Pain- 0/10 Discomfort- 1/10 Weight- 120/122 Energy Level- 10/10 I actually slept 5 hours straight without waking up! It was amazing and I slept for an additional 5 hours and never needed to take any medicine for pain. I did take some Ibuprofen when I woke up just to help with any swelling that might have occurred overnight. The most noticeable swelling is still under my chin. It literally looks like I have a double chin at certain angles. My husband says it looks like all the swelling is gone. Aside from myself, he knows my face better than anyone and if he can't notice the swelling, I'm sure no one else will. Also, I bought a tub of Breakfast Essentials and it tastes so good! It looks, smells, and tastes exactly like Nesquik chocolate milk. Plus it is loaded with calories, vitamins, and protein. I drank about 1200 calories just in this drink today. Milk (I use vitamin D) is fairly filling and it kept me full for about 2-3 hours before I wanted something else/another glass. For Women I had to begin the next cycle of my birth control today. This past week I was on the placebo pills, so it wasn't a problem to skip last week. I debated skipping this month of pills and starting up again when I could, but the side effects of your body readjusting to the hormones was something I did not want to deal with. So, I decided I need to take the pills. But how do you take birth control when your mouth is too tightly banded shut and there is no way to squeeze the pill through? Dissolve them in water. Seriously. It took less than a minute to dissolve the pill in 5 mL of water. Then, I took it into a syringe and drank it. I made sure to drink a lot of water and swish it around to make sure it all was ingested. It seemed to work!
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Elizabeth
3/12/2016 10:40:30 am
I am currently on day 3 post op:(
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