2 Months Post Op
Just realised today is my 2 month Post op. My My, time does fly when you're not swollen
No picture updates yet, I'll take some, later during the week when i cant get my hands on a camera.
I can say that even 2 months on, swelling is still subsiding, ever so slowly and gradully. I can still feel the fullness in my face, but in most regards, its back to normal. I get a little paranoid when someone (a friend or rather) comes and squeezes my cheeks.
The other week, my ortho took off my surgery hooks, and he put in new wires. This time he shortened the wires so it didnt connect to my molars. FREEDOMMM! For the weeks before, sometimes i couodnt chew because something sharps stabbed and ripped into my gums, so i was very precious about chewing. It wasn't a long pokey wire, its just that my cheeks (from the surgery incision) needed space to heal.
So because the hooks are off aswell, no more need to wear elastics. Hence , my midline at the bottom has shifted back. Bit disappointed about this, my ortho said things needed to settle. But im sure he knows best.
i must say, very glad to ahve lost the hooks, kinda felt like i was kinda being 'de-braced'. So can only imagine what the real feeling is like.
2 months on - Have been eating everything i wanted so far, i dont eat hard candy which requires a good bite down.
Numbness - mostly all gone now, except directly at the rims of my bottom lip. The muscles there. I need to work them up. they feel funny.
CONSTANT LOUD RINGING IN LEFT EAR - Finally subsided!! no more siren sounds. I can sleep properly! weeks before, all i can hear was a high pitched EEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee AAAWwwwwwwwww Weeeeeeeee. I even put my ear to a friend to listen and she could hear it!! and she immitated the sound perfectly. I was tripped out someone else could hear it. I thought it was inaudible to others. Im not crazy afterall!. I think it has something to do with my ear canals getting swollen or somethign or rather (dont quote me on that one). But yeah, i cankinda still hear it, but its almost gone and things are looking better on that front. [or could it be that i was partying too much at clubs and im temporarily half deaf form the past weekend, maybe, will soon find out
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Check up - Scale and Clean at the dentist
Had it done last week. Bit uneventful. I expected it to last longer. Felt like he was just brushing my teeth. Still, it was nice to get somoene else to do it, lol. He said there was a limited amount he could do with the braces on. I dont think he even flossed them. Just scraped around the brackets.
Oh well... Til Next time