Now I look like a swollen fat man who ate another swollen fat man for lunch. My face is huge, gigantic. The swelling is astounding.
Even more astounding, this doesn't hurt much. I'm sore in my jaw by my ears but there's not much pain. Imagine clenching your jaw for a few hours, that's how it feels. It's uncomfortable and it does hurt but not as bad as it seems like it should. Maybe it's the morphine, maybe it's the numbness. There's a nerve that runs straight through the lower jaw and they have to move it to do the surgery. This causes temporary but long lasting numbness. I can't feel my chin, my lower lip, the whole bottom of my face feels like I took Novocaine. I may have slight numbness forever in my chin or lip but I'm guessing that it'll heal. I'm already feeling my lip more than this morning. Dr. John, my surgeon, warned me about the possible permanence of the tingles but said chances are that I'll fully recover.
He did a fantastic job. I can really tell how good he is. I'd heard that he's one of the best and now I know why people say that. I can feel the precision and the care he took. I can't explain how, but I can.
I can't open my mouth. I'm a little afraid to test how far these bands will stretch that hold me together. I'm not wired shut but the rubber bands are really stiff. I don't want to break anything lose so I'm just staying shut. I can talk fairly well believe it or not.
I've been through probably ten apple juices. I drank cream of mushroom soup through a syringe at dinner. Actually, it was really good. It was creamy, smooth and warm. It felt great. The flavor was good too, not great.
My friend just brought his young son up here. Little Danny didn't know what to think at first. We explained to him that I'm fine and that I did this on purpose. He was giggling about it after a while and then vanished onto this laptop. I'm glad they were here.
Side note, this laptop has Windows 8 and I hate it. I brought this one to finally try and like Windows 8. I don't think I every will. Totally unrelated, I know, but I'm a nerd. I'm downloading the 8.1 patch now but it'll probably suck too.
Anyway, I have plenty of selfies here are a few. Viewer discretion advised.
5:30am - heading to the hospital. This is the view from the car window.
7:00am - Just about to change into my gown for 7:30am surgery.
Noon - I'm awake now and feel like shit.
8pm - I took the head junk off and cleaned up a bit. See what I mean about swollen? Good God.
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