yawning update
On Wednesday, I had arthroscopic surgery on both sides of my jaw to try to straighten out the issues from dislocating my jaw on Memorial Day. I really don’t remember much of anything after the anesthesiologist gave me the first round of meds in the prep room. I do remember giving me oxygen and putting my out on the operating table and then nothing after that until i was in recovery and i was awake enough for them to wheel me over to where Carl would sit with me. Trying to eat crackers when your jaw is bandaged up is not fun. Neither is trying to get a pain pill in your mouth to swallow it. When they bandage you up after having this surgery, you end up looking like a chipmunk in a water polo helmet. Your cheeks get mushed leading to the chipmunk effect. and the bandage that go over the sutures are covered in tons of gauze and then you get a wrap that goes around your head that makes it look like a water polo helmet. Not the most flattering look. Thankfully that came off on Friday and not I am left with stitches on both sides of my head right in front of my ears. At least they are low enough that I can wear my glasses without touching the stitches. Now I’m just waiting for everything to finish draining. Eating is still an adventure. I can chew food if i can get it into my mouth. So I’m back to cutting things up small enough to get into my mouth so I can try to chew normally. The sooner I work my jaw like normal, the better. I go back to the oral surgeon on Wednesday and hopefully everything will be healing like it should.
Tomorrow, we have a rehersal and dinner for Lynn’s wedding. Then the wedding on Monday. The girl is a junior bride’s maid and has to get dressed up and everything!
Have a good weekend!
I hope you continue to feel better Janie.
Surgery is never fun, I had my septum straightened (septoplasty) in my nose back in 2006, I couldn’t breathe through my nose correctly for weeks. Thanks for the update!