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)Haha yes sir! It might get worse for the first couple days, too. Congrats on coming out the other side and beginning your trip in recovery-land!Crimsonchin95 wrote:http://m.imgur.
com/9aDQ8nr
Just remove the space in between the period and the rest of the url...guess this is what they meant! Holy lip swelling, batman!
Haha my bad; severe swelling makes all things equalCrimsonchin95 wrote:Hey now, I'm a lady!! :p
The first night was absolutely AWFUL. today's not so good either, but I'm getting through it. My nose is clogged and affrin doesn't help, and thank goodness my lips are so swollen that they're forced open...I would be able to breathe!
I think the 2nd and 3rd day are probably the toughest, cuz the first day you're kind of in a haze (or at least I was). By day 5-6 you'll start to notice some marked reduction in swelling. TBH the swelling in my lower lip was MUCH worse than yours. Mine made my mother cry cuz she thought I had been mutilated for life 
Not the best feeling in the world when your face makes your own mother cry, but it's all good now Crimsonchin95 wrote:Can confirm that today's swelling is no worse than it was yesterday. I hope this means that the swelling will start to go down! I'm so tempted to use heat on my face instead of ice packs, but I don't want to make the swelling worse...
I can breathe a little through my left nostril, but my right one (the one that was intubated) is constantly stuffed with TP or else brown stuff oozes out (surgeon said this was normal, so eh). I pulled a super interesting looking blood booger out earlier, SO glamorous.
I'm a little concerned that my bottom gums are very pale....is this common?
the blood boogers are legit. They get pretty epic in size too lolsnapdresser wrote:
My gums were strangely pale for a while too. It turned out fine. Took a few months for the color to completely return to normal. Unless it turns completely white or dark purple, I wouldn't worry about it.
hi Crimosonchin95, how long did you have to wear that chin bandage (aka chin underwear lol)? I might also have a genioplasty and my surgeon's office recommends it stay on for at least 5 days but i'm wondering if there's any benefit for it to stay on longer.Crimsonchin95 wrote:http://m.imgur.
com/9aDQ8nr
Just remove the space in between the period and the rest of the url...guess this is what they meant! Holy lip swelling, batman!
I had one about 8 days in that was huge! After it came out I could finally breathe! Those are no joke!snapdresser wrote:Crimsonchin95 wrote:Can confirm that today's swelling is no worse than it was yesterday. I hope this means that the swelling will start to go down! I'm so tempted to use heat on my face instead of ice packs, but I don't want to make the swelling worse...
I can breathe a little through my left nostril, but my right one (the one that was intubated) is constantly stuffed with TP or else brown stuff oozes out (surgeon said this was normal, so eh). I pulled a super interesting looking blood booger out earlier, SO glamorous.
I'm a little concerned that my bottom gums are very pale....is this common?
My gums were strangely pale for a while too. It turned out fine. Took a few months for the color to completely return to normal. Unless it turns completely white or dark purple, I wouldn't worry about it.
