Wonky Gob

Decided to go on a nice big walk earlier. I had errands to run and needed to see my kids in their Christmas stage school demonstration, so I put on my trainers and set off on a 4 mile hike. Now, I walk everywhere. I walk charity marathons, I walk to clear my head, elevate my mood I love to walk. But this was HARD. I can only assume that my weight loss has been mainly muscle because the hill I usually walk up several times a week was knee-shakingly difficult. Made a mental note to consume more protein even if it meant starting with the dreaded protein shakes again. For the last 2 days I have been enjoying chocolate buttons as I can open my mouth just wide enough to post them in. I've been letting them melt slowly....mmmmmm....lovely. However, I think the chocolate sucking has dislodged a stitch or something as my mouth appears to be bleeding from somewhere. This has put me off eating as I'm worried I'll make it worse. Swelling : Subsiding a little but my top...

Definitely feeling better for the mash potato I consumed yesterday, but woke up with a lot more pain than usual. Keeping it under control with meds. Went to cinema this morning while kids were at school to take advantage of my husband's last day off work. Was craving crunchy nachos with gloopy cheese sauce and jalapenos, but settled for an ice cream shake which was daylight robbery at £4.20! Fired up the PC and worked all afternoon (being self employed means op or no op the work needs doing) and felt very normal. Swelling : Subsiding a little Bruising : Yellow Pain : More today, from lying down maybe? Tingling : Lots on chin Numbness : I think I can feel a little more on my left cheek Mood : Good, I feel quite back to normal

Woke up at 3am as usual and just couldn't get back to sleep. Even after taking some paracetamol I was cold and uncomfortable. Eventually I got in my proper bed with my husband at 4am, lying down on my side *shock horror* and got 3 hours of blissful deep sleep. Had my first post-op appointment this morning which went very well. They are really pleased with the alignment and overall progress and don't think that the hard lump in my cheek is anything other than swelling which is a relief, but just to make sure they gave me a few more days of antibiotics.  They took the bands off the front hooks for the time being and told me to exercise my jaw a little to get movement back. Being given the 'all clear' to do this is going to make a big difference as not only do I now feel confident to move on to proper mashed food, but I can also take my meds in tablet form. I am much, much better with tablets, even giant ones, so this has made me very happy. My surgeon a...

Definitely felt much better today. This morning my husband took my son to school and just as they left it started snowing. I lay on the sofa just watching it in the peaceful house and felt quite happy with the world. Husband then went and bought a beautiful Christmas tree and I started feeling really cosy and Christmasy. My energy was up so I did a few little chores around the house, I slurped my soup, drank coffee, managed to take my meds without  gagging. All in all I felt pretty OK! I even ventured in to the OUTSIDE WORLD tonight. We haven't really had a proper Christmas tree for a few years due to various renovations and such, and this year I was determined to do things properly. I was determined to put a proper tree up and get a whole load of beautiful new decorations so off I went with my daughter and husband to Homebase and Sainsbury's to face the public and buy sparkly things. I got a few funny looks and my husband was worried people would think he's ...

Swelling : Has it peaked? Hope so..... Bruising : Neck and upper chest looking a bit yellow Pain : Managed, apart from that nasty 3am spot. Mood : On the up.

Sleeping upright is giving me a crick in my neck and stiff shoulders :( I wonder how long I have to wait before I can have a massage? Kids went back to school today so I had a nice calm house. Husband went off to gym and shops for a few hours and I took a lovely long bath which helped relax my aches and pains. Still can't stand the thought of protein shakes so slurped down a soup instead which was MUCH better and felt almost like proper food! It was just a normal fresh soup, but I blended it and diluted with some milk to give it a lovely sloppy consistency. I drank it like a cup of tea - classy. Still keeping up with the ice packs as much as I can. I bought three of them so I have a steady supply. My nose is annoying me, it's very blocked and trickles with blood a lot. Grim. I have had 3 operations to remove polyps over the years and it's reminding me of that, you can smell the blood in your nose but are told NOT TO BLOW. I have decongestant drops which help a l...