite like. Makes me feel perfectly normal. Only

> the people who knew I was having the surgery done have commented

and

> they've all been very brief and polite comments. Strange cultural

> differences.

>

> Well my dear Caboose, let me know if there is anything that I can

do

> for you, ya hear me!

>

> Thinking of you and sending you lots of positive thoughts as well

as

> keeping that bulldozer handy to tear down that wall should it

decide

> to pop up. Enjoy the extra weeks off work!!!

>

> Sara girl