Thursday 8 May 2014

Week Twenty Seven! ((Over five months!!))

As noted before, I am a horrrrrrrrible blogger! But I mean I don't really have many readers at this point anyway...still, I feel bad ok.
Anyway, we're already past the five month mark and I can hardly believe it!! I never even thought I would get past that first week. I remember completely regretting it the very first day I was back home, and several times throughout the week. Now I can barely remember that time even happening ((besides the fact that it was absolutely horrific)). And ever since I've been able to eat solid food again, I hardly even think about it!

Of course, I'm almost always thinking about my jaw these days. It looks SO good ((the jaw, not my face lol)). Like I've said before, I've never been happy about my looks so it's hard for me to like what I see, but I definitely like this much better. I'm slowly learning to like me for me and love myself, but it is very hard to do living in such a materialistic world...

Anyway, unfortunately I will be having my braces on for several more months. By the time I get them off it will be closer to , if not more than, three years with them on. They told me it would only be two - two and a half years....and I really wanted them to be off for graduation and prom. It was sucky enough having them for my grad photos, it would have been nice to have them off and be able to flash my nice, straight, not metal teeth! But oh well, what can you do..

The lower right area of my lip/chin is STILL numb! My oral surgeon put me on medication called Gabapentin, which was actually created to help people with epilepsy but now it's also used in a case like mine in order to assist the nerves in repairing themselves. Think of it like it's sort of like a puzzle, and the nerve is having trouble figuring out where to put the pieces so the medicine goes in with all of it's knowledge and science power and helps it out. I've only been taking it once a day for three days so far, and then next week I start taking two and day, and then three a day the next week. And then I go in to see him and we'll see how it's going. There hasn't been much change thus far.

Swelling is basically all down now, at least if you don't know me well. I still see some swelling around my cheeks and chin area ((mostly cheeks)) and the people who really know me can still sort of tell, but if you just met me or if you didn't see me often then you would probably just think I have a puffy face. It hasn't even been six months yet though, and lot's of people have said that it can take up to a year ((or even more)) for it all to go down so I'm still dreaming of a nice, chiseled jaw line Angelina Jolie style ;)

Anywhooo, that's all there is to say for now. I'll leave some pictures down here, but there hasn't been much change.

Hope everyone is having wonderful lives!!





10 comments:

  1. Hi, you look beautiful!! Your jaw looks great and so does your face ;-) I'm almost in my 6th month, and I feel more or lees the same as you- wishing to have my braces off (I think I'll have them for at least one year more)
    Have fun!!
    Regards,
    Silvana(from Spain)

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    1. Well thank you very much! (:
      I do try to keep in mind that what I see is very different than the world's view, but it can be hard to do hahaha!
      I hope your surgery went well! No complications or anything (: I'm so glad I never had to go through infections!
      I don't imagine I'll have mine on for as long as a year...that must suck, but I guess it's a small price to pay in the long run :D

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  2. You shouldn't put yourself down, I think you're really good looking. I'm 18 from UK having this done in July.

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    1. Aw, well thank you! It means alot more coming from anonymous people because they aren't morally obligated to say it ((like friends and family are)) hahah ;P
      Good luck on your surgery!! Prepare yourself for the first week, but after that it's pretty smooth sailing...I hardly even remember it. I still can't believe it's been almost 6 months!
      Anyway, thanks for checking out my blog! And again, good luck!!

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  3. Hey, you look absolutely amazing! I'm 17 and am supposed to be having surgery for my underbite sometime this year... I'm so anxious to get it done already. Anyway, you honestly look awesome and I'm so happy for you. Hope you get your braces off soon!

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    1. Thanks so much!! It probably feels like time is going slow right now, I remember how I felt last summer waiting for my date to be booked! It'll be over before you know it though, hahah! Hope all goes well for you!! :D

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    2. Thanks! If you don't mind me asking, how old were you when you got the surgery done? My orthodontist thinks that I won't be done growing but I'll be 18 by the time it happens...D:

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    3. It was just this past October, so I was 17 ((I turned 18 in January though))but I suppose it really depends on your mouth, orthodontist and whatnot! Although I can't imagine how you aren't done growing yet...Still, I know how hard waiting is!!!

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    4. yeah waiting sucks!! It's nice to finally talk to someone who understands... I don't know anyone in person that has gone through/is going through a similar experience so reading blogs like yours is so awesome!

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    5. I was OBSESSED with reading blogs for a long time before my surgery, and they were SO helpful throughout the recovery! I'm so glad that enough people have blogged about it, it's really helpful for mentally preparing too! I understand what you mean, I didn't know of anyone at all in my city with the same issues as me, and it seemed that as soon as I had my surgery I suddenly was seeing so many people having it done! One girl I found out had undergone it just the year before me, and then a pair of twins at my school had it done literally the week after me! It's crazy! It definitely affects more people than I used to think!
      I'm glad you found my blog and it's helping! It makes me so happy that someone is able to take away from my experience the way I took from others (:

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