I'm having lower, upper and chin surgery. In other words: the works.
I'm nervous as hell. Especially after reading through the +/-50 pages my surgeon sent me....
I will be in the hospital for 2 nights if everything goes well. My jaw could be wired* shut for up to ten days. I will likely/possibly have lots of: nose bleeds**, drooling, bruising, weight loss, numbness, blood in my mouth, swelling, muscle spasms, ice packs and sad feelings.
I will have no: solid food***, good sleep, energy or coffee for a while.
My mom arrives the day after my surgery - I would be freaking out if she wasn't coming to take care of me for the first two weeks.
I have never had a nose bleed. (I know right?!) I've never gone more than a couple days without coffee. I'm scared about feeling nauseous with a jaw that's wired shut...I could go on.
There is a lot of good information to go through including smoothie recipes. I appreciate that. What I won't be doing is 'blending up cheeseburgers and pizza'.
I'm not on Fear Factor.
*Likely not wires but super strong elastics attached to my braces.
**Common with upper jaw surgery.
***Apparently I have to not only blend food up, but also strain with a fine mesh strainer until it's literally liquid. No seeds, fibres or anything that can get stuck in an incision.
3 comments:
Oh my goodness. I would be stressed/nervous too. I'm glad your mom will be around to help you during your recovery.
It's one of those things I guess where all you can think is that it will be eventually over. But the lead-up would be nerve-wracking, and the follow-up with no solid food sounds not fun
As always, sending you positive thoughts (especially calm ones!) Really glad your mum will be there. The really good news is that once you're in recovery mode, the waiting for the surgery part is totally over.
Do they make a patch for coffee?
Never a nose bleed? LUCKY!!
The build up to the surgery sounds totally nerve-wracking. I'd be peeing my pants, but thank Jesus for your mom and Brad.
PS: Blended cheeseburgers? No thanks. That's just gross.
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