Monday 23rd August
I am really start to feel back to my old self, which is great. A friend came to visit me today, she hadn't seen me since the day before my op. She really noticed a change and was surprised at how good i looked after just 11 days! It was really nice to catch up with her.
I have started cutting down the amount of painkillers i have a day. Instead of having paracetamol 4 times a day i am having it 3 times. Also i run out of the steroid i have been taking today, i don't think i will be needing it anymore.
I have my appetite back now so i am getting more hungry and actually feel like eating.
Today i had:
Porridge
Spaghetti hoops
Yogurt
Melted chocolate
Jelly
Toblerone (just managed to squeeze the triangles between my teeth and suck it)
Blended pasta with a tomato sauce
Yogurt
Jelly
Here are today's pictures:
I've finally taken a picture of my bite! So this is my bite at the moment, this is the best i can do. At my last appointment with my surgeon he told me they managed to get my bite perfect in the surgery but that my bottom jaw has moved forward. He was able to push my bottom jaw back into place so didn't seem too worried at the moment. i have my next appointment tomorrow so hopefully he will be able to start to do something to correct it. The bite is a lot better than it was before surgery but it isn't the perfect bite i wanted! I'll let you know how the appointment goes tomorrow.
Sophie xxx
Sunday 22nd August
Pretty much the same day as yesterday, didn't do much! Had a really nice tea though, i haven't had anything that tasted salty in ages. My mum made me macaroni and cheese with bacon. She blended it so that the pieces of pasta and bacon where small enough for me to swallow but didn't blend it so much that it was like baby food.
Here are today's pictures:
My swelling is still getting decreasing i think but a bit slower. The numbness isn't as bad as it was under my right eye, but it is still pretty bad on the right side of my face. My nose is still running and i am still having to tape cotton wool under my nose at night, this is probably the most annoying thing for me at the moment as I'm wiping my nose all the time and the skin on my nose is getting irritated. Also I'm finding that when i smile or laugh, the stitches on my upper jaw are being stretched which hurts a bit.
Sophie xxx
Saturday 21st August
I felt quite tired today and couldn't really be bothered to do much so i sat in bed and watched a box set most of the day!
Here are pictures from today:
My swelling is still going down and my bruises have gone. I still have a little bit of swelling under my chin, at the bottom of my cheeks and next to my nose. My eyes are quite puffy today but that might be because i was tired.
Sophie xxx
Friday 20th August
Nothing special happened today, so here is the picture from today:
I am so pleased with how quick my swelling is coming down, i actually look fairly normal again! My right side is still quite numb but i get a lot of tingly sensations which is good because it means the feeling should come back but it is quite annoying. My nose is still running but isn't blocked anymore, i can breathe through it. I am also finding eating a lot easier, i am still using a baby spoon as it is shallow and can fit in the gap between my teeth, swallowing is getting much easier too. I am brushing my teeth properly now, i am using a baby tooth brush because it is nice and soft and small enough.
In a couple of posts time i am going to put up some comparison pictures and bite pictures up.
Sophie xxx
Wednesday 18th August
Today was my first day without my mum home to look after me, i think she was more worried about leaving me than i was about staying home. Like the last couple of days i just relaxed and watched some TV. I forgot to take a picture though. My swelling has gone down slightly again, my numbness feels pretty much the same and my nose is still running and blocked.
Thursday 19th August
Today was my A-level results day!!! My mum had the day off work so gave me and a friend a lift to my college to pick up my results. I met up with more friends, none of them had seen me since my op. They were all lovely and asked me how it had gone, only a few noticed a change other than the swelling and slight bruising. When i actually got my results a camera was on me and apparently i was on the local news that night! I couldn't believe my fat face had been on TV, i wasn't pleased! I did really well in my A-levels and will hopefully get a university place next year. Not all my friends were as lucky as me and i ended up staying at college for about 3 hours helping a friend. I was really surprised that i wasn't too tired after, i was also about an hour late to take my painkillers but managed OK. I was quite sad that i didn't get to celebrate with my friends but i am going to arrange something before they all go off to university in September which doesn't involve eating! I forgot to take a picture again today, but I'll make sure i take one tomorrow!
Sophie xxx
Tuesday 17th August
I had my first post op appointment today. It was at 2.50 so i had plenty of time in the morning to get myself ready. Me and my mum decided to set off at 2.10 so i had plenty of time as parking can be a problem. We were pretty early and we went to the cafe at the hospital and mum had a coffee i decided not to have anything. I was really conscious that people were staring at me, it wasn't too bad though. We went up to the waiting area which was really busy and hot, my surgeon had had an emergency earlier in the morning so was running late. We ended up waiting 45 minutes which wasn't a lot of fun. My surgeon had a look at my bite, which has moved from the perfect position it was in during surgery. My jaws are meeting at the same point rather than my top jaw being in front of my bottom jaw. He then pushed my bottom jaw back so that they were in the position which really hurt! He doesn't seem too worried because my bottom jaw can go into the correct position. I told him about the pain i have been having in one of my back teeth, he said that he can't really tell what it is at this point and wouldn't be able to treat it and said that i should just control the pain using painkillers. He removed the power chains between my top and bottom jaw to see if this helps. I was really tired after my appointment and had to take it pretty slowly on the way back to the car.
I am a bit disappointed that i don't have a perfect bite at the moment but it is a lot better than it used to be hopefully it can be sorted out with elastics.
Here are some day 5 pictures:
I think my swelling has gone sown a tiny bit but my bruises are about the same. After having the power chains removed my mouth feels like its wide open as you can sort of see in the pictures. I will eventually take a picture of my bite at the moment to show you.
Sophie xxx
Monday 16th August
I don't have much to talk about today really, was a pretty good day just relaxing getting ready for my first post op appointment tomorrow.
Here are some day 4 pictures:
I think my swelling has reduced since yesterday which is really good! I can just about manage a small smile as well. In the profile pictures you can see my bruising. Also i have a dry patch of skin on my lip, my lips haven't been as bad as i thought they would be, Vaseline has helped me. I bought some other lip stuff but that all made me lips sting.
I am excited for my post op appointment tomorrow but i am nervous too. I don't want him to start poking around in my mouth and hurting me! I'll let you know how it goes.
Sophie xxx
