grounded . . .

sigh -- ever feel like you just can't get ahead?  that's how i've been feeling lately.

on sunday afternoon i pulled a muscle in my back.  ouch!!!  well -- monday i had to go to syracuse to pick paul up at the train station - he was just coming back from his annual HOBY trip - to chicago this time.  because of the pulled muscle, my sister drove up and i rode along.  i was also on the go on tuesday ---

long story short --- my back has been getting worse instead of better, nothing i was doing seemed to help -  so decided i'd better go to the doctor's today.  well --- apparently not only do i have a pulled muscle, but i also knocked my pelvis out of whack.  sigh.  how did i manage that you may be wondering  --- good question.  i wish i had a good story -- sky-diving, rescuing a kitten from a tree, a summer camp trapeze accident --- nope, i simple bent over to pick something up off of the floor. sigh ---

anyway -- so he re-aligned my pelvis.  didn't give me any meds for now -- i have to go back on tuesday for him to check it again.  told me to load up on IBU and apply heat -- and REST.  told me the worst thing i could have done was go to syracuse -- sigh.  oh well ----

he also grounded me.  i can only travel for 15- 20 minutes -- and if any of you could see where i live, you would  know that won't get me very far -- town is 10 minutes from here, and not much there.

so -- i had stuff planned -- of course -- for the weekend, a reunion a festival, etc. all atleast an hour drive one way ---sigh.  frustrating.

a friend who called to check in on my said --- "don't you hate when God doesn't check your calender before messing with you"  hehehehe --- exactly!

 

well -- at least i'm feeling a little better. sigh -- if it's not one thing, it's another - -

smile update!

i just realized i haven't updated in awhile about how things are going with my new smile! ;)  it's been about 3 1/2 months.

here is an updated photo:

things are going well!  the trips to the dentist are few and far between now, things get easier to eat every day -- there are still a few things that are tricky, but we're gaining.  the sore spots are pretty much gone.  i've been having to use adhesive in the temporary plates to hold them in place -- the doc tells me that when we get the new ones i won't have the problem.

things are going great!

for those of you "just tuning in", you can follow the story here.  you can go back a few posts, and forward some to get more of the story.

thanks for checking in!

word of the week . . . patience

well, we're one week post -op.  things are going well.  patience has been the word of the week, but i think things are going pretty well.  things seem to be healing well - and we're adjusting the "sore spots" as they come.
 
i'm starting to eat real food - soft foods, but more then pudding and yogurt!
 
talking is getting better - still a little garbled, but better.
 
so -- patience.  and practice.  it will come - in good time.  rome wasn't built in a day, and this will take time.
 
be watching for pictures soon -- i promise! ;)

baby steps . . .

i ran across this photo online - and i thought that it summed up where i am at this point.  the title of the photo is 'baby steps".

this process has been interesting to say the least --- the healing is going "as planned" i guess.  right now we are in the process of fixing 'sore spots' as they arise.  dwindling down the plastic as the gums and tissues heal and settle.

i'm not eating a wide variety of foods just yet -- still haven't been able to chew very much - but, at least i'm eating!  i didn't eat anything for 2 1/2 days after surgery because i couldn't get it down.  if it wasn't for the gag reflex, it was something else.  my mouth felt  like a tunnel - plastic everywhere.  once the dentist adjusted some of that it made it alot easier.

surprisingly i haven't had alot of pain.  mostly some discomfort as they settle and we figure it all out.  for that - i'm grateful.

i've been told my appearance is very different from what it was -- i see the obvious, but at the same time it is hard for me -- i still feel swollen and puffy, and i'm still getting used to how my mouth "works" now.  so i haven't taken any new pics just yet.  i will.  they will come in time.  i'll post some here - along with the "before" pics - which, btw, i was looking at -- i took some the day before surgery.  wow.  of course there is a difference.

all in all -- things are going well.  i don't regret my decision, and i'm in love with dr. k.  -- she rocks!  :)

i'll keep you posted! :)