Day 5 - Cooking

I'm finally caught up to the present!  If you haven't noticed, all the posts in this blog are from today because I was not well enough to start a blog the day after surgery.  I woke up today feeling pretty good.  As usual, I took my morning bath and it felt really nice.  My face sort of looks like the swelling is decreasing, but not noticeably so.  Just glad that it wasn't any bigger than the day before.

I woke up hungry.  So most of the morning was spent juicing carrots and apples to make me some yummy juice! I highly recommend buying a juicer, even a cheap one, if you can.  I bought a cheap one at Walmart for around $30 that lasted me a good two years before I dropped it and broke.  My parents have a Jack LaLanne's power juicer so I am able to use that.  Let's not get into the details of what juicer is the best, because if we start that, this will never end.  Just, get one.

I was really hungry (notice the theme here?) so I decided to cook dinner for my family as a thank you.  I just wanted to feel normal again I guess. It took me almost 4 hours to cook, granted I chose an elaborate dinner.  It was amazing how little work can make you so tired when you're running on a liquid diet!  I had to take a lot of breaks just to get through the cooking process.  When I sat down with my family for dinner, I got a little emotional because I was just really overwhelmed with this whole process.  I am still not fully convinced that this was worth it.  This will hopefully change, and I'm thinking it will when my plastic splint comes out.  I feel like others have downplayed the splint...but I think it's actually one of the biggest reasons why this is so hard!!!

I am still taking the penicillin 3 times a day.  It still makes me nauseous each time, but I may be getting used to it now.  I probably will take some painkiller tonight.  It just seems to be a theme that when I lie down, my jaw just really hurts.  I contemplated sleeping on the massage chair tonight, but I will let you know if I end up doing that.  I wore a hot compress most of the day around my face.  It's good to take them off once in a while though.

Other than carrot and apple juice, I was able to eat some yogurt using the syringe, and some chicken vegetable stock soup, yum!  I still need more creative ways to get nutrients in my diet, but I think at this point I'm just eating/drinking what I can.

Take-Away:
1) You start becoming hANGRY.
2) You contemplate if this is all worth it.
3) Swelling is slowly going down.
4) Buy a juicer.
5) Any movement/exercise will make you tired.