First and foremost I would like to mention that I slept for a combined 7 hours last night! I cannot express how great this felt. I still woke up at about 1:30 am for a little while but i was able to fall back asleep until 6:30 am! Turns out that the narcotic hydrocodone will keep patients up, as well as the Sudafed I was taking. Once I found that out, I quit taking them (after the doctor said it was okay to do so) and bam! What do you know? I got some quality shut-eye!
After that quality (relatively speaking) night's sleep, I only wanted a big breakfast to top things off. I unfortunately was out of my normal cereal, Special K. I poored the remaining crumbs into a pool and then added some multi-grain cheerios. I added the milk and wheat germ and then blended it all together. It went down real well.
Next on the list was to call the oral surgeons' office to schedule an impromptu follow-up. They got in me and took an x-ray. This is when I got nervous. I was so scared that yesterday's accident had moved something needing fixing that would either involve a lot of pain or surgery. The doctor pulled up the x-ray from the day before and the one from today, side-by-side. They didn't look the same...to me anyway. But luckily I didn't know what to look for as the doctor said that I had survived the incident. He had me bite down to double check and he said everything looked good. Well, I was more swollen, so maybe not everything.
When I got home, I could see there was a box at my door. It was my new laptop! I immediately opened it and began loading everything from my old computer. Because of the program/software on Macs called Time Machine, I was able to load everything from my old computer that I wanted onto my new one in less than 20 minutes. I spent the rest of the morning playing around on my new computer and synching the iPod that I got for free with it. I must mention that I love back to school shopping and this was to me the grown up version. Now, I'm almost ready for school to start-almost.
Back to the jaw. Today, I am noticeably more swollen from yesterday's accident. Otherwise, I have very little, if any pain. This is good because it will make not taking the pain meds easier, allowing me to sleep. I am still drooling out of control. I find it weird how I can drool so much during the day, but last night I woke up with the driest mouth ever! I also have had a little bit of a headache today but nothing bad. My jaw isn't hurting as much when yawning as it did a few days ago. I still can't feel my lips, chin, nose, and part of my cheeks, but I do get occasional tingling in those areas. This made for an interesting shave. I managed to get it done, for the most part. It was a very weird experience. I could feel the hairs being ripped of my face but couldn't feel the razor going over my skin. This was the case for another guy who had the same surgery. This guy mentioned that he would use heat on his face to control the swelling. I am trying that as we speak (well, while I type). It feels good on my cheeks under my eyes, but not any better than the ice does on my jaw. But, time will tell.
As far as the eating goes, I need to be getting more calories. I have a feeling my lack of food was causing yesterday's weakness and dizziness. Last night I had a twice baked potato. I'm having another one tonight. I also had mashed potatoes for lunch with some V-8 Vusion. I'm going to be tired of potatoes if I keep this up, but for the time being it will suffice. A milkshake sounds good so I will probably have one later on.
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