Sunday 10 March 2013

Day 140 - 20 weeks post-op

Hey bloggers!  Sorry I'm a little delayed in my monthly post.  5 months was last Thursday (28th Feb), and my mum was staying with me for the weekend so I got her to take some photos.

General jaw update - pretty much the same as last time.  I can open my mouth about two fingers wide, I've been eating more difficult foods, e.g. I've been eating burgers (veggie ones so prob not as chewy as real ones) and I can actually get the burger, in a bun, in my mouth and bite it.  I've also eaten quite chewy cereal bars, and sandwiches with cucumber in.  So I'm slowly getting there.  I still have my stupid puffy left cheek.  I don't think anyone else would notice it, but I can still see it, particularly in certain lights and in photos.

I've got an appointment in a couple of weeks (21st March) where I think they're going to move a bracket to deal with the crossbite that I've apparently developed, so I'll update again after that appointment.

I so cannot WAIT to get these braces off!  I can see my poor beautiful straight teeth just longing to break out from their metal chains!!!

Here are my 5 month pics!  They're quite close up so not the most flattering, but I think it's more important that I give you pictures where you can really see everything.




This is how wide I can open!



8 comments:

  1. Looking good im lil over3wk post op and my mouth wont open that wide. Can you now feel your bottom lip and chin? I cant ughhh lol. My dr wont let me chew until 6wks

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    1. Sorry Kristie, as you may have seen I wrote 5 weeks by mistake, it has actually been 5 months! So sorry for the confusion, and don't worry, I definitely wasn't chewing and opening like that at 5 weeks! I wasn't allowed to chew until 6 weeks either. I never really had much numbness, and everything has come back now.

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  2. You have great results! :) I'm having surgery on the 28th of March! Are you pleased with your results so far, and are you glad you've had surgery? Emma x
    www.myjawsurgeryandi.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Hi Emma, thank you! Yes I'm 100% pleased with the results and 100% glad I had the surgery. I think I actually look a lot better in real life than I do in these pictures. Good luck with your surgery, hope it goes well! x

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    1. Thanks Amanda! Hope everything's good with you!

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  4. Wow! You look beautiful! :D
    Congratulations, Sarah.

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