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!!

Week 20

Wow I last poste in February.... so bad at blogging  Of course there really isn't muh to say at this point, the recovery is over more or less. I still feel like theres a little swelling left but maybe it's just because my dace has changed and I'm not used to it. Still waiting for the numbing to go down but it can take up to even a year so that's still a work in progress. 

I slacked a little in my jaw exercising so I'm still sort of stiff, and I can still only open about three fingers wide. 

BUT I can eat sandwiches perfectly and that it SO nice oh my god. 

Anyway, I don't know when braces will be off but it probably won't be for another several months still. Sigh. 

I just can't believe that this time last year I was anxiously waiting to hear I was ready and get a date.  I was so excited that I only had 'four or five months to go' and now look at me. I can honestly say I am so happy with my face (: 

Well, until next time ((whenever that may be!))   

Youtube video!

Hey, y'all! (I'm not sure why I just said y'all..)

Anyway, I have ventured into the realm of YouTube and have concocted an extremely long video about my experience with jaw surgery. Obviously I am incapable of capturing the realities of surviving day to day throughout jaw surgery recovery, but I think it's a pretty decent first look for anyone thinking about going through with it. Excuse my slight lisp...braces and stiff jaw combined is not pretty. Anyway, if you want to check it out that would be great. If you want to continue to check out new videos that I post, even greater! ;D

Anyway, I thought I would let any readers know about it if you have about 20 minutes to spare hahaha.

Hope you're all having a fantastic day, week and year, we'll potentially see you next week!!

xxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt2Key6_kTY

Back again really quick! I just made a little collage of before and after pictures! The before pictures were taken actually back when I was just sixteen and a bit, so that would have been August of 2012. I have a post about it here: http://adventureoftheunderbite.blogspot.ca/2012/08/blog-post.html#comment-form 

Anyway, I used those and then pictures of me right now (the ones I used in my week fourteen post/three months) at the ripe old age of eighteen. There is SUCH a difference that I didn't completely realize the severity of, it's absolutely incredible and I am SO thankful to be living in a world where this is possible. I am SO happy with my new bite. Even though I have those "oh wait, that's a bit off" moments, I just look back at stuff like this and think 'hey, at least I don't have THAT anymore'. 

I'm learning to love it completely more and more with each day (plus I can bite into things now!!)

Anyway, that's it for today! Thanks for reading!!

xxx

 

Week Fourteen!! ((January 30 marked month 3!))

Wow I've missed a couple weeks now! It 's so weirdbecause before surgery I would literally spend hours looking at blgs and looking forward to making one of my own, it occupied my mind almost all the time, but now that three months have passe it's just sort of normal life I guess. 

I saw my surgeon on January 27 and he told me that everything was looking great. He sai something had shifted which was too bad but not a bad thing per se so I'm not too worried.  I don't see my orthodontist until February 19th thoigh so still bo word on when I get my braces off. I had to have my grad photos done with them on whoch kind of sucks but oh well. 

My chin is still a bit stiff but I can eat pretty much anything now, I just have to be a lot more careful with hard things like certain chocolates or almonds etc. I still think there is a TINY amount of swelling left but for the most part I think that it's pretty much gone. 

I know people have said that some numbness can take up to a year even to go away but the right half of my bottom lip is still, I would say, about 80-90% numb. It just doesn't feel normal, but there is pain when pressure is put on it so there is SOME feeling in there. The same goes for my chin. I guess all I can do now is be patient about it. 

I don't have much to say anymore, but I might make a YouTube video about my journey in the future, we'll see how my schedule pans out hahaha. 

Anyway, that's all for week fourteen (on wednesday at least) , You'll see me again eventually!!! (: 

xxx

Week Eleven

Hello again! Time is flying by now, I missed week ten but I have returned for week eleven! Not a lot is changing anymore but I see my surgeon on the 27th and my orthodontist on February 19th so maybe I'll at least know the time frame on getting my braces off. Hopefully I'll be able to get them off for my graduation pictures too, just for a day (which might be a pretty big pain but it would be so much nicer! Of course it would sort of ruin the surprise of the 'big finish' I guess)

Anyway, numbness hasn't changed so I'm afraid that it must be here to stay.....goodbye feeling in my bottom right half of lip/gums/part of chin :( 

At this point I still feel like I look swollen but it's almost the three month mark so I'm starting to worry that these puffy cheeks and slight double chin thing is here to stay. I just don't fully get why because I'm fairly healthy for the most part and don't have a whole lot of fat on my (of course I'm not super muscular or anything so maybe I should start working out more hahaha)

I can eat pretty much anything now, although certain foods are hard enough that the way I bite them hurts a little, and I'm still not ready to try something like an almond yet. It's almost three months but that doesn't mean I'm completely recovered! My bones may be healed but they're still fairly weak even with the jaw aerobics as I like to call them. 

Anyway, enjoy these pictures that I took at work hahahah I hate my job (: 

Next time I post I'll be 18 so I shall see you all on the adult side of life!!

Week 9 / 2 Months

I'Ve MISSED TWO WEEKS AND I AM SORRY. Although not much has changed anyway so oh well. 

It is week nine and Monday December thirtieth was the two month mark! I honestly cannot believe it has bern two months already! 

Imagine if I had kept the Les Mis tickets for October... I would just be starting surgery this month. Thank god I changed the date of the show!!!! On that note I did see it on December 18, the seats were fantastic and the show was even better! It was SO incredible and actually made my cry several times. God I love live theatre. 

Anway I'm eating bascally normal now. Some things are still a little hard for me but I'm definitely satisfied now. The break from food was actually quite nice because now it's alot easier to stay away from bad unhealthy foods since i havent eaten them in so long, I don't really crave them. Plus my mom got really into paleo baking. Next step is motivate myself to exercise 

Numbing hasn't changed really which worries me a little. My gums are slowly returning, but I'm still not feeling the right side of my lip. I feel like it might not come at all if the rest of my lips came back so fast all at the same time and this part just is not improving. It's annoying but luckily it's in a spot that hasn't actually caused any harm so. The very tip of my chin is still about 97% numb but the rest o it is coming back it feels like in tingly sensations upon being touched. Imm keeping positive.

I ate my way trough Christmas but my work pants are still several sizes tok big for me now hahaha. My life is basically  

right back to normal at this point though, next step is removing the braces and I have no clue when that is even projected at being. 

I still have a litle swelling but it's down enough that most people who see me probably just think I have a chubby face (and a bit of a double chin that I really hope is not here to stay). 

Well, I hope you all (who celebrate it at least) had a very merry Christmas and that everyone had a great New Years!! I'm realy lookin forward to it myself! Plus Seventeen magazine said that Capricorns will find true love in January so I'm holding out hope!! 

Bye for now!! 

 i do notice that there is still a little more chin left than I would prefer but hey I'm a girl..... will I ever truly be happy with my looks? Not too likely hahaha. Don't get me wrong though I love my new self! (: