Day 14: Two weeks!

Today marks two weeks since surgery! The time has flown by surprisingly fast and at the same time agonizingly slowly. The last couple of days I've felt particularily frustrated with the lack of food texture and inability to speak properly. I have to constantly remind myself that these things are temporary otherwise I start feeling sorry for myself. I've also spent way too much time overanalyzing my face and obsessing with the daily changes that I see, and it's not healthy! I'm really pleased with the results so far but of course there are things that I'm anxious about. The biggest of these is that my lips still don't close naturally at rest. I know I still have the splint and elastics in my mouth, and the swelling can take months to completely go away, but closing my lips naturally was one of the things I was most looking forward to after surgery. I need to stop analyzing and let my face "settle" further before I make any judgements. I also need to focus on the fact that this surgery was to correct my bite, and it just happened to cause significant changes in my face too. Because I'm not allowed to use my teeth yet, I think I've been focussing too much on appearance. I can't wait until I can chew solid food again and really try out my new bite!

A couple of really good friends spent the afternoon playing games and watching movies with me and it was so nice! Thanks ladies! It really helped me to get my mind off of things. They also understood most of my mumbling too which was great!

Tomorrow is my second post-op appointment with my surgeon. The plan is to take the elastics off and let me brush my teeth! I'm so excited to brush my tongue! It has felt nasty and slimy for over a week now. Too bad the elastics have to go back on after though, but hopefully not for long!