Hey I'm back, thank you to everyone for all your lovely messages!!
I got to the hospital wed around 7:45am & was taken into a room full of people where we all had to wait. There was a mix of day stay patients & patients staying over night. One by one they were called up & taken down to theatre. I was called to get my wristband & was weighed etc, had no blood taken though.....
Then after about 5 hours i was told i was actually last on the list for today & the nurse who sent out the letters (who had gone on holiday straight afterwards) had made a mistake & i didnt need to be in til 11am. I starved myself all day that was the hardest part haha.
So I spoke to the surgeon about 1 pm & he went over the details briefly then introduced me to another surgeon, a lady from london who had come over to do the surgery with him. They have done over 50 of these surgeries together & apparently she is very good!! They told me it would take around 5 hours to do but I later found out they did it in 3 hours! My surgeon told me the less time spent in surgery, the less swelling so i was very happy about that!
I waited around til almost 3pm, took several walks, trying to avoid all smells of coffee & food, then a nurse called me & said they had a bed, finally after 7 hours!
I wandered over, got undressed into the gown & didnt hear anytrhing til half 3. A porter turned up with another nurse to take me down to theatre, my nerves had disappeared after the amount of sitting around i did which i think was a good thing cos i was calmer.
I was wheeled into the anaesthethic room, put to sleep & woke up in recovery a few hours later.
I was in a bit of pain but the nurse said she couldn't give me any more morphine cos i was too sleepy. So they took me back to the ward where i attempted to wake up, mum turned up a while later & i spoke for a bit. That was weird, i wasn't sure if i could speak but i didnt think about it then cos i was so out of it!!
Had a sleepless night, awake every hour on the hour, needed painkillers & had lots of nausea which is the worst thing for me!
The next day the swelling was up more but i felt 10 times better, had some strawberry mousse for breakfast & soup for lunch & dinner.
The swelling inside my mouth is not so pleasant, my palate is v swollen & the inside of my cheeks are bluging through my teeth. It's a strange feeling & stiff. I can fit 2 fingers in my mouth & seem to be able to take tablets without any problems.
I thought after the surgery i would wake up with blood in my throat, blood clots etc but i had none of that. They did such a neat job there was nothing to complain about!! I can see the stitches on my upper gum if i lift up my lip & i also have stitches where my wisdoms used to be so nothing major and i can brush my teeth fairly freely which is great!
Had a rough night thursday being kept awake by the nurses doing everyones blood pressure & where the iv had been out in my hand was v painful keeping my awake. I did manage to almost faint twice in the toilet, scary but the nurses were on hand to sort me out
I had to have the iv taken out of my hand as it had severed a blolod vessel & was running along the bone, not comfortable. So a doctor spent 10 minutes trying to put another one in my right hand but that didnt work, so eventually had one put in my right arm, again painful.I had antibiotics & steroids etc put through that along with a drip.
I came home about 3pm yesterday, had some blended food & sat around watching tv. I slept a lot which made me a bit restless, had a weird night sleep last night being in my own bed but it's good to be home!
I will update soon, but the best feeling of all is that my underbite is gone for good i am soooo happy. Just need the swelling to go down some more so i can see my face shape better.
Hope everyones else is doing ok, thanks again for your support!
Beth xx
to get everything ready to take with me & it's about a 40 minute journey. Think the drive will be the worst part as far as my nerves go 
but mum is driving me so at least i will have her to relax me 
