/Re: Wish me luck!!!!

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I tried to chew a french fry the other day and it surely hurt like

heck, so I know what you mean by hurting when you chew. It is already

so strange for me getting use to not having an open bite anymore.

It's weird because I actually miss my old bite and smile. I am sure

it will take some time because it surely is a big adjustment to get

use to.

Hopefully your infection will go away after Wednesday and your fever

will break. I have been monitoring mine and have finally gotten in

down to as close to normal as I can. It is staying right about 99.4,

so as long as it doesn't go up any I will be happy. Of course I just

ended my second round of antibiotics, so we will see what happens.

My OS said that if it gets up to 100 or higher again to give him a

call.

Anyway, I hope you try to enjoy some of your weekend. I am getting

ready to take a nap because I have been doing a little cleaning

today. I keep wanting to head out and do a few errands, but don't

think I am up to it right now! Maybe later this afternoon when it

cools off.

I'll talk at ya later,

--Caboose

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> I too longed for the day that I was allowed to chew again, but now

that I am allowed to chew again for the time being I don't want to.

It's not that I don't want to but it's still very sore and painfull.

So I think I will stick to the soft stuff for now. My MF surgeon did

say that he moved the jaw a lot so it will take some times to adjust

to eating.

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> You certainly do need a lot of patience with the surgery, but it is

always hard to. Prior to my surgery I was told that I would have to

take at least 6 weeks off work starting from when I was discharged

from the hospital. But due to the complications 12 weeks later i'm

still off work and have been signed off for a further 4 weeks and

will probably be signed off more after that. They won't sign me back

to work until the swelling/ infection etc have gone and that they are

happy. I work in a children's day nursery caring for children 0-7

years so it's not worth taking the risk.

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> I also have a fever which can get very high at times which is

worrying but it will all be over soon! I am still very weak following

the surgery we're struggling to keep my iron levels up. They have

been very low since the surgery. I needed several units of blood

during/after the surgery, I lost a lot of blood during/ after surgery.

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