I'm free!!

It took two docs and a male nurse about 1 hour to clip off all the wires, eyelets in my mouth. I know it would be almost painless elsewhere to have this procedure done, but my heart felt as if it was nearly yanked out of my mouth.. many a times. The doc asked whether I wanted an LA, local anaesthetic but I opted for the spray only.

The occlusion isn't satisfactory said my OS after the two young docs finished what they were assigned to do. I think so too. The premolar and the last molar of my upper right seem to not mesh well with the bottom teeth. Those are some of the things my ortho doc will have to figure out how to fix.

And yes... had steamed fish and some braised tofu for lunch. It didn't matter I could only open about a finger's breadth of my mouth. I mashed the tofu and fish with the back of the spoon and gingerly pushed it between my teeth. Oih... delish...

And just now I could drink in gulps (not sips) the plain water I had poured into the tupperware tumbler.

Tomorrow's the day

Tomorrow will be exactly 4 weeks since the BSSO( Bilateral split sagital osteotomy). I'll bedewired! That's a welcome thought. Means i'll be able to eat, even thought that means soft diet still. At least i'll be eating, not drinking. However, i am dreading the process of taking off the surgical hooks. If having the wires stitched into my gums was quite the ordeal, i hope them being taken off will be only half the pain. I sometimes wonder where my threshold for pain come from.. really sears/serates through the heart.. the pain does...

I am still at 52.5kg. I take vitamins and supplements every morning. I've not beeen taking painkillers for 1 week now. I haven't had a migraine in more than 4 weeks (knock wood).

I will have my splint out also tomorrow. Aaggh... the slime that i can almost taste from within this enclosure of teeth. This tongue that feels almost furry with 1 month accumulated gunk from milk, porridge, eggs, needs a good scraping and cleaning.

My visit to the eye clinic on Tuesday was as expected. Appointment at 10am. Came at 9.30am. My turn only came at near 12pm. How prosaic. Jejune day it was not. Had a book to accompany me. Schindler's List.

Pakar mata and Head of the Eye Dept, Dr. Shuaibah checked me eye, flashed some light on both eyes, interviewed me some, enlightened me some. All seem not to be too bad. out of the 12 facial nerves, nerve 5 could've been affected due to the surgery. She can't be sure how severe the injury is but 'insyaAllah... it will heal tho it will take time'. Sigh. She recommended eye-lid exercise. Prescribed me some vitamins to help with the nerve recuperation and and also for some eyedrops.

Sigh.

I'm still lopsided on the left side of the face. So's the smile.

Counting...

Had another review with the OS just now. She poked here and there asking me if I could feel the pokes or not. As usual, a horde of other docs wearing masks were right there witnessing ( i didn't use the word learning..since none of them were holding any notebooks or pens.. just looked slightly interested) the poking. Oh well..

She pronounced that I will be de-wired on the 5th. That's... 9 more days. Sigh...
She also mentioned that the one of the plates on my left will be removed. ooer.. can't say i'm looking forward to that ordeal. That means my gums will be sliced open again.