Well the word for today is'Pain'
You can see from my picture that I have had elastics fitted, these are the most painful thing ever! They are pulling my jaw forward more in line as the bone is soft at present they can do this before it calcifies however this is not a pain free process. These new wires are annoying for many reason:
1. I can only open my mouth as wide as picture shows
2. Back to using a straw
3. Back to soup
4. Such a pain to put on and off
5. I have already flicked myself with one and made myself bleed
6. I can't talk with them in so back to mumbling
On the plus side had a lovely visitor this morning and also got some beautiful pressies, a heart, flowers and chocolates... however how people think I can eat chocolate is hilarious I swear people do it on purpose!My consultant is very pleased with my progress and even told another patient about me who had hers done last week to give her hope. Although they told me I could now try progressing onto mash etc and I just laughed and said had being having mince, mash etc all week.... response being:
"medics/nurses make the worst patient's"
He also reassured me that I am extremely swollen so therefore do not worry about my 'Pinocchio' nose as this is not what I will look like... Thank God is all I can say. So back now on the codeine the only real relief being when I take these awful elastics off to eat and brush teeth. Now drooling so much more again like I was at the beginning, feel like I have come so far only to be pulled backwards again. Hopefully this is a short term pain and my jaw will used to being pulled in the wrong direction!
One thing that played on my mind is come next summer hopefully I will be eating normally, not swollen, no braces and a smile to kill. People who are thinking of embarking upon this great adventure be warned it is not a quick fix it is a long agonising process but one that I hopefully will have no regrets from.
Anyway I am going to go relax in a candle lit bubble bath and try and wish away the pain.
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