I Added Pictures to my Last 7 or 8 posts!

I just sat down and took some time to add pictures to my last posts. Whew, I'm tired now. :) Every little thing takes so much energy. I've lost a lot of weight, so I am going to try and eat more today. It's really hard to get anything down when my tongue hurts so much and nothing tastes good. I know not eating is what is contributing to my feeling like crap and being so weak.

Post-op, Day 8

It's still sucking. I didn't get much liquid down today. My tongue is all torn up and raw. I have no idea what from. The splint? I woke up at around 9:30 and have been awake all day. I only took 2 Advils today for the pain. I get really dizzy and weak when I stand up, so I've been laying down most of the day. I know I should be getting more calories down, but my mouth really hurts ~ between the splint, the rubberbands and whatever else is going on in there. I don't think the swelling has gone down at all. Lots of tingling in my chin, which is annoying. The numb areas feel really weird. I can't feel anything dribbling down my chin.
I had to go out with my mom today to pick up one of my kids from school (so she could drive, and I could show her the way). It felt so nice to be outside. It was such a pretty day. It's depressing being cooped up indoors with this swollen face. :) I was supposed to see the ortho today but I cancelled since they wouldn't be doing anything anyway. I see the surgeon on Friday. I could have sworn that the surgeon said the splint would come out then, but I could be wrong. I hope I can post something soon without complaining. My poor tongue. :(

Post-op, Day 7

I can't believe I'm 7 days post-op. It feels like I blinked and 7 days went by. I guess it's because I've been taking the pain medication and sleeping so much. I stayed awake all day today and didn't take much pain killer. My face is hurting and tingling
like crazy. It really hurts underneath my nose. My chin and bottom lip are still really numb. I drank some broth today, a little bit of shake and some gatorade. This is probably the most of I have eaten since last week. I drank some jamba juice last night and my hubby is out bringing me another one now. My lips are still huge as is the rest of my face. I do have some yellow bruising showing up on my left cheek and neck. The inside of my mouth is hurting and it's hard to open it and talk so I have been writing most everything down on my white board. My nose seems to be numb also. I took a shower, washed and dried my hair was totally exhausted afterwards. I hope I get my splint out on Friday when I see the surgeon. It's very uncomfortable. I've tried to clean my mouth out but it's really hard to get in there. I'm feeling nauseous even though I haven't had any antibiotics today. The swelling is driving me nuts. That's about it...

Post-op, Day 6 : Today sucked too

I'm so uncomfortable. And tired. And hungry. And swollen. I finished the last of my antibiotics today. I hope that helps with the nausea. I woke up at 1:00 this morning with a lot of pain. I tried to get up to take my pain meds but I was too dizzy so stayed in bed. I finally got up around 4:00 and took some Tylenol with codeine and went back to bed. I slept most of the day. I've hardly eaten anything in 6 days which is probably contributing to my weakness, dizziness and nausea. I just had a little bit of banana smoothie, which totally made my mouth and throat itch. I must be allergic to bananas. I never eat them. Ugh. I'm frustrated. My swelling looks the same. It's hard to imagine that the swelling will ever go down. I'm starving. I can't imagine 5-6 more weeks of a liquid/blender diet. Ugh. Thank you for your comments ~ they are very encouraging. :)
Oh yeah, I don't have any bruising but my neck is really swollen. And it still hurts when I swallow.

Post Op, Day 5

I think yesterday and today have been the worst so far. I've been pretty nauseous all day and hoping I don't throw up. I need to keep up on my pain medication because once I stop, I'm in quite a bit of pain. I got myself to take a shower today and washed my hair. I felt a little better but I was exhausted afterwards. I also tried to clean my teeth with the baby toothbrush. It just seems impossible with this splint in my mouth. My ears keep popping. The swelling looks like it may have gone down a little bit from yesterday. My lips are huge. Oh and my chin and bottom lip are completely numb. It's getting tiring sleeping upright and I wake up with a back ache. I haven't had much of an appetite, but I know I will feel sick to my stomach if I don't eat. So I've been sipping some banana cream Ensure, which I am totally sick of and I just had some egg flower soup broth. I really want to get my pictures up because that is my favorite part of other people's blogs, but I just don't have the energy right now. Some of my back teeth hurt, especially when I breathe in. I think that reading tons of blogs of people who have already gone through this has been extremely helpful. I knew exactly what to expect so nothing is freaking me out. I hope you all are well. :)

Post-op, Day 4

This has not been a good day. I woke up around 4:00 this morning with a stuffy nose and have been so uncomfortable all day. The swelling is crazy. I'm starting to wonder when it will go down because there's no sign of it going down right now. I have a big fat face and a big fat neck and it's not pretty. Oh my face is hot and red also ~ is that normal?
I'm also starting to feel nauseous. I am taking antibiotics 4 times a day until Monday. I have been taking pain meds as well because of the throbbing, tight feeling in my face. I've been applying ice consistently (which does not seem to help with the swelling but feels good) I've been sleeping a lot and not "eating" much. I got a little bit of egg flower soup broth down today. It was so rich though I was scared I was going to throw up. Thank God I have my mom here to take care of my kids. She's a huge help. And my hubby has been awesome too. I think he's a little stressed out seeing me like this. He keeps telling me that the swelling "isn't bad at all." Obviously he's lying to make me feel better because it is bad. I should get up a walk around a little bit. I get so tired doing the smallest things. It's hard to believe this is day 4. I can't wait until the swelling starts going down. I do not like this fat face look. :)

Post-Op, Day 3

So I slept pretty good last night. I think I woke up twice to change the ice packs on my face. I slept most of the day today ~ in between taking my antibiotics, pain meds and changing my ice packs. The swelling is really bad. The pain is moderate. I'm uncomfortable, but it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I'm trying to get some Ensure down every few hours. I don't have much of an appetite though. It's hard to swallow because the roof of my mouth is sore and my throat is sore from the breathing tube. I'm able to drink from a cup so that's good. I do have some numb areas but not as much as I thought I would have. My son Connor is so cute ~ he likes to come in and check on me and change the ice packs when they get warm. I think I'm going to go back to sleep now. :)