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!

Day 8 elastic

I may or may not have a latex allergy so.we'll.see.how.this.goes

Day 8

I'm brushing my teeth and I can open thiiiiis much

The classiest of post surgery noms

Panecotta

Trend setter

My biggest problem is looking like a drooly baby when I eat. This is what im wearing when I eat so I dont have to change clothes. Shorts or no pants cause they will get spilt on or a towel on my lap. Boyfriend's old tshirt. Some dishcloth, hanky, or bib around my.neck so dripa dont go down my shirt.
I'm just about sick of pb milkshakes. Really good but I'm sick of spilling peanut butter spills every where.

Also got cute proper bib fabric. If I don't use it, it'll make a cute bebe bib. I am crafty.

Day 7 picture

Feelin a lil low. Felt really cute yesterday but kinda meh today.
Frettin a lil about my future face shape

Day 5

Still.having troublr getting.the goo off my face. My cheeks are pretty sensitive and we ran out.of the heavy duty painkillers. Had a bit of congestion, tho I didnt recognize it as that. Hot water helped, putting my head over top. I had a few too many visitors and experienced.a lot of nausea I think from going cold turkey on the painkillers. So I'm pretty pooped and exhausted now and its only 6pm, and I only got up at noon ish. Still, I got dressed and had a quick shower today. Like dressed enough to go out even. So thats good.

Day 4 picture

I am making POM PpOMs. Hello there.

Day 3 late evening

The boyfriend helped me take off my bandages. (he is amaaaaaazing!)
I am so itchy and twitchy and weird feeling now tho about my exposed cheeks. It took soo long to get off the bandages, so suspenseful!  and they are still sticky.
And I look super cute, but I also have cheeks to compete with my friend's cute baby.
Cuuuute.

Day 3 I managed a little smile

Plus side view

Hello from actual day 3

I might get to bathe today!

Day 3 ish Best smile

Haha ok, I am thinking smiling thoughts.
My momma and boyfriend are taking care of me today, and it is just so good to be back.in.my own bed. The ferry ride over sucked, and was so bouncy. I still want ice on my face, I think. And I wish I made more sense to post more useful stuff. But, I can talk a lil, and haha. Well ive tired myself out doing that.
Ive got a lot of pinchy feelings, but as far as I can tell thats just the swelling. Ttfn.

I love nuked jello

I cant manage much more than juice and broth, so de jelled jello is amazing. Adds a lil more to my tummy cause the gelatin. I feel like im almost actually eating something!

I can't wait for real food

Hey yall

Ice pack break. I look like a sad old man today. One thing I didn't think of. We weren't preped with ice gel packs. Shoulda bought and froze last night so im sittong here with coolish packs instead of frozrn ones..

Teeny preview

Haha lol hi

Yo whaddup

Bye bye open bite

Night before surgery

Dinner the night before

Omg. I love these burgers. I was being appreciative of how wide I can open my mouth right now, and how good a burger tastes. Nom nom nom. With zucchini fries. In my experience, burgers are very hard to blend satisfactorly.
Not really hungry tonight. Not much appetite, but I still ate it all. Nom nom

All labelled up!

Ive got all my easy serve bottles ready to go. Wondering if I have enough. Got a new smoothie mix to try out too :)
Did you know costco doesnt stock any meal replacement beverages? No Ensure, no Boost, nada ! :s I was hoping on getting a good deal. Walmart is still the best price running for ensure. Like $10.98 CDN before tax? Something like that.

Anywho, I hope this blog is a great resource for anyone who comes.across it. Ive made an excellent soft food menu that stands the test of my allergies even! I laminated it.
I'll link to a downloadable pdf shortly.

:)

EDIT: that vega smoothie mix, is literally the nastiest sh*t ever. Like its bitter and just UGH. Gross.

All packed to go

Leaving in the morning. All ready for our 4 ish day trip. Soo much stuff to bring because we are going to vancouver. But hopefully all the prep will be worth it and I'll be as comfortable as possible.

Test

Countdown: 10 days till surgery

No more green elastics!
All metally and measured and ready 2 go!
I'll post later with some before pics.