One year ago today I was laying in a hospital bed with my mouth wired shut, my cheeks puffed up, a suction tool in my mouth and an oxygen mask on my face, with a white board as my only means of communication. It's been an interesting road, but I never imagined a year would go by so fast.
Tonight at dinner I ate a couple of carrots. It had been a while since I had tried because I would get pain afterwards. It's been about three hours since dinner and I can feel discomfort on the upper right joint by my ear. I guess I will wait a little bit longer.
My lower lip and chin remain numb with no changes for quite sometime. I wonder if the feeling will come back. The numbness in the chin I can live with, but I miss feeling a normal kiss. It causes a great bit of inner sadness that many probably don't know about. I have days where I wish I never done it for that very reason. I'm very curious to see where I will be a year from now. And I hold hope that I will be able to have full feeling back, at the very least in my lower lip.
3 comments:
We'll keep praying that the numbness goes away - all of it!! I can't believe it's been a year since you went through the surgery.
You look absolutely beautiful. Love the photo with this post!!
I had upper and lower 10 days ago and I can deeply relate to your sadness. I hope I'm not still numb in a year! I already am pretty sure my appearance won't be very improved either. I do hope the feeling comes back and the pain goes away.
Hi Heidi,
Thanks for visiting my blog, and for your kind comments. My numbness has improved in my lip, more tingly than numb now, and my whole chin is tingly. I guess that's good. My docs gave me some special B-vitamin supplements called Methycobal and Adetphos that are supposed to aid in nerve regeneration. Have you looked into them? Best of luck! Scott
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