THREE MONTHS! all right! =D I'm not quite sure what to say...Things aren't really much different than at the two month point. As of the last 2 or 3 days I can feel a little bit of feeling coming back [finally!] in the left side of my chin. Or its thinking about coming back... I'm not really sure. Its still a little weird and tingly but I'm sensing improvement... I can still poke myself with a needle in some spots though and not feel it. Very annoying. But anyway... I think the swelling is down all the way now. I can finally see my cheek bones again instead of just round cheeks. Thats a good thing I think. =P I'm still wearing really annoying rubberbands from the orthodontist. blechhhh I'm actually a little confused on their current procedures. When they took my surgical wires off they had me wear these rubberbands that pulled my top jaw back a little...Not sure why they'd do that since I just went through *ahem* jaw surgery to bring it forward. So that really messed things up and my top and bottom front teeth were clashing together....not ideal. So now they have me wearing rubberbands that pulled my top jaw back forward to exactly the way things were right after surgery. Now, I don't have a degree in orthodontics or dentistry or anything, so if anyone who does would like to explain all of this to me, I'm all ears. [see new info in dec 2nd post] These rubberbands hurt! Sheesh. I enjoy seeing all the different animals on my little rubberbands baggies though.. Each size and strength of rubberbands has a different animal... So far I've had tortoises, sea lions and rams. Who knows what I'll get this month!!
Anyway.... I've finally reached a point where I can definitely say it was all worth it. Yes, it was the most miserable experience of my entire life... But I love my new smile! And i can chew normally! Yep. Life is good and I wouldn't change a thing. Have pre-jaw surgery questions? Or maybe you just had surgery and you have recovery questions? Ask away! - I consider myself an expert at this point. =]
