Man am I glad to be home, no more elevated beds, no more nurses checking on me every 6 seconds, however I do miss my suction thingy. Anyways, this marks about 48 hours after the surgery which equals the peak of swelling, and I am feeling every last bit of it. I got so discouraged this morning because I couldn't get a smoothie down because the swelling was so bad. I tried and tried but it would just fall right out of my lips or suffocate me. Needless to say, I had to give up on my big breakfast this morning. After that, everything kind of went downhill. After taking my pain medicine, I had some awfully strange dreams that led to me waking up about every 20 minutes in a drooling fit. Also, I found out that we couldn't get a post-op checkup date until next Friday, which means I have to wear this god forsaken bandage for 8 more days, and now, due to my massive swelling, the bandage is about 50x more uncomfortable.
As you can see, bruising has started to kick in, which makes me now feel pain in parts of my face and neck that I couldn't feel before.
So today has probably been the worst day yet, mainly due to the swelling, but I'm really trying to stay as positive as I can through all this.
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