Pain- 1/10 Discomfort- 1/10 Weight- 121/122 Energy Level- 8/10 Eating I slept most of the day, so not a lot of eating has been happening. I had an Ensure, milk, a bowl of blended chili, water, and broth. I am definitely getting tired of blended food already. Mostly because it takes so long to eat. It took an hour to eat a bowl of chili that I could have scarfed down in under ten minutes before. Oh well. I'm trying to remain patient and hopefully I can switch to soft foods after my appointment on Thursday! Sleeping Sleeping is getting easier. I still don't like being on my back, but I am able to sleep for more than a couple hours at a time now. Usually when I get up, I need to pee. I am peeing every two hours because of the liquid diet, so it's a bit frustrating when trying to sleep. Pain So, my pain from surgery today was basically non-existent. I had a head-splitting migraine this morning and the Ibuprofen was not cutting it. So, I had my husband bring out the hard stuff. I took the narcotic and have been pain free ever since. I may need to take that once a day until my neck figures itself out. Numbness Still numb in my bottom lip and chin. I am feeling some tingling today though. The bruise on my lip is looking much better today compared to a couple days ago. No new bruises have appeared and the old ones are slowly fading. Medication Mostly taking children's liquid Ibuprofen every 4 hours to keep the pain away. I'm not feeling up to not taking the medicine to see how the pain is. I'm not that curious. :) Other I keep thinking I still have an overbite and small jaw. My lower jaw is sitting in the same position as it used to when receded, but now it is the proper length. Without thinking I try to push my jaw forward like I used to. I can tell this is going to be a painful habit to break. Plus when you have gone your whole life having a small jaw and holding it forward to look normal, the idea of not having to think about what your jaw is doing is unconceivable. This is not just a physical change, but a mental one as well.
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