Nothing exciting happening at the moment! I don't see my OS or ortho till the end of this month where I will most likely get some more x-rays and photos taken and possibly a different elastic configuration.
This is my current elastic configuration. I wear three elastics 24/7 and they are super tight and really lock my bite together. Feels very secure, but it makes talking rather difficult, so I sometimes take the middle elastic out when I'm out in public or talking a lot. I wear the clear elastics, but my ortho also gave me a bag of coloured elastics like I was 12years old. I don't know if it was just as a joke, but seriously?!? Thanks, I cant wait to start wearing these pink, purple and green elastics in my mouth! haha NOT!!
I definitely couldn't wear these elastic while I was working. I talk with customers constantly and need to be able to open my mouth properly. Hopefully by the time I go back to work, I will have a less intrusive band configuration.
Has anyone else noticed how much colour you lose from your lips after surgery?? Mine currently look albino, especially the numb bottom lip. It's like they have lost all their pigmentation, and It makes me look so white and pale If I don't put any tinted lip gloss on them. I really hope the colour comes back soon. I've never had red rosy lips, just soft pink, but even that has completely vanished. It must be something to do with the lack of blood and circulation moving around in that numb lip... BOO :(
I woke up at 5am this morning and totally freaked out about the way I was sleeping. My jaw was kind of sore and I suddenly had a horrible thought that maybe I shouldn't be sleeping down on my side with my cheek to the pillow. What if It is shifting around and moving out of position?!??
I know this is properly more then unlikely, but I do have this HUGE fear about relapse. I know it's very uncommon and my OS didn't bring it up as being a concern, but I would hate to think that my sleeping position is having a negative impact on the way my jaw bones are healing. I read that is takes 6 weeks for the bones to properly heal and to be firmly set in their exact position. Anyways I decided to set myself up in my previous upright position and slept like that till 8am.Was anyone informed about how long you should sleep upright? I think I stopped sleeping upright after day 12!!!! Is this wrong?? Could I be causing any damage by sleeping with my cheek firmly on the pillow?? Or am I just freaking out over nothing? haha
Today the rain has finally stopped and the sun is trying its hardest to come out. I decided to walk to my cafe to see some of my work mates there. My supervisor didn't even recognise me when I first walked in with my friend, It wasn't until I said hello that he was like "Wow, hi". I told him the ins and outs of the surgery and he was surprised I was talking so well, but said it still looked weird because of my mouth/lips not moving properly. I cant say that I felt 100% comfortable being there today. He properly was thinking how strange I now look. I don't want people not to recognise me! Did he not recognise because I looked worse or better? humph
Dani I don't know how you have gone back to work so early!!! You are very brave. I guess the fact that you look drop dead gorgeous does help :)
I feel so pale and washed out at the moment. I need some sun and I NEED some colour back in my cheeks and lips. I need to feel normal!!! Sorry about all the complaining, I guess it's been a bit of a "hump" week of my recovery thus far.
I have nothing on my lips in this photo... look how pale they are!! I look sick and grose :(
The crap quality of this photo doesn't help either but trust me they are white!!
That's such a bummer about your elastics configuration! I have never had to use more than 2 elastics! I have been getting really excited to get to the point of not having to wear them during the day, but I also am glad it might be a while away, when I don't have them on I think I get a bit confused as to where my bite belongs, without all the guiding from the elastics!
ReplyDeleteI COMPLETELY agree about there being less color in my lips! I wonder why that is. There are all sorts of weird things going on with my lips, and I think the lack of pigmentation just causes them to look even more odd!
I have still been trying to sleep sort of propped up. Well, it's more like I try to keep sleeping on my back and not turn too much to the side or sleep on the side of my face. I saw my surgeon probably at 2 weeks post-op and he said he just wanted me to keep sleeping upright through that weekend, so it was about Day 15 that he gave me the OK to sleep however I wanted. I am just trying to decrease the swelling so I have been trying to give myself a little elevation!
Hahaha I know you say I am gorgeous, but that doesn't mean when I am sitting at work I FEEL gorgeous. I feel like I don't look good one bit! My face may not lead any customers into thinking I went through surgery, but my lips and the way they move definitely has to get some people wondering what's wrong with me! I think getting back to work helped me feel more normal, and keeps my mind off of surgery a bit more. It is good to be back to living my normal life, rather than sitting home and obsessing about my face all day!
So jealous you can actually smile! I look like a clown when I smile! and your profile really is the cutest thing ever. It looks AMAZING!
Rhianna you looks gorgeous! no word of a lie! I can't get over how much your profile has changed! Trust me if people don't recognize you it's because you look so good!! You were beautiful before, but now its like you're the person you were meant to be without the convex profile. Ugh I hate my convex profile.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit the having no colour in your lips is something I would love. My lips are pretty dark naturally, probably from being half Italian, so I always have to wear lipgloss thats lighter than my actual lips.
I showed my mom your blog because she is still confused with the whole outcome of this surgery and she can't believe how great you look.
Hope you're doing well!
I think you look awesome, Rihanna. Doesn't even look like you had surgery a few weeks back. U don't look all that 'different' either. It is becoming more apparent that people just don't know what to say.
ReplyDeleteMy lips also are kind of lacking color and only now are they back to normal enough where I can put any color on them without looking,like a clown!
I have a similar elastics configuration only upside down. My triangles point downward, not upward.
I stopped sleeping upright a long time ago. I am now side sleeping. I remember someone saying they asked their doc and was told they could stop all that rather soon and the doc was surprised they were still doing it. So I think we are in the clear! :)
You and Dani both look so good! You're "new" face is really starting to emerge and it looks very pretty. Like BraceFaced said, if someone didn't know that you had surgery they wouldn't know unless you told them. You're healing really well!
ReplyDeleteThat sucks about the elastics configuration, though. Hopefully you'll be in a more comfortable config soon! And you should totally have fun with the colored ones (I know I'd jump on that if I had fun colors)! There's nothing wrong with having fun and being childish every once in a while and the bright colors are so cheerful!