Hello 4 week mark

Hello there. I got a haircut. I think it is a little shorter than I thought it would be :p haha. Looks cute tho. Struggles: buns, rice crispy squares (not chewing! dont worry! just swallowing it grain by grain.. it is too sharp, but my boyfriend keeps offering me them and I love marshmallow....) LICKING. I cant lick a bowl or plate or nothin. so tough when we make awesome sundaes!.
Also valentines day + this week, we went out for dinner/lunch. I am not quite at the point of eating politely in public. I felt so self conscious. I eat sooo slow too. We went for bipbimbap on Valentines saturday (if you dont know what bipbimbap is, look it up and find it and eat it NOW -in Victoria you can find it at King Sejong restaurant) Anywho, when we finished eating there, i had a little pile of dropped rice all between me and my bowl :P  Its gettin there tho. Seeing surgeon on friday, and he might give me the go ahead to start chewing soft foods. first on my list : yogurt, scrambled eggs, poutine, noodles. Things I've really liked this week: YAMS i could eat them everyday. With a lil butter. mmmmmmmm so good. )

Three Week Mark

Hello. Look what I can do.

I can grimace showing my bottom teeth now. I can smile and my smile looks more natural instead of forced now. I can feel my lips better but I still have to be cautious about hot liquids. I have burnt my lip a couple times. 

Also I can open my mouth thiiis big, just over a fingers width. Frustrating, but good progress. I can put a big spoon in my mouth, and when I'm using one to make smoothies I cant really lick it, and my guy is laughing as I'm chasing ice cream around with my mouth. I couldn't get a lil piece of cake in my mouth the other day and I just made a mess everywhere. I don't need a bib anymore, but i need like a paper towel whenever I eat. sometimes I just hold it under my chin.

Its a little tough getting back into the swing of things. I work commission, and I've got a very understanding client, but I still have a project or two I should get back on. Its hard to get up and go on it tho. Reminds me of when I had mono.

P.S. I am sick of mush foods, I've been eating kinda unhealthy (see ice cream 2x day), and taking it pretty cautious cause I have a stupid amount of allergies. I'm going to the store now to buy some root vegetables, squash, edamame, and eggs n curry. mmm curry eggs. I'm just craving some broccoli stems right now. 

P.P.S. I still don't sleep well. Its hard to find a position that doesnt lean on my face too much, (I sleep on my side) and I wake up in a enough pain to have to take an ibuprofen almost every morning. bleh :( I'm a bit of a grump when I wake up. Not much fun. 

Day 14 two weeks

Just saying hello. feeling ok. Really in quite a bit of pain this last couple days. Chin un thawing pain and joint pain. Taking tylenol twice a day.

Day 11

Hi! I ate bacon so far, KD, chocolate, prokchop, green beans, meatballs, mashed potato and gravy. Omg gravy. I want all the salty thibgs right now. No idea why. My first real food was chicken strips and fries. Of course I did not in any way chew any of this. Nope nope nope. I put it in the foood processor and spooned it into my mouth with the teeniest spoon. Or melted the chocolate. Or tore of tiny chunks, like no bigger than a sunflower seed. But I cut my nails today, cause long nails are gross. so I might have to be inventive with the tearing chunks thing. Long nails are waaaay gross.

Day 9

Almost hardly swollen anymore!

Day 9 ouch

Oooooh I might have smiled too much last night. My mouth is feeling all cut up and rashy. Ouch. I want to believe that its not my latex allergy rearing its ugly head. Cause the surgeon said, if I can't wear elastics its going to extend my braces time by a looooooot. And, being 23, almost 24, and wantin to get-outta-dodge here, thats the last thing I want.
it feels all lumpy and gross in my mouth, like over exertion, or allergy, but allergy generally goes away overnight and has an icky tingling. And it took waaaay too long to react.
Well anyway, I'm gpnna try to solve both scenarios and swish some benadryl but also stay quiet today :p

Day 8

Extreme flexiblity improvement, all thanks to my hunny who makes me smile so much!