Soberpotamus's Oral Surgery Recovery Support & Journal Part 2
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Not yet. It's suggested to wait sixteen weeks, Anna. I am going to try and do that. I want to be very careful not to mess anything up. Some people eat scrambled eggs, pasta, potatoes...softer solid foods like those, by mashing them with the tongue against the roof of the mouth. I will try that in a few weeks, just not yet. It's important that I eat only liquid and pureed for a solid two weeks. One reason is that there are two small incisions stitched up on either side of lower jaw toward the back. The stitches will dissolve and go away eventually.
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Yes, it's kind of like a rehabilitation process. 
Daunting, but oh well. Here I am I can do it; I must do it.
One small thing that will bug me until I go back -- he used one of those little metal hook tools that dentists use for plaque, to touch the inside of my lip on left side, I jumped cause it felt like a tiny electric current. He said, ah so you feel that? I nodded and kind of gasped in shock. He said, well that's a very good sign that you're already getting feeling back. Keep in mind 30% of people remain permanently numb in the lip and chin area after this. He then did the other side. I nodded yes, but it didn't feel the same. I mainly nodded yes to get him to stop, lol. Then I realized, oh no, I don't actually feel that electric current, only the pressure. So I'm going to be somewhat concerned until the feeling comes back on the right side.
Daunting, but oh well. Here I am
I can do it; I must do it.One small thing that will bug me until I go back -- he used one of those little metal hook tools that dentists use for plaque, to touch the inside of my lip on left side, I jumped cause it felt like a tiny electric current. He said, ah so you feel that? I nodded and kind of gasped in shock. He said, well that's a very good sign that you're already getting feeling back. Keep in mind 30% of people remain permanently numb in the lip and chin area after this. He then did the other side. I nodded yes, but it didn't feel the same. I mainly nodded yes to get him to stop, lol. Then I realized, oh no, I don't actually feel that electric current, only the pressure. So I'm going to be somewhat concerned until the feeling comes back on the right side.
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And I won't consider my breakdown into tears at the office a weakness. I'll embrace instead the idea that maybe it shows strength, to cry in front of others and to go on about the task at hand, snot and all.
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I don't think I will ever speak to my dad again. I see no reason to. He ignores me when I ask for help. He deserts me. I am tired of men who betray me and desert me and leave me alone to handle things myself.
A father should be there no matter what. My mother would have risked her life to get to me. She was there for me despite having an addiction.
Brian knows this was the last straw. I'm not sure what's going to happen, nor how quickly things will begin to fall into place, but he knows there's no coming back from this.
My plan is the same. Finish the course. Get a few long term clients. Make the floor repairs, go on and sell my home, and buy my land for my cabin.
Alone.
A father should be there no matter what. My mother would have risked her life to get to me. She was there for me despite having an addiction.
Brian knows this was the last straw. I'm not sure what's going to happen, nor how quickly things will begin to fall into place, but he knows there's no coming back from this.
My plan is the same. Finish the course. Get a few long term clients. Make the floor repairs, go on and sell my home, and buy my land for my cabin.
Alone.
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It's been fun to read back over my thread. I was high on morphine apparently, posting about how thrilled I was just out of surgery. And then when the pain hit, the language I used.
I warned everyone I sometimes get feisty.
And then it saddens me to read the parts where I was freaking out, terrified, feeling abandoned by people who didn't make me feel safe, and then the parts where Tom did help me feel safe.
And of course, all the supportive messages from you all, helping me through this. I'll never forget.
What a crazy trip.
I warned everyone I sometimes get feisty.
And then it saddens me to read the parts where I was freaking out, terrified, feeling abandoned by people who didn't make me feel safe, and then the parts where Tom did help me feel safe.
And of course, all the supportive messages from you all, helping me through this. I'll never forget.
What a crazy trip.
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Lolol, Trach. I'm seriously laughing now.
That's sounds so good, Trach. I would eat that up right now like a pig.
After two weeks I can start blending up stuff like that. I definitely will!! I just need to make sure the incisions heal up completely and then I'm good to go.
That's sounds so good, Trach. I would eat that up right now like a pig.
After two weeks I can start blending up stuff like that. I definitely will!! I just need to make sure the incisions heal up completely and then I'm good to go.
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It feels nice to let my head clear from all that hydrocodone! That's not a drug I'd be inclined to become dependent on. I'm thankful for that. I remember in IOP, 90% of the people in my group were there for a pain pill addiction, not alcohol! That was really surprising.
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