One Month Post Op

Well big news today, I'm one month post op and I got the splint out today.

Everyone! WOOOHOOO!!!

And let me tell you, that thing was DISGUSTING.

Dr. L says that I'm doing very, very well. I can sleep on my side (I'm a little scared to) and I'm still on a mush diet for the next four weeks. Cream of Wheat, eggs and potatoes. And yogurt and pudding.

My new bite, well, I haven't felt it yet, because I can't bite down or I'll bite off my lower brackets. I have an appointment with Dr. S. tomorrow, so hopefully we can get this fixed very soon.

I'm feeling a lot of muscle tension now that the splint is gone but I'm sure that will pass once my body gets used to it.

So, good news, for the most part. Fingers crossed that Dr. S' appointment goes well tomorrow.

Pictures

This was taken some time after the operation, I'm not sure what time. I asked my husband to take it, but don't remember much else for a few hours into the night. See my nifty breathing tube? It was misting my face and pumping oxygen. It gurgled very loudly and made it hard to sleep.

Day One Post Op.

Taken immediately after the surgeon left after taking the bandages off the next morning. You see that brown crap? That's adhesive, and it took me days to get off. My lower lip will never be the same!

Day Two Post Op. Home and in my special Post-Op PJ's that my mom gave me. Felt like crap. Looked like crap. Didn't care.

Day Three Post Op.

Day Four Post OP. Took a shower. Gross, I know, but I could barely stand before to shower, so I didn't have a choice.

Day Five Post Op. Feeling better. Say Chubby Bunny! says my husband. Chubby. Bunny.

Day Seven Post Op. I forgot to take a picture until after I went to bed. And by going to bed, I mean I turned off a light and slept sleeping up on the couch.

Day Eight Post Op. I had my first appointment at the surgeon since the day after surgery, so I went into work. I had worked from home the day before, but off the Percocet, felt well enough to sit at my desk. Dr. L took out the stitches on my cheeks (which I forgot to take pictures of) and I was pretty pleased to be among the living again.<

5 days Post-op

Well. I'm 5 days post op and mostly feeling ok. Except for about 2 hours into my 4 hour Percocet, then I feel like total crap.

The operation took 4.5 hours and I'm told it went very well. I have two incisions on my cheeks where they went in from the outside to fix the screws. I don't remember much about the few hours after surgery, but Randy tried to stay the night. My roommate was a very difficult patient and kept me up most of the night. My first trip to the bathroom was really difficult and I thought I was going to throw up, but I was able to make it back into bed ok. My MIL Jan was working on my floor that night and came to check on me a few times. She accidentally dumped the water from my hydrating resperator on me some time around 3 am. I was able to get some sleep once my roommate quieted down, but not much.

I was discharged around 2pm, and went straight to the surgeon's office. He was very positive and told me that since I was biting directly into the splint that I didn't have to be banded shut, which is a relief. It's a little disconcerning and I'm worried that I'm messing up the new bite, but it's probably ok.

Once I get my pre-op pictures from my mom I'll post them along with my daily status pictures.

I still look like Monica from Friends in her Fat Suit and am having some yellowing brusing. But it's going ok.