5 weeks post op

Technically it was yesterday. The 5th week, i mean. Haven't gained back the weight I lost after going through 4 weeks of being wired. I don't feel like eating. I feel like it's such tedious work. I knowla i have to eat. i don't mind drinking my Ensure. But it can fill me up for 2-3 hours only. The other day I was at a camp and this friend whom i haven't seen in months gestured me over and asked why i looked plump. Umm... I was in uniform then, the uniform hid my body frame. i guess he mistook my swollen face for being plump.

My ortho put me on elastics to stabilize my upper and lower teeth alignment (i think that's what she said.) if the offending molar on my upper right won't shift back to position, it might have to go.. Sigh.. but it won't be pulled out until i can open my mouth wider.

Ability to open mouth : 1 finger's breadth (still)
eye : left eye still can't close properly. tho if forcefully done, i can fully close it now.
teeth : lower front teeth aren't as tender to touch as last week. upper front teeth feels better than lower.

My left cheek used to be more rounded than my right. Now, my left cheek is just this mass of swollen skin. Ooyee...

Pop goes the weasel

I had actually tapau-ed the steamed fish because we couldn't finish it at the restaurant. So, that late afternoon, i had another go at the fish. This time I had it with a half-boiled egg. While maneuvering the fish and the egg around my palate, I heard a soft popping sound. After a while i began to really notice the sound. The pop- pop sound came when I was trying to make chewing motion with my jaws. I can't really chew yet so I was sort of practicing the movement. The sound came from my left jaw. Hm...

I had maggi for breakfast this morning. Huh.. it's not exactly nutritious but it's just something different. I could hear the soft 'popping' sound again.

Movements:
Eyebrow : minute creasing on immobile left
eye : inability to fully close left eye still. still practicing forcefull closure
nose : left nostril still unable to kembang :) heheh
cheek : slight pain when the spot next to the left nostril is pressed. left cheek not as rounded as right. palsy effect still around.
lip : lower left quadrant still numb. so's the gingiva (gums) If not careful, drooling happens..
chin : numb. tingling and sometimes an itchy sensation occurs, though when I put my hand up to scratch the itch, i can't feel a thing.
smile : still lopsided. If I do laugh, my right eye would become a mere slit while the left remain rounded (very eery... i think). However, there is a slight improvement with the crease of the smile on my left.