Hey guys thanks for the suggestions- Im MAD picky and being away from home is making this a pinch difficult, its all good.
I think the hardest part is that you are committed once you do this - its not like during the recovery you can bail or take a few days off, when you're in it you are in it. How do I say this, the more severe and debilitating your teeth/jaws were before surgery the more rewarding it feels even with all the struggle imo, the less you had pre-op it can get hard some nights to not flip out if that makes sense.
Sleeping on my back is not natural for me (I tried for weeks pre-op and could barely sleep) so yeah sleeping upright makes me MAD lol, the liquid diet gets inundating things that I loved eating pre-op like pad thai or pho taste terrible in the blender. The individual elements make it taste wonderful and PLEASE never blend a donut you will hate yourself. What else, I dont really know anyone here so I've felt a bit isolated and havent gone out much because I dont want people staring at my uneven basketball like face so that might be contributing to it all. Just overall its easy to get frustrated and burnt out. Before starting this whole process, I knew this was not going to be easy and you prepare yourself mentally, but actually being within it is different.
Having a strong support network is so key and allowing yourself to break down and let those emotions rise to the surface, as visitors, but ONLY that and know its part of the healing process.
I dont mind talking or posting here, if someone says something nasty I'll break their legs then move to the private forum Im fair like that.
