As the title of today's post hints, I slept the best I have in 12 days. I imagine I would have slept through the whole night but my dogs needed out early in the morning. Other than that, I was lights out for a combined 9 hours! I even slept through my dad making and eating breakfast in the nearby kitchen.
After my glorious slumber, I had my typical blended cereal and followed that with a shower. I brushed my teeth with a little more effort as I was about to go to the orthodontist. As I have mentioned, I have been excited to show the results of the surgery to my orthodontist. Once I got there and was seated at my chair, I had several assistants come and see how I was doing. They were so excited and thought I looked so different. When my orthodontist came by, she too thought I looked great. She looked around my mouth and thought everything looked good. She mentioned that I was doing a really good job brushing. This was good to hear because I can't feel most of my mouth still and when I'm brushing I'm doing it without seeing or feeling what I'm doing. She asked if I'd like to have one of her assistants brush them really good with some "peroxide gel" while I was there. I figured, "why not?" It actually felt great to have someone else brush my teeth. I know that sounds weird, but don't knock it until you try it. That ended my visit to the orthodontist.
Later today, I went to the grocery store by myself to pick up some things for myself and my dad before he left for South Carolina. While I was there, I was forced to "converse" with a couple of the employees. I am about 85% sure that both the employees that I had to mumble to thought I was either mentally handicap or deaf. Both of them responded to me in an overly friendly, loud, and slow type of speech. It didn't dawn on me that this could be the case until the cashier told me, "You. Have. A. Good. Day. Now!" with a big smile on her face. I thought it was pretty funny.
Besides the sleep I have had no other real big improvements. I'm still numb in all the same areas. I have very little to no pain or discomfort in my jaw, even when yawning. I only seem to drool when I least want to (such as telling someone I have the drooling under control). And swallowing is about as normal as it can be with numb lips.
I'm not sure what's so different now. I used to talk really slowly for you, and use very small words, to give you extra time to process my sentences.
ReplyDeletejeeez you look soooooo much like your Brother!!!! Homeland security allows your page on my computer so Im going to catch up and read through everything. Very impressed buddy!
ReplyDeleteO ryan aren't you funny! And thank you Allie. I didn't even think that i could possible look like him after this. If anything I thought I would look less like my family.
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ReplyDeleteYou look GREAT!! The swelling has gone down so much! You should have eaten more ooey gooey bars because you didn't have 17 pounds to lose!!! The lab is busy so I haven't had time to read your posts but I am up to date now. I am glad to read that you are getting some decent sleep now. Miss you lots!
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Malia, I didn't know I had 17 lbs to lose!! I am cold all the time and look so skinny. I definitely should have had more ooey gooey bars! Thats good to hear the lab is busy tho! Has a replacement been found for my job yet? My grandparents asked me that today and I thought I should ask. How are you doing? Still getting strawberries from your garden by the quarts?
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