Fifth week of recovery!
It’s the final countdown! Dundundundundun… One week left of non-chewable food and rubber bands (hopefully!). This was another uneventful week. Everything has been running smoothly. I can brush my teeth like a normal human being. Well almost normal. I still can not open my mouth wide enough for me to be able to brush my teeth completely normal but it works anyway. Right now my biggest problem is that my jaw is hindering me from opening my mouth as wide as I used to be able to do.
It is actually quite sad. My friends poke fun at me because of it. Now when I open my mouth as wide as I can, and it really feels like I am opening it as much as I used to, then it is only about 2 cm between my front teeth. However I have my suspicions that this will get better once I am allowed to start chewing. This should train my jaw enough to open further then the pathetic 2 cm I am able to do right now or at least that is my reasoning.
Other than that nothing has really happened worth noting when it comes to things concerning my jaw. I am making sure to eat a lot of mashed potatoes now since I usually try to stay away from potatoes altogether but now I have the excuse that it is one of the few things I can eat! (I am fooling myself!) Also I have a great tip when it comes to yummy things you CAN eat without chewing. CAKE! More specifically sponge cake (and carrot cake). I have been making, and eating, a lot of soft cakes since I love to bake and am only able to eat soft cakes (because you know this little thing that I am forbidden from chewing and must “split” all my food using my tongue.) For you in Sweden Princess-cake is wonderful for this purpose, AKA eating sweets without chewing. But make sure to save the best for last! (Only one of you will get that one and you know who you are :D)
Tomorrow I have three appointments at the doctor’s office! First with my jaw surgeon to check on my progress and then with my orthodontist and finally to get x-rays of my jaw once more. I hope to be able to get a photograph of them to post here! I also have a few questions for my surgeon that I will post the answers to here afterwards. Among others about working out because I am not allowed to do so for 2-3 months after my surgery but since it is summer I need to make sure that it is okay for me to go bicycling and so forth.
I will also ask how much longer I need to use the rubber bands, when I can officially start chewing and if I need to start off with softer foods or if I can go right for the crackers and similar. :) That post will probably be up on Wednesday (17th of June) or at least I hope it will! Until then bye!