The feeling is starting to come back!!! The feeling is starting to come back!!! FINALLY. Day 45. There are some weird one to two second long "pains" that happen in my chin a few times a day. I can feel light touch on my chin and everywhere else except the right half of my lower lip. My teeth hurt. It actually feels like I have a cavity, but I saw my dentist and he said "probably not". I still can't open my jaw more than a finger's width. Also, when I touch my lower left lip, my bottom front teeth feel like I'm biting into tin foil. Fun!
Other than that, I still have a lot of stiffness. I'm not taking anti-inflammatory / pain meds because I didn't feel that they made any difference at all. I thought about renewing the Rx, but decided not to. What for?
My smile is starting to look a bit normal too. I actually liked being in public today. Apart from the elastic-fang-teeth, I think I'm starting to look a little more like my formerly deflated faced self. But not completely. It'll be nice to do the 6 month comparison. I'll keep you posted.
Oh, and I would just like to add how much I LOVE my waterpick. Kisses, waterpick!!!
The waterpick is the best. Everyone needs one.
ReplyDeleteDo we get to see pictures?? :)
EVERYONE had to get a waterpick - I totally agree. Don't listen to your surgeon if he says not to get one... GET ONE!!! Just keep it on the lowest setting. I'll bet if you use it for 1-2 weeks prior, you'll be in no danger of doing any harm. But don't quote me on that :)
ReplyDeleteI will post pics tomorrow- I'm going to meet my friend at the art gallery to see the Frank Gehry reno and to eat at his restaurant "Frank" (okay, there won't be a lot of eating on my part, but at least a cafe americano and something I can cut up into tiny pieces).
My surgeon actually REQUIRED that I get a waterpik!
DeleteGreat news!! I'm so jealous - I'd give anything to feel my lower lip & chin! I've stopped taking my medicine, too (and others that I've tried) because nothing seems to be working. I still have a little bit of swelling around my chin that I wish would go down :/
ReplyDeleteI know - the numbness SUCKS. I keep seeing swelling go down in teensy bitsy steps. It's hard to even tell. I hope your recovery is going okay - hang in there. This last week was a lot better actually. So week 6 I guess was a better one in terms of numbness and less stiffness. Again, not in a big way, but enough to notice.
ReplyDeleteHello Im having my lower jaw brought forward in June, Don't surpose you have a picture face on from befor your opperation do you? Oh and your looking lovely for 7 weeks post opp :-)
ReplyDeleteCharlotte