I'm definitely still swollen, and it doesn't seem to be going away. It's more likely that you are swollen in the morning, and I definitely agree with that. I've been trying to keep on my toes the whole day and drink more ginger! By 6pm, I definitely looked better. I hope my double chin goes away soon.
One thing that's annoying, other than not being able to eat, is that my rubber bands are starting to turn yellow from the carrot apple juice. Luckily, I'm not seeing very many people, but ew gross. I admit that I probably didn't do this liquid diet thing right. I'm hungry pretty much all the time, but I stopped losing weight which is good! I am though, making a mental list of the foods I really want to eat when I get to eat again!
My friends are coming to visit me later today. I'm kind of nervous because the last time I saw a friend, she couldn't stop laughing when I tried talking, which made me laugh, and laughing sort of hurts. At night, I yawn a lot and it scares me every time because it pulls my jaw apart and I don't want to hurt myself. I also try not to sneeze.
Taking time off work? Depending on what your doctor/insurance company classifies your surgery, you can apply for state disability after jaw surgery. Everything is online now but it's still very confusing. There's no real person you can contact, everything is just an automated recording. One thing I didn't understand was after you apply for disability insurance through the EDD, you personally have to contact your physician to process your claim. I didn't understand this so it took me a few days to actually find an email I can use to contact my medical provider. Doesn't help that I'm not able to make normal modes of communication work, like the phone and walking into their office.
Take-Away:
1) Still swollen
2) Still Hungry
3) Yawning and sneezing are scary
4) You have to forward EDD information to physician, and you should do this before you have surgery.
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