Recovery

When I should be sleeping I'm up blogging about the surgery site.

It has healed remarkably well but I still have little to no energy, can't eat anything but applesauce (although I managed some egg and mashed potatoes), can't drink from a regular glass (I use one of the left over bottles from the small Ginger Ale container), can barely sit up without feeling like my lip is losing the battle to gravity and among other things, I'm constantly tired but can't get sleep. Go figure. So I'm pretty much bummed for the rest of the week and on into next week. Hopefully then I'll be able to get up and do more things.

I'm kinda bummed that its so swollen and is apparently taking longer to get unswollen than I had hoped. I look like a chipmunk mixed with Frankenstein on my face. Its simply terrific! But I guess its all good because the end result is what I'm looking to achieve not to come out looking like I would when the swelling goes down. I'm excited to see the end result even though I'm nervous enough to not want to see it. I think thats what everyone does after surgery. They're anxious to see it but they're somehow afraid that it won't turn out like they hoped. I'm afraid of that as well but I'm sure that it looks great.

Being laid up hasn't given me any interesting insights or any philosophical fodder that I can mold into an interesting post other than making me feel incredibly antsy and wish I could get up and do things. Once I can I'll be extremely happy and then I can go back to work to earn some more money. Then I can start going out and doing things again! It sucks being stuck in the house but it'll be worth it once everything heals up. For now I have to look at my Christmas candy in longing, not to mention my gum. Ugh. I'll have to edit when I feel more coherant to talk more about Christmas. haha!