A good week!

Don't know where the week went...but it has been a pretty good one.


I had a rough couple of nights sleeping at the beginning...the one night, I was waking up every hour. Went to the Dr. on Tuesday got my stitches out and more pain meds. I was over the liquid stuff. So, I've been alternating between that and Ibuprofen. Also, I had thrush from the steroids and antibiotics...that was yucky! Thankfully, it is just a one pill treatment and starts working within 24 hours. Not to mention, I brushed my tongue for like 10 minutes the day before.

Went to visit my granddaughter after the Dr. appointment that day and during dinner, I received a text from my Dr. complimenting me on how well I was doing and everything is right on schedule. And that my great attitude makes his job easy. That was so awesome! Really made me feel good and was so impressed with the fact that he took the time out to text me. So though the day started off with a little breakdown from lack of sleep...it ended well. Then again, any day I see my granddaughter is a great day!

Wednesday, I actually went into the office for a little over 2 hours. Was good, at least I got a head start and organized things and cleaned out my junk email. Then I went shopping for a little bit followed by dinner with a group of friends from church. Another great day!

Today, I've just done stuff around the house and rested. I feel really good. I started the moist heat yesterday, which is fine, just not as easy as putting the ice pack in the head band. I've had some tingling in my lip and chin. A little nausea here and there. My heartburn is finally subsiding. The one thing I really want to do is sleep in my bed on my belly or side  I look forward to that and sleeping through the night.

Eating hasn’t been that bad at all. It does take longer and my jaw gets tired after awhile but finding stuff to eat hasn’t been that hard at all. The foods may not always look normal but it all still tastes good  the worst part is cleaning the teeth/splint. I believe next week I will be able to start using the water pik.

Below is a picture of my progress. The one on the left was the morning of surgery, the one on the right was on Wednesday. I was surprised to see the difference in my profile. I was most surprised at the difference in my nose. One of the girls at work actually layered the pictures and that was cool too. I am really happy with what I've seen so far!

I’ll be heading back to work on Monday. Look forward to it, trying to get my sleep schedule straightened out before then. Thankfully I have awesome bosses so I can be very flexible with my schedule. Hope you are all doing well!