I have to say, that even though sometimes are better than others, even the bad times aren't terrible. Uncomfortable, yes. Seeing as how I haven 't blogged since surgery, let me catch you up..
My parents brought me to the hospital at 11am, surgery was at 1pm. Started all of the pre-op stuff, getting blood test, my weight taken, gown, etc. I will say that the hospital has this FABULOUS thing called bear paws I think, the best invention EVER. The gown has air passages throughout the entire thing, so they hook up a heater machine to the gown and it fills up with warm air. I need one of those at home, seriously. Anyways, so in pre-op apparently my blood pressure was a bit on the high side, so they had to give me something to help with that. I remember getting some "calming" drugs in pre-op, I remember leaving my parents and being wheeled into the OR, they asking me to help them slide myself onto the operating table. Then, I remember waking up in the recovery room. The nurse came and talked to me right away and let me know that they did not have to wire my mouth shut. I still had the NG tube in, (which they did eventually pull while still in recovery). I asked for a mirror to look at my face, and even though I don't remember seeing myself, I remember starting to cry. Such an emotional thing for me. Having this underbite for my entire life and what seems like a blink of an eye, it's gone.
I was wheeled up to my room I think around 7pm. That entire night is a little blurry, but I do remember having nose bleeds, many nose bleeds. Having some visitors and my husband and my daughter visit, and my daughter afraid to come sit by me until I called her over.
I spent two nights in the hospital and came home on Friday. In those two days I started swallowing pills, stopped the IV pain meds and worked on my clear liquid diet.
Now that I am home, I'm sleeping on the couch, have my mom coming to help make me meals (while my husband works), taking all of my meds to make sure I do not have any pain issues.
My weight on day of surgery was 178lbs, today I am 172lbs.
And here are current pictures. :)