I woke up this morning after my follow-up visit from yesterday. My face and lips were extra swollen. It must have been all of the poking and prodding they did! I was also in more pain than usual.
I knew that I had to change my rubber bands and brush my teeth. I was dreading it. Last night was not very fun trying out the new elastics. I took off the wax I put on the spots near the incisions and took off the bands. It hurt a little bit to take off the bands, but not too bad. I took my baby toothbrush and started brushing. I slipped by the bottom right incision and the toothbrush scraped it. Instant pain. It hurts so bad when that happens-it's instant tears. I gave up brushing my teeth and promised myself I'd try again later. I changed out the rubber bands and immediately went to go ice my face. The ice seems to help a lot.
I know the doctor told me I could take the bands out for eating as well, but it just hurts too much to put them in and out that many times. The way the incisions stretch and you hit them with the bands is not pleasant. So while I did change them out at lunch time, I did not change them out when I ate.
To treat myself for my hard work, I got a large Jamba Juice. Since I'm not eating much, the 700 calories was not daunting at all. I added in the whey protein and vitamins. Even though I was extra swollen and talked extra funny, the cashier was very nice about it.
I didn't do much today except nap and surf the web. And ice my face when I can. It still feels good on my face, so I will continue to ice. I tried to brush my teeth a little more and made some progress. It is still very sore, so I did what I could and placed more wax to help let the incisions heal.
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