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Day 7: One week anniversary!
Pain: 3 Numbness: Same old, same old. Nausea: Doc wrote a prescription for another patch, so I’m doing alright! Hopefully this one will last through the end of my Percoset, and I won’t need more. Food Consumption Today: oatmeal and a mashed up banana for breakfast, two small, soft cheese wheels, and about 1/2 cup of baked beans. Tonight I’m going to boldly try meatloaf at my parents. That is…if I don’t fall asleep with my face in it first. Today is the one-week mark in my recovery from jaw surgery. Yippee! Really, I’m doing pretty well. Not a ton of swelling, my pain is manageable, and I can brush…
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Day 6: Freedom and Bliss!
Pain: 4 Numbness: Same. You know in Road Runner cartoons when Wiley the Coyote accidentally electrocutes himself instead of Road Runner, and as he walks away, his whole body lights up with electric shock every other step? Well, Wiley the Coyote has been walking his electric-coyote walk across  my bottom lip all day. Swelling: Almost unnoticeable on the right side, but still a bit pudgy on the left. Today was the best day of my post-surgery life! Today, I got my rubber bands off!! *cue angel choir singing* I can officially open my mouth 12 whole millimeters. And you know what that means? I CAN BRUSH MY TEETH!!! I…
