Four weeks since my surgery and I have been doing well. I had another doctor’s appointment on Monday which went fairly well. For one thing, I am finally able to drink through a straw now! Baby steps, haha! But seriously, it really “sucked” eating my food through a syringe because sometimes the rubber stopper would expand due to heat and not fit the tube any more. With a straw, I will be able to eat more food! But I am still on a liquid diet for another three weeks. The surgeon also said I was able to sleep lying down finally! Thank God for that, because I am definitely able to sleep better nowadays. A third joyful event is that I am able to wear my bands on my braces at night times only! Throughout the day before when I did have bands on, sometimes they would break during the day which was very annoying, but now I don’t have to deal with it because I only wear them going to bed.
I’m so happy right now because of those three “upgrades” if you will. They will make my healing process much easier now. Also, the surgeon said if the healing looks good at next week’s appointment, I will not have to see them for two more weeks, and at the end of those two weeks, I will finally have this splint taken off of my top teeth!! This is great news because then I will be able to talk normally without the obstruction of the splint. I’ll have to coordinate with my orthodontist to see if they can have an appointment the same time, so they will be able to repair my braces the same day that my splint gets taken off. Things are looking good so far!
