Seriously...Its like being stuck in a snow globe. Did you ever see the little pixar short with the little snow man in the snow globe and his whole plot was to try to get to the beach trinket? Where the hell is my beach trinket?!
Every year I say it earlier and earlier. I am so done with snow. We have entirely too much of it already. Rumor has it more snow Christmas Eve?! Come on...is this some sort of cruel joke? I don't even want to know what January and February have in store. I feel an egging of Kevin Skarupa's house/car/very essence of his being coming on.....
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Fidelity Holiday Party - Redux
So I've been promising to do a recap of the annual mess known as the Holiday party. But due to circumstances beyond my control *cough* weather *cough* I have not been able to do so until this very day...So here it is.
Let me tell you this first...I looked fabulous. I just want to throw that out there. I bought a dress like back in October for this gala event that I absolutely had to have. I *hearted* it. ANYWAYS, the party was a bit more low key this year. Which is relative in comparison to other Holiday parties that I know of. Less people showed up, I think due to less people being employed, and the weather being as cucky as it was. But have no fear, those who were there did not disappoint.
There were numerous molestations on various dance floors, heavy alcohol consumption, and "gopher" dancing everywhere. Sorry boys, you really need to learn a new move other than the "gopher". And no grinding, or stupid silly dances (see: sprinkler) will substitute. I will still laugh though if you do it....
You know I laugh at this every year because I really think people drink so much, they forget they work with these people. Don't get me wrong, I like to drink with the best of them, I think anyone reading this can attest to that. But seriously....you WORK with these people. Day in and day out. It's one thing to get a fun little buzz....but to be sloppy, fall-down, make out with strangers drunk...well that's just embarrassing. There was a time and a place for behavior like that and that time was College.
I promised I would leave specific names out, and frankly I do not know everyone's name so those who are about to be humiliated will be spared. Overall, I must say the people I recognized from H&W were VERY well behaved this year. Kudos to all of you!! Maybe cause all of the retarded people stayed home...who knows, but those who came out were behaved. Sadly I cannot say the same for our compatriots next door. I know the stock market is in the toilet, but seriously...have some class. I saw some of the most disgusting and outlandish behavior that I am even too embarrassed to speak of here. Its very sad.....All I will say, is look out for "Mess"...she is out there, somewhere in Contra...hunting for the nearest male, female, or inanimate object...
Look for a post on Saturday I have another train wreck of a Holiday Party to go to, which may be more entertaining than this one in regards to people watching.
Lessons learned or just revisited:
~ Boys, regardless of age or alcohol intake, cannot dance. Someone prove me wrong...please
* Although please continue doing whatever move that is, it is QUITE entertaining to watch
~ Buffet lines scare me. Too many people touching my food. I do not know where their hands have been...and frankly I do not want to know.
~I love Coors light. It is my best friend and my "safe-zone"
~Never take drinks from a stranger...you never know where it came from or what kind of roofies are in it.
~ I hate my braces...I can never say that enough.
~ Dancing all night in 5 in stilettos makes the lady who does my pedicures veeeeeery mad.
~ I really do love new car smell. Like brand new car smell...not to rub it in or anything ;-)
~ Some people really do just suck...Nothing we can do to help them. I hate people who think they are above others.
~You can never hear too much Journey or Bon Jovi in any given night.
Oh and before I forget....I think maybe only my Cheese Facsimile friend, and Beef Boner in arms, may have witnessed me doing it...but I totally danced in a Soul Train line to Donna Summer. I was however much better dressed than ANYONE on Soul Train.
Don Cornelius out
Let me tell you this first...I looked fabulous. I just want to throw that out there. I bought a dress like back in October for this gala event that I absolutely had to have. I *hearted* it. ANYWAYS, the party was a bit more low key this year. Which is relative in comparison to other Holiday parties that I know of. Less people showed up, I think due to less people being employed, and the weather being as cucky as it was. But have no fear, those who were there did not disappoint.
There were numerous molestations on various dance floors, heavy alcohol consumption, and "gopher" dancing everywhere. Sorry boys, you really need to learn a new move other than the "gopher". And no grinding, or stupid silly dances (see: sprinkler) will substitute. I will still laugh though if you do it....
You know I laugh at this every year because I really think people drink so much, they forget they work with these people. Don't get me wrong, I like to drink with the best of them, I think anyone reading this can attest to that. But seriously....you WORK with these people. Day in and day out. It's one thing to get a fun little buzz....but to be sloppy, fall-down, make out with strangers drunk...well that's just embarrassing. There was a time and a place for behavior like that and that time was College.
I promised I would leave specific names out, and frankly I do not know everyone's name so those who are about to be humiliated will be spared. Overall, I must say the people I recognized from H&W were VERY well behaved this year. Kudos to all of you!! Maybe cause all of the retarded people stayed home...who knows, but those who came out were behaved. Sadly I cannot say the same for our compatriots next door. I know the stock market is in the toilet, but seriously...have some class. I saw some of the most disgusting and outlandish behavior that I am even too embarrassed to speak of here. Its very sad.....All I will say, is look out for "Mess"...she is out there, somewhere in Contra...hunting for the nearest male, female, or inanimate object...
Look for a post on Saturday I have another train wreck of a Holiday Party to go to, which may be more entertaining than this one in regards to people watching.
Lessons learned or just revisited:
~ Boys, regardless of age or alcohol intake, cannot dance. Someone prove me wrong...please
* Although please continue doing whatever move that is, it is QUITE entertaining to watch
~ Buffet lines scare me. Too many people touching my food. I do not know where their hands have been...and frankly I do not want to know.
~I love Coors light. It is my best friend and my "safe-zone"
~Never take drinks from a stranger...you never know where it came from or what kind of roofies are in it.
~ I hate my braces...I can never say that enough.
~ Dancing all night in 5 in stilettos makes the lady who does my pedicures veeeeeery mad.
~ I really do love new car smell. Like brand new car smell...not to rub it in or anything ;-)
~ Some people really do just suck...Nothing we can do to help them. I hate people who think they are above others.
~You can never hear too much Journey or Bon Jovi in any given night.
Oh and before I forget....I think maybe only my Cheese Facsimile friend, and Beef Boner in arms, may have witnessed me doing it...but I totally danced in a Soul Train line to Donna Summer. I was however much better dressed than ANYONE on Soul Train.
Don Cornelius out
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Yabba Dabba Dooooooooo
Now that I am out of the stoneage and have power again I will start posting....
Man that was the longest 4 days EVER!
Anyways, I won't post a long one now, I'll do it when I get home. Look for it tonight. It will have Holiday Party deets in it. ;-)
Man that was the longest 4 days EVER!
Anyways, I won't post a long one now, I'll do it when I get home. Look for it tonight. It will have Holiday Party deets in it. ;-)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Oops
Yesterday I managed to break not one, not two, but three out of the five rubber bands in my mouth. That must be some sort of skill, talent, or SOMETHING. Anything???
Well then came all the import and yet difficult task. Trying to replace them. If I wasn't able to do so myself, well then I would need to go back to the hospital for him to replace them. I had a sinking feeling if after 2 days of having them in, and I am already breaking them, I better learn how to replace them....and fast. So here I trudge off to the ladies room with my surgical clamp and my little baggie of impossibly small rubber bands. This should be interesting, if not comical.
*Cue the weird looks from fellow coworkers*
SUCCESS!! I am able to take them out, and put them back in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall by myself!! Hooray!! Now I know, if I need to cram a utensil in there, I can take out the front three (trapezoid and 2 triangles) so that I don't shear them like I did the first set. It may even prolong the life of the rubber band!! weeeeeeeeeee!!
Its the little things in life that make me happy.....Or just the fact that I don't have to go back to the Elliot ;-)
Well then came all the import and yet difficult task. Trying to replace them. If I wasn't able to do so myself, well then I would need to go back to the hospital for him to replace them. I had a sinking feeling if after 2 days of having them in, and I am already breaking them, I better learn how to replace them....and fast. So here I trudge off to the ladies room with my surgical clamp and my little baggie of impossibly small rubber bands. This should be interesting, if not comical.
*Cue the weird looks from fellow coworkers*
SUCCESS!! I am able to take them out, and put them back in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall by myself!! Hooray!! Now I know, if I need to cram a utensil in there, I can take out the front three (trapezoid and 2 triangles) so that I don't shear them like I did the first set. It may even prolong the life of the rubber band!! weeeeeeeeeee!!
Its the little things in life that make me happy.....Or just the fact that I don't have to go back to the Elliot ;-)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Don't Count Your Chickens...
Yeah and I did the other day. Damnit.
So the last post was about the trapezoid from hell. And pretty much how I some how squirmed out of getting an additional 4 rubber bands in my mouth. *Cue the surgeon*
I went to the the happiest place on earth yesterday, the Elliot, and my orthodontist had already gotten a hold of my surgeon on the topic of the moment, my double bite. He took some more photos, looked at my face, checked out my screwy bite and made possibly the WORST DECISION EVER. He added the 4 triangles of rubber bands. You scoff at it. Rubber bands aren't so bad right? hahahahahha Well the trapezoid rubber band is a big one. Easy to take out, and put in. The ones I have in from the surgeon? The band is about the size of a pinhead, and requires a tool to put in. Needless to say, these do not come out. ugh. With all of them in, I feel like I am rewired shut. Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling I have right now. Nothing.
So back to the liquid/spoon diet. I suppose that's good to have right before a couple of holiday parties I am going to. Drop any weight I have put on in the last 2 weeks pretty quickly. You always have to look at the bright side of things, as awful as it may be.
Anyways I have these triangles for AT LEAST 2 weeks. The trapezoid for another 7. I can deal with the trapezoid, but the triangles are brutal. I am hoping I can stretch them out a liiiiiiiiiittle bit in the next day or so to alleviate some of this horrid pain and to allow me to at least fit a fork in there. Come on...work with me here.
Anyways that's the latest word. I am kind of in a foul mood as a result so take note. I am hoping this immediate frustration is short lived and that I will be back to my perky self tomorrow.
Keep your fingers crossed
So the last post was about the trapezoid from hell. And pretty much how I some how squirmed out of getting an additional 4 rubber bands in my mouth. *Cue the surgeon*
I went to the the happiest place on earth yesterday, the Elliot, and my orthodontist had already gotten a hold of my surgeon on the topic of the moment, my double bite. He took some more photos, looked at my face, checked out my screwy bite and made possibly the WORST DECISION EVER. He added the 4 triangles of rubber bands. You scoff at it. Rubber bands aren't so bad right? hahahahahha Well the trapezoid rubber band is a big one. Easy to take out, and put in. The ones I have in from the surgeon? The band is about the size of a pinhead, and requires a tool to put in. Needless to say, these do not come out. ugh. With all of them in, I feel like I am rewired shut. Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling I have right now. Nothing.
So back to the liquid/spoon diet. I suppose that's good to have right before a couple of holiday parties I am going to. Drop any weight I have put on in the last 2 weeks pretty quickly. You always have to look at the bright side of things, as awful as it may be.
Anyways I have these triangles for AT LEAST 2 weeks. The trapezoid for another 7. I can deal with the trapezoid, but the triangles are brutal. I am hoping I can stretch them out a liiiiiiiiiittle bit in the next day or so to alleviate some of this horrid pain and to allow me to at least fit a fork in there. Come on...work with me here.
Anyways that's the latest word. I am kind of in a foul mood as a result so take note. I am hoping this immediate frustration is short lived and that I will be back to my perky self tomorrow.
Keep your fingers crossed
Friday, December 5, 2008
I Hate Geometry
So time for some orthodontic news....
I went to visit my friends at Amherst Ortho today. I haven't seen them in a while. I am sure they missed me. I was a bit nervous about what kind of contraption they were going to put in my mouth this time....and thankfully they did NOT disappoint.
Before I divulge into that fun let me explain my bite now...I now have 2 bites. Yes 2. One is the functional bite and one is called some fancy name, or neutral. My functional bite is the one that everyone sees every day...the normal one where I would chew, and close my mouth at. Now the Neutral bite is for example when I sleep. For most people, this is the same as the other, for me not so much. My bite slides back. Why I don't know...I just know it does. Is it bad? Again I don't know. The orthodontist told me lots of people live with a dual bite and are fine. Whether or not I can is not the issue for me...I don't want to. I just had surgery to fix a crooked bite and now I end up with another issue?!?! How the hell does that work!? Anyways I don't know how someone would correct it, I know my orthodontist wanted my surgeon's number which can never be good. Watch me end up in there again....I'll even bet on it. Damn genetics...
So after that fun news, I get elastics. Oh yes....it wasn't going to be hey here's some cucky news, see ya in a few weeks...nooooooooooo. I was supposed to wear 3 elastics, but thankfully the orthodontist had some issues with my wire and broke a bunch of brackets so I only have one...but this one is a doozy. On my top I have 2 hooks left, the 2 teeth on either side of your front teeth. On my bottom, I only have the 2 very front ones still with hooks. Sooooo you guessed it, I have them all looped in a giant rubber band trapezoid. Who brought the cool kid?? Oh that's right I did. Thankfully the back set of rubber bands are not in. Those will be a triangle on each side.....Have no fear, I will be getting those in 7 weeks in addition to the trapezoid from hell....hahahaha....
Anyways, another lack luster trip to the orthodontist with no promise of being freed anytime in the near future. Its not looking promising for being released this spring, but you never know.
On the plus side I think I am getting a car tomorrow! Woot woot!! New ride here I come! And I promise to all 5 of my readers that I will never drive when I am tired again.
Have a great weekend!
I went to visit my friends at Amherst Ortho today. I haven't seen them in a while. I am sure they missed me. I was a bit nervous about what kind of contraption they were going to put in my mouth this time....and thankfully they did NOT disappoint.
Before I divulge into that fun let me explain my bite now...I now have 2 bites. Yes 2. One is the functional bite and one is called some fancy name, or neutral. My functional bite is the one that everyone sees every day...the normal one where I would chew, and close my mouth at. Now the Neutral bite is for example when I sleep. For most people, this is the same as the other, for me not so much. My bite slides back. Why I don't know...I just know it does. Is it bad? Again I don't know. The orthodontist told me lots of people live with a dual bite and are fine. Whether or not I can is not the issue for me...I don't want to. I just had surgery to fix a crooked bite and now I end up with another issue?!?! How the hell does that work!? Anyways I don't know how someone would correct it, I know my orthodontist wanted my surgeon's number which can never be good. Watch me end up in there again....I'll even bet on it. Damn genetics...
So after that fun news, I get elastics. Oh yes....it wasn't going to be hey here's some cucky news, see ya in a few weeks...nooooooooooo. I was supposed to wear 3 elastics, but thankfully the orthodontist had some issues with my wire and broke a bunch of brackets so I only have one...but this one is a doozy. On my top I have 2 hooks left, the 2 teeth on either side of your front teeth. On my bottom, I only have the 2 very front ones still with hooks. Sooooo you guessed it, I have them all looped in a giant rubber band trapezoid. Who brought the cool kid?? Oh that's right I did. Thankfully the back set of rubber bands are not in. Those will be a triangle on each side.....Have no fear, I will be getting those in 7 weeks in addition to the trapezoid from hell....hahahaha....
Anyways, another lack luster trip to the orthodontist with no promise of being freed anytime in the near future. Its not looking promising for being released this spring, but you never know.
On the plus side I think I am getting a car tomorrow! Woot woot!! New ride here I come! And I promise to all 5 of my readers that I will never drive when I am tired again.
Have a great weekend!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Too Close For Comfort
Ok so again I am going off topic today...I need an outlet for what just happened and this is the perfect place to do it.
I go out a lot. I can be responsible and irresponsible. Since one of my friend's lost his license I have been a bit more behaved, since I offer to drive him. He lives about 20-30 minutes away from me, so it's a bit of me going out of my way....But I like hanging out with my friends.
As we all know I have been hurriedly trying to get back to the normalcy I once knew. Burning the candle at both ends shall we say. But not in the partying aspect, just everything in general. Well it finally all caught up to me in one giant screeching halt....
I was being the good friend, I was the designated driver tonight so i picked up my friend. I had also been running all day since about 430am. We went to the normal watering hole, I behaved...I knew that I had to drive and that I was already exhausted. We left, I dropped him off, I start back home. I was tired...physically exhausted. I was drowsy at the wheel...bad combination. I was at most 5 minutes from my house at the town line and I dozed off for all of 5 seconds. That's all I needed....I woke up the car listed heavily to the left, I think I was on an embankment of some sort. I plowed into a telephone pole that snapped into god knows how many pieces. That's all I remember about the accident. I think I hit my head on the steering wheel. I "came to" and I was disoriented. I didn't know what way was up. I heard a bzzzzzzzzt and saw sparks, a downed power line, entirely too close to the car. I yelled for help, it was 1230am nobody was going to hear me. It's a futile effort. I undid my seat belt and fell out of the seat, the car was upside down. I needed to find a way out, fast. Who knows what was leaking. I some how managed to shimmy out of the sunroof, back on the grass, pulling on the passenger door frame. I got out...holy hell I got out.
The rest of the night was an emotional blur. I don't know if I have ever cried that much just out of sheer terror and gratefulness. I was shaking worse than someone with Parkinson's...still am. I was taken to the hospital, questioned by the police, the whole 9 yards. I have never been in a car accident before, and everybody who saw the car could not believe that I was standing, talking, functioning. Even the people in the hospital anticipated a horrific trauma victim, not someone who was wide awake without a single broken bone. I escaped with a sprained wrist, bruises from the force against the seat belt, cut on my forehead, and giant egg on my forehead.
I was a cynical person, skeptical about god....a higher being....miracles....any of that. Well someone was watching over me tonight. It wasn't my time. Someone took care of me...and I can only say, thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to live to see another day.
I go out a lot. I can be responsible and irresponsible. Since one of my friend's lost his license I have been a bit more behaved, since I offer to drive him. He lives about 20-30 minutes away from me, so it's a bit of me going out of my way....But I like hanging out with my friends.
As we all know I have been hurriedly trying to get back to the normalcy I once knew. Burning the candle at both ends shall we say. But not in the partying aspect, just everything in general. Well it finally all caught up to me in one giant screeching halt....
I was being the good friend, I was the designated driver tonight so i picked up my friend. I had also been running all day since about 430am. We went to the normal watering hole, I behaved...I knew that I had to drive and that I was already exhausted. We left, I dropped him off, I start back home. I was tired...physically exhausted. I was drowsy at the wheel...bad combination. I was at most 5 minutes from my house at the town line and I dozed off for all of 5 seconds. That's all I needed....I woke up the car listed heavily to the left, I think I was on an embankment of some sort. I plowed into a telephone pole that snapped into god knows how many pieces. That's all I remember about the accident. I think I hit my head on the steering wheel. I "came to" and I was disoriented. I didn't know what way was up. I heard a bzzzzzzzzt and saw sparks, a downed power line, entirely too close to the car. I yelled for help, it was 1230am nobody was going to hear me. It's a futile effort. I undid my seat belt and fell out of the seat, the car was upside down. I needed to find a way out, fast. Who knows what was leaking. I some how managed to shimmy out of the sunroof, back on the grass, pulling on the passenger door frame. I got out...holy hell I got out.
The rest of the night was an emotional blur. I don't know if I have ever cried that much just out of sheer terror and gratefulness. I was shaking worse than someone with Parkinson's...still am. I was taken to the hospital, questioned by the police, the whole 9 yards. I have never been in a car accident before, and everybody who saw the car could not believe that I was standing, talking, functioning. Even the people in the hospital anticipated a horrific trauma victim, not someone who was wide awake without a single broken bone. I escaped with a sprained wrist, bruises from the force against the seat belt, cut on my forehead, and giant egg on my forehead.
I was a cynical person, skeptical about god....a higher being....miracles....any of that. Well someone was watching over me tonight. It wasn't my time. Someone took care of me...and I can only say, thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to live to see another day.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Drunk N' Bake
tired....buzzed...and I made a fierce apple pie
bitchin...
I am so domesticated!
good night
bitchin...
I am so domesticated!
good night
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Learning Curve
Someone needs to make one for this whole eating thing. I know I have said it just about every single day and I will continue saying it....this is frustrating. Very frustrating.
So I can chew, sort of. I think because I have a few rogue teeth that need to be moved, it still feels weird. I want to be able to eat like a normal person. I want to not have to think about it when I go to take a bite...Will it fit? Can I chew this? Did I cut it small enough? This has resulted in me just either not eating, or only eating when I am home for the sole fear I will look like a slob.
I have gotten a bit sensitive about my post-wires recovery. I think its warranted. The wired shut phase was difficult, and incredibly lonely at times. Now that I can talk again, all these people are coming out of the woodwork. Like where were you 3 weeks ago? I can't stand fake people, or people who just show up when it benefits them. Coulda, woulda, shoulda....but you didn't and that's all that matters.
My cat is going to miss me terribly. I've been home and cuddly for the last 6 weeks. She will be sad. As will I...I mean I am up early regardless of work or not, but to actually have to DO something with myself...unheard of. Thankfully it's a holiday week so it will be a skeleton crew in house. Less drive by's at the desk which allows me to get settled in a bit better.
Another appointment with the surgeon on Monday. I think this is just making sure stuff is still in place, no pain, etc. I check the mirror repeatedly, doc, I am good. Lets take the pins out.
Anyways, have a great Sunday and I'll catch ya later
So I can chew, sort of. I think because I have a few rogue teeth that need to be moved, it still feels weird. I want to be able to eat like a normal person. I want to not have to think about it when I go to take a bite...Will it fit? Can I chew this? Did I cut it small enough? This has resulted in me just either not eating, or only eating when I am home for the sole fear I will look like a slob.
I have gotten a bit sensitive about my post-wires recovery. I think its warranted. The wired shut phase was difficult, and incredibly lonely at times. Now that I can talk again, all these people are coming out of the woodwork. Like where were you 3 weeks ago? I can't stand fake people, or people who just show up when it benefits them. Coulda, woulda, shoulda....but you didn't and that's all that matters.
My cat is going to miss me terribly. I've been home and cuddly for the last 6 weeks. She will be sad. As will I...I mean I am up early regardless of work or not, but to actually have to DO something with myself...unheard of. Thankfully it's a holiday week so it will be a skeleton crew in house. Less drive by's at the desk which allows me to get settled in a bit better.
Another appointment with the surgeon on Monday. I think this is just making sure stuff is still in place, no pain, etc. I check the mirror repeatedly, doc, I am good. Lets take the pins out.
Anyways, have a great Sunday and I'll catch ya later
Friday, November 21, 2008
Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy....
I had to....I cannot take credit for it, but I had to do it. That line always makes me laugh....
Anyways enough with the lyrical shenanigans. You don't come here for that. You come for the excitement of my life!! hahahahahaha. Soooo where did I leave off?? Oh yes...I have an almost daily appointment with the surgeon to check up on me. I seem to be healing well. I was there on Wednesday and he said that "we were just going to let it all settle where it is". Good, bad? I don't know. I am pretty happy with it. Although it seems as though my bite changes daily, I am hoping this settling thing will occur soon. I am still rubber band free (woot! woot!) and it is fabulous.
Eating is still a challenge. I am certain this will be a challenge for a long time to come. I don't think people understand exactly why I am unable to eat normally right when they unwire me. This is what I have been saying. You bust your knee playing tennis, they keep you in a knee brace/immobilize the knee for 6-8 weeks. At the conclusion of the 6-8 weeks does the Dr. tell you go to play tennis on day 1? Nooooo....for 2 reasons, 1 because it would not be good for the knee, and 2 you wouldn't be able to anyways cause you don't have a full range of motion in it. The muscles in your face are no different. I have to retrain them how to work again. I can't just open my mouth and shove a sandwich in there.
I'd have to say though the 2 things that have bothered me the most from exposing the new face to the real world are reactions I have gotten from people. One of them I have heard a lot, some people have even asked me it more than once, and it is "Oh welcome back...when do you get your braces off?" Really? That's all you have to say? Honestly, that's the least of my worries at the moment. So I hate to sound like a bitch, but I don't know, and frankly there are more important things I need to worry about before they do that. There. I said it. I do not need the back handed compliment....
The second thing was, I think, even worse than that...."Oh but I don't notice anything..." Well that was supposed to be the point, sort of. I wasn't going all Joan Rivers on you, but come on....you don't notice the 25lb weight loss? Or the fact that my face isn't grotesquely crooked anymore? Ok ok ok whatever. Maybe I am being nit-picky. I just expected more people to just say "You look great!" without questioning future things, or just kind of tossing it aside. Can't a girl just get a plain old compliment????
Anyways, that's my venting for the day. Maybe I can try and eat some more stuff today. Bust out the sweet bib and the mirror!
Anyways enough with the lyrical shenanigans. You don't come here for that. You come for the excitement of my life!! hahahahahaha. Soooo where did I leave off?? Oh yes...I have an almost daily appointment with the surgeon to check up on me. I seem to be healing well. I was there on Wednesday and he said that "we were just going to let it all settle where it is". Good, bad? I don't know. I am pretty happy with it. Although it seems as though my bite changes daily, I am hoping this settling thing will occur soon. I am still rubber band free (woot! woot!) and it is fabulous.
Eating is still a challenge. I am certain this will be a challenge for a long time to come. I don't think people understand exactly why I am unable to eat normally right when they unwire me. This is what I have been saying. You bust your knee playing tennis, they keep you in a knee brace/immobilize the knee for 6-8 weeks. At the conclusion of the 6-8 weeks does the Dr. tell you go to play tennis on day 1? Nooooo....for 2 reasons, 1 because it would not be good for the knee, and 2 you wouldn't be able to anyways cause you don't have a full range of motion in it. The muscles in your face are no different. I have to retrain them how to work again. I can't just open my mouth and shove a sandwich in there.
I'd have to say though the 2 things that have bothered me the most from exposing the new face to the real world are reactions I have gotten from people. One of them I have heard a lot, some people have even asked me it more than once, and it is "Oh welcome back...when do you get your braces off?" Really? That's all you have to say? Honestly, that's the least of my worries at the moment. So I hate to sound like a bitch, but I don't know, and frankly there are more important things I need to worry about before they do that. There. I said it. I do not need the back handed compliment....
The second thing was, I think, even worse than that...."Oh but I don't notice anything..." Well that was supposed to be the point, sort of. I wasn't going all Joan Rivers on you, but come on....you don't notice the 25lb weight loss? Or the fact that my face isn't grotesquely crooked anymore? Ok ok ok whatever. Maybe I am being nit-picky. I just expected more people to just say "You look great!" without questioning future things, or just kind of tossing it aside. Can't a girl just get a plain old compliment????
Anyways, that's my venting for the day. Maybe I can try and eat some more stuff today. Bust out the sweet bib and the mirror!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Weird...Very Weird
So I went to the surgeon yesterday. I explained to him my dilemma about the progressive crookedness of my bite which I thought was due to the rubber bands. He suggested we take the bands out and see how my bite is. Voila! It lined up!! I wasn't crazy!! He asked me if it was a progressive move, or if it was instantaneous. I said it was fine on Thursday and Friday. He told me the reason he put the bands in as he did was cause the muscles in my face were not lined up, so he was concerned it was going to try and pull it back to the asymmetry I had before. It worked, but they were now over-correcting. So lets try without any bands for a few days and see how you are. Okie! I made a nervous joke about how I thought I would need to be rewired, he said well we're not out of THOSE woods just yet.....Craptastic.
And here I am. I have an appointment tomorrow @ 10am with him to see what the deal is. If I can start with some at-home mouth PT and schedule an appointment with the orthodontist, who I miss dearly. I want to get rid of the damn hooks. STAT!!
I have successfully eaten mashed potatoes and various macaroni's. Its usually a messy task, since I really don't know what the feeling in my jaw looks like, so I require mirrors to watch and some sort of bib/cloth to catch the rogue pieces of food. You can laugh, its funny.
Other than that life is dull. I started work yesterday, it's as uneventful as I left it. Everyone freaking out about job security. Honey, its not just you....Its everyone in this silly country. Just keep your head down and do your job, we'll get through it. If its not meant to be a career path here, then it just will be someplace else. Meh*. I don't worry too much about it. Life goes on. I need to learn how to use my face first.
I'll let you all know how my appointment goes tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed that I stay wire/band/erroneous appliance free!!!
* I can use that word now spell check!! It's been added to the official dictionary!! Eat it!! :-P
And here I am. I have an appointment tomorrow @ 10am with him to see what the deal is. If I can start with some at-home mouth PT and schedule an appointment with the orthodontist, who I miss dearly. I want to get rid of the damn hooks. STAT!!
I have successfully eaten mashed potatoes and various macaroni's. Its usually a messy task, since I really don't know what the feeling in my jaw looks like, so I require mirrors to watch and some sort of bib/cloth to catch the rogue pieces of food. You can laugh, its funny.
Other than that life is dull. I started work yesterday, it's as uneventful as I left it. Everyone freaking out about job security. Honey, its not just you....Its everyone in this silly country. Just keep your head down and do your job, we'll get through it. If its not meant to be a career path here, then it just will be someplace else. Meh*. I don't worry too much about it. Life goes on. I need to learn how to use my face first.
I'll let you all know how my appointment goes tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed that I stay wire/band/erroneous appliance free!!!
* I can use that word now spell check!! It's been added to the official dictionary!! Eat it!! :-P
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Please Pardon Our Appearance
Ok so some successes and minor challenges facing the unwiring. I'll start with the good stuff...
~ The ability to use my tongue to break down crackers is invaluable.
~ I've learned how to eat without the need of a mirror.
~ Macaroni is good.
~ An increased amount of energy, most likely due to the small increase in calorie intake.
~ I sleep a LOT better now.
Some challenges...
~ The rubber bands are working against the symmetry in my mouth, I think...
~ The Hooks of Death have torn my mouth up into something fierce. I can show you.
~ I have a fat lip. I look like I got punched in the face.
~ Eating is a very very very messy task, I cannot go out in public to eat.
~ I drool like an infant. I need a bib/drool guard.
Overall the few days I have spent dewired were sadly uneventful. Simply because I really can't talk since my mouth is beaten to hell. Once that heals, speaking will be a little clearer and easier. As will eating. One day at a time. I just pray that I don't need to be rewired on monday. PLEASE PLEASE. NO MORE WIRES.
~ The ability to use my tongue to break down crackers is invaluable.
~ I've learned how to eat without the need of a mirror.
~ Macaroni is good.
~ An increased amount of energy, most likely due to the small increase in calorie intake.
~ I sleep a LOT better now.
Some challenges...
~ The rubber bands are working against the symmetry in my mouth, I think...
~ The Hooks of Death have torn my mouth up into something fierce. I can show you.
~ I have a fat lip. I look like I got punched in the face.
~ Eating is a very very very messy task, I cannot go out in public to eat.
~ I drool like an infant. I need a bib/drool guard.
Overall the few days I have spent dewired were sadly uneventful. Simply because I really can't talk since my mouth is beaten to hell. Once that heals, speaking will be a little clearer and easier. As will eating. One day at a time. I just pray that I don't need to be rewired on monday. PLEASE PLEASE. NO MORE WIRES.
Friday, November 14, 2008
ugh...
I feel these elastics are working against me. I feel its MAKING my bite shift as opposed to keeping it. But my teeth match up in the back, so I don't get it. Why do my teeth match up in the back, but not in the front? If they take the rubber bands out, does it line up? Or does it stay? I don't get it...
I feel like an infant. I think this part is way harder than being wired shut. This is like a taunt. I can sorta open my mouth, but it just barely doesn't open enough to fit key foods in there. And I don't know how to chew anymore. I have to eat with a mirror, so I can remember the feeling I have when I open and close my mouth. God forbid I venture out and I don't have a mirror with me, I need to remember this crapola. Plus I think the difference between me and a lot of others who get this, don't have the assymmetry. They just have an over/under bite. My muscles were all messed up and now I have to trick them to working with me, and no longer against me.
I wish my face would fix itself. Like I could wake up and *poof*
I feel like an infant. I think this part is way harder than being wired shut. This is like a taunt. I can sorta open my mouth, but it just barely doesn't open enough to fit key foods in there. And I don't know how to chew anymore. I have to eat with a mirror, so I can remember the feeling I have when I open and close my mouth. God forbid I venture out and I don't have a mirror with me, I need to remember this crapola. Plus I think the difference between me and a lot of others who get this, don't have the assymmetry. They just have an over/under bite. My muscles were all messed up and now I have to trick them to working with me, and no longer against me.
I wish my face would fix itself. Like I could wake up and *poof*
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Sweet Taste of Freedom
I am freed!! Well sort of...I got a crazy kaliedoscope of rubber bands on the side of my mouth, but yeah it works.
I have one word to describe this, weird. I don't know how to use my mouth. I don't know what to do with it. How do I open it? How do my muscles work? Do they know where my bite is or do I have to train it? How do I eat? I feel I need to carry a mirror with me everywhere I go, so that when I open and close I see how it works and make sure I stay straight. This is so weird.
I did however manage to cram a mini saltine in there. Boy, I never thought I would love a cracker as much as I do right now. It was so delightful. The taste of freedom comes in the form of solid food.....
Ok so, the surgeon was on the fence. I am for the most part healed. But there still is an iiiiiiiiitty bitty bit left to do. So he wants to see me on monday to make sure my bite hasn't shifted. God forbid if it does, its another week or 2 wired shut to put it back in its place like the rotten child it is. Back to the corner you go!! Don't make me get the belt!!! Otherwise I am clean sailing once everything is all patched up.
So keep your fingers crossed!! Let's not go back to wires!! I think if I had to, that would be the second time in this process I have cried.
I am going to save my de-wiring lessons learned for AFTER my monday appointment. I don't want to go jinxing this by jumping the gun. Hopefully this weekend goes smoothly and I don't have any issues. Like I said keep your fingers crossed. Back to the mirror I go to practice....
I have one word to describe this, weird. I don't know how to use my mouth. I don't know what to do with it. How do I open it? How do my muscles work? Do they know where my bite is or do I have to train it? How do I eat? I feel I need to carry a mirror with me everywhere I go, so that when I open and close I see how it works and make sure I stay straight. This is so weird.
I did however manage to cram a mini saltine in there. Boy, I never thought I would love a cracker as much as I do right now. It was so delightful. The taste of freedom comes in the form of solid food.....
Ok so, the surgeon was on the fence. I am for the most part healed. But there still is an iiiiiiiiitty bitty bit left to do. So he wants to see me on monday to make sure my bite hasn't shifted. God forbid if it does, its another week or 2 wired shut to put it back in its place like the rotten child it is. Back to the corner you go!! Don't make me get the belt!!! Otherwise I am clean sailing once everything is all patched up.
So keep your fingers crossed!! Let's not go back to wires!! I think if I had to, that would be the second time in this process I have cried.
I am going to save my de-wiring lessons learned for AFTER my monday appointment. I don't want to go jinxing this by jumping the gun. Hopefully this weekend goes smoothly and I don't have any issues. Like I said keep your fingers crossed. Back to the mirror I go to practice....
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Week 5
Wow...Week 5 is over already. I went back yesterday and looked and the posts earlier in this wired shut ordeal. Some of them are quite comical. If only you all knew what time I actually wrote some of them. I suppose I can be a funny person when I don't have a whole lot of sleep.
So here we are. This is pretty much the end. I get de-wired in 2 days. There have been a lot of ups and downs in this whole process. Thankfully I didn't have anyone doting over me, or there may have been more bad days than good days. However I will save the de-wiring lengthy reflections for Thursday.
Time for some Week 5 Lessons Learned:
~ Its too early for Christmas. That includes all things Christmas-related. Sorry Karen, no Carpenters Christmas album yet.
~ I miss being able to lick my lips. I feel like I molt daily.
~ Daytime TV is awful. No matter how many paternity tests, transgender wedding fights, and cooking shows you watch...the quality has not improved.
~ If you are ever in the southern NH region hunkering for a McDonalds clayshake, go to the McDonalds on Second Street in Manchester. I have sampled most of the McDonalds in the area and they by far have the best recipe.
~ I fall down a lot more when I am weak. I have a thing with falling up stairs, not down. I have the rug burns on my elbows and bruises on my knees to prove it.
~ The movie The Fly, yes the one with Jeff Goldblum, is very disturbing
~ I love/hate IHOP. This fluctuates daily, maybe even hourly.
~ I am now a master of milkshakes. If you ever need a recipe, ask.
~ I love Netflix. I know I have said this every week but they have some delightfully HORRIBLE movies available that I now do not have to be ashamed to buy.
~ Speaking of ashamed....I love the new rendition of Knight Rider
~ I love brushing my teeth. I don't eat much, nor really drink a whole lot, but it just really feels good to keep my teeth clean.
I purchased some Cheerios and Mini Saltines last weekend. I proudly have them displayed on my counter. I cannot wait for thursday so I can crack those babies open. Even if I don't eat a lot, or that I can't really chew them. It's still real food and it isn't soup. Hooray!!
I don't really have much to say this week. All has been quiet for the most part. I really need to thank my friends in this. I really found out who is my friend throughout this ordeal and I cannot express my gratitude for your caring words and just friendship through this. It wasn't easy, but with your help I was able to do it.
Okie that is all for today. I meet with the surgeon on Thursday @ 8am for the de-wiring and the passing of the torch (i.e. returning the wire cutters back to the surgeon). Pray that I don't need further adjustments and need to be re-beartrapped. Talk to you soon!!
So here we are. This is pretty much the end. I get de-wired in 2 days. There have been a lot of ups and downs in this whole process. Thankfully I didn't have anyone doting over me, or there may have been more bad days than good days. However I will save the de-wiring lengthy reflections for Thursday.
Time for some Week 5 Lessons Learned:
~ Its too early for Christmas. That includes all things Christmas-related. Sorry Karen, no Carpenters Christmas album yet.
~ I miss being able to lick my lips. I feel like I molt daily.
~ Daytime TV is awful. No matter how many paternity tests, transgender wedding fights, and cooking shows you watch...the quality has not improved.
~ If you are ever in the southern NH region hunkering for a McDonalds clayshake, go to the McDonalds on Second Street in Manchester. I have sampled most of the McDonalds in the area and they by far have the best recipe.
~ I fall down a lot more when I am weak. I have a thing with falling up stairs, not down. I have the rug burns on my elbows and bruises on my knees to prove it.
~ The movie The Fly, yes the one with Jeff Goldblum, is very disturbing
~ I love/hate IHOP. This fluctuates daily, maybe even hourly.
~ I am now a master of milkshakes. If you ever need a recipe, ask.
~ I love Netflix. I know I have said this every week but they have some delightfully HORRIBLE movies available that I now do not have to be ashamed to buy.
~ Speaking of ashamed....I love the new rendition of Knight Rider
~ I love brushing my teeth. I don't eat much, nor really drink a whole lot, but it just really feels good to keep my teeth clean.
I purchased some Cheerios and Mini Saltines last weekend. I proudly have them displayed on my counter. I cannot wait for thursday so I can crack those babies open. Even if I don't eat a lot, or that I can't really chew them. It's still real food and it isn't soup. Hooray!!
I don't really have much to say this week. All has been quiet for the most part. I really need to thank my friends in this. I really found out who is my friend throughout this ordeal and I cannot express my gratitude for your caring words and just friendship through this. It wasn't easy, but with your help I was able to do it.
Okie that is all for today. I meet with the surgeon on Thursday @ 8am for the de-wiring and the passing of the torch (i.e. returning the wire cutters back to the surgeon). Pray that I don't need further adjustments and need to be re-beartrapped. Talk to you soon!!
Monday, November 10, 2008
End Game
It is fast approaching. Only 3 days left. Almost to the exact minute.
I cannot believe it is almost over. Like finally. I am looking forward to eating moderately solid food, even if it is mush.
I have learned a lot about myself during this. About willpower and strength. About the peacefulness of being absolutely alone. About how bad daytime TV is.
Thanks again for all your support. I will have my Week 5 updates tomorrow :-)
I cannot believe it is almost over. Like finally. I am looking forward to eating moderately solid food, even if it is mush.
I have learned a lot about myself during this. About willpower and strength. About the peacefulness of being absolutely alone. About how bad daytime TV is.
Thanks again for all your support. I will have my Week 5 updates tomorrow :-)
Friday, November 7, 2008
I Love Fall
I love fall. I love the leaves, I love Sam Adams' Octoberfest, I love the warm comfort food, I love football, I love Macintosh apples, I love pumpkin pie, I love digging out my nice coats and boots, I love the smell of cinnamon, and who doesn't love apple pie.
Alas, I have missed out on my favorite season this year. I do still have my football, but the Patriots aren't the same, and well I am currently unable to eat foods. I have been taunting myself with my fall Yankee Candles: Apple crisp, pumpkin pie, and home for the holidays. If you didn't know me, you'd swear I was actually cooking something!! It smells wonderful.
*sigh* there is always next year...
Side note, I don't know how much TV everyone watches, but look out for an IHOP commercial about coffee cake pancakes. Seriously if you think they looked good in the ad, DO NOT go to to the website. They have a variation with APPLES!!! mmmmmmm I know what my first meal is going to be....
*walks over to the blender and dumps a can of soup into the blender*
Next year....next year
Alas, I have missed out on my favorite season this year. I do still have my football, but the Patriots aren't the same, and well I am currently unable to eat foods. I have been taunting myself with my fall Yankee Candles: Apple crisp, pumpkin pie, and home for the holidays. If you didn't know me, you'd swear I was actually cooking something!! It smells wonderful.
*sigh* there is always next year...
Side note, I don't know how much TV everyone watches, but look out for an IHOP commercial about coffee cake pancakes. Seriously if you think they looked good in the ad, DO NOT go to to the website. They have a variation with APPLES!!! mmmmmmm I know what my first meal is going to be....
*walks over to the blender and dumps a can of soup into the blender*
Next year....next year
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Hangover
I am done talking about the election. My post yesterday has been met with down right anger from all sorts of people. I did not mean to offend. That being said please do not offend me by calling me spineless, lazy, free-loading, or a Marxist. I am none of these things and I find that offensive. Stop the pessimism.
Anyways, enough of that. It actually made me mad. I wanted to excitedly tell you that I officially have 1 week left being wired shut. 1 week!! WOOT WOOT!! I think I am going to make a grocery list today I am so excited. I am purposely going to leave soup off of it. God no more soup. PLEASE. Some things to include on my list:
~ Saltines
~ Cheerios
~ Apple jacks
~ Pasta
~ Weight Watcher meals - stuff with chicken. I need the protein
~ Diet coke
SOLID FOOD!! SOLID FOOD!! Yell out from the hills!! HOORAY! HOORAY!
Man, next week is going to be an eternity. I am going to try to be optimistic and wish it away like I have all the other weeks.
Anyways, enough of that. It actually made me mad. I wanted to excitedly tell you that I officially have 1 week left being wired shut. 1 week!! WOOT WOOT!! I think I am going to make a grocery list today I am so excited. I am purposely going to leave soup off of it. God no more soup. PLEASE. Some things to include on my list:
~ Saltines
~ Cheerios
~ Apple jacks
~ Pasta
~ Weight Watcher meals - stuff with chicken. I need the protein
~ Diet coke
SOLID FOOD!! SOLID FOOD!! Yell out from the hills!! HOORAY! HOORAY!
Man, next week is going to be an eternity. I am going to try to be optimistic and wish it away like I have all the other weeks.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
I Am Me
Ok so this is where I go off topic for a post. I want to talk about the election.....
I voted. I voted for change. I voted for peace. I voted for a hopefully improved economy. I voted to end the nonsense about being the world police. I voted for Senator Barack Obama.
Now I have met a LOT of people who will argue with me, tooth and nail, that he is not about change, he is about big government, he has no experience, he doesn't support our troops, even about his name and religion...
Well what I have been saying all along to the super conservatives, you had 8 years. You had who was supposed to be a star pupil. Son of a former president. Where are we now? Now don't get me wrong, under any other circumstances, I have backed John McCain. Actually the 2004 primaries I voted for John McCain. He is a respectable man with good ideas and values. But I cannot vote for another conservative right now. I just cannot. 8 years have been spent...the time for change is now.
That being said, I feel I am a pretty open minded person. I look at all the issues, and see both sides. I love talking politics with educated people because I don't fight or speak irrationally. I like to see if they are seeing something I do not. Maybe even convince me to switch sides. What really upset me about this election, were people who did not actually research issues and look at both sides. Who voted for someone just because of negative ads on TV or because they are partisans. Who are jumping to conclusions about bomb shelters, and removing the 2nd amendment, another 9/11, or even becoming a Communist country. I have heard it all.
In an election that was supposed to unify this country, I have never felt such anger towards my fellow citizens. How can people be so naive? So uneducated? To make comments as irrational as that...It's painful to hear and see. Some of it, is even borderline discrimination. Now I could fly off onto the other end of the spectrum, and say what crazy thing's would have happened, or not happened, if Senator McCain became president, but that's not who I am. That's not why I voted for Barack Obama. I feel this man can actually fix this mess. Not just internally, but foreign policy too. Obviously we have issues at home here with housing and the sinking job market and economy, but look beyond this, the world issues. We've single handedly ruined global economies, we have tarnished our image with other countries who used to be our allies. We need change.
I am not a liberal. I am not a moderate. I am not a conservative. I am me....and I am proud to say I voted for Barack Obama.
***This was not to sway anyone or try to change anyone's views. I respect everyone's rights and opinions, as long as they are educated :-) ***
I voted. I voted for change. I voted for peace. I voted for a hopefully improved economy. I voted to end the nonsense about being the world police. I voted for Senator Barack Obama.
Now I have met a LOT of people who will argue with me, tooth and nail, that he is not about change, he is about big government, he has no experience, he doesn't support our troops, even about his name and religion...
Well what I have been saying all along to the super conservatives, you had 8 years. You had who was supposed to be a star pupil. Son of a former president. Where are we now? Now don't get me wrong, under any other circumstances, I have backed John McCain. Actually the 2004 primaries I voted for John McCain. He is a respectable man with good ideas and values. But I cannot vote for another conservative right now. I just cannot. 8 years have been spent...the time for change is now.
That being said, I feel I am a pretty open minded person. I look at all the issues, and see both sides. I love talking politics with educated people because I don't fight or speak irrationally. I like to see if they are seeing something I do not. Maybe even convince me to switch sides. What really upset me about this election, were people who did not actually research issues and look at both sides. Who voted for someone just because of negative ads on TV or because they are partisans. Who are jumping to conclusions about bomb shelters, and removing the 2nd amendment, another 9/11, or even becoming a Communist country. I have heard it all.
In an election that was supposed to unify this country, I have never felt such anger towards my fellow citizens. How can people be so naive? So uneducated? To make comments as irrational as that...It's painful to hear and see. Some of it, is even borderline discrimination. Now I could fly off onto the other end of the spectrum, and say what crazy thing's would have happened, or not happened, if Senator McCain became president, but that's not who I am. That's not why I voted for Barack Obama. I feel this man can actually fix this mess. Not just internally, but foreign policy too. Obviously we have issues at home here with housing and the sinking job market and economy, but look beyond this, the world issues. We've single handedly ruined global economies, we have tarnished our image with other countries who used to be our allies. We need change.
I am not a liberal. I am not a moderate. I am not a conservative. I am me....and I am proud to say I voted for Barack Obama.
***This was not to sway anyone or try to change anyone's views. I respect everyone's rights and opinions, as long as they are educated :-) ***
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Week 4
Here we are again. The week's go by a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit faster now. Maybe it's because I am just wishing them away. Life is boring here at home. Boring and lonely. But hey, almost done right? weeeeeeee
Ok so here is some fun stuff I got out of week 4:
~ Chef Boyardee faux lasagna blends really well believe it or not
~ I can recite the entire JG Wentworth 877-CASHNOW operatic commercial
~ I am sick of soup. Although the Sirloin Burger and Veggies blends and tastes the best.
~ After all the Halloween morning shows were done last Friday, I saw my first Christmas ad on TV. Gross!!!
~ I have found appreciation in coloring....again
~ I wish I could get rid of my chipmunk cheeks! But I know the reason is because there is a ton of crap in my mouth.
~ I think I would sell my arms right now for a Townhouse cracker.
~ I have no idea what they are made out of (possibly some sort of clay), but McDonald's shakes are the best
~ Dunkin donuts is a rip off
As you can tell I have ventured out a bit more in the last week. I can pretty much coherently talk aside from a bit of muffling. So I am not too ashamed in going out. It's still a bit difficult to smile at times, so I think some people may think I am being rude, which I am not. But oh well.
If you didn't read yesterday's post, I am OFFICIALLY being cut out of the trap in my mouth next Thursday @ 8am, 11/13. HOORAY!! I am so excited I don't even know what to do, say. I get to go REAL grocery shopping this weekend and buy food that is SOLID, sorta!!! WOOOOO
That's really the biggest news I have. I cannot wait to be freed! One more week of soup and straws, and all things blended, I can do it. I've made it this far, there is no turning back now!!
Have a wonderful day everyone! I will upload some new weekly pictures this afternoon!
And don't forget to vote ;-)
Ok so here is some fun stuff I got out of week 4:
~ Chef Boyardee faux lasagna blends really well believe it or not
~ I can recite the entire JG Wentworth 877-CASHNOW operatic commercial
~ I am sick of soup. Although the Sirloin Burger and Veggies blends and tastes the best.
~ After all the Halloween morning shows were done last Friday, I saw my first Christmas ad on TV. Gross!!!
~ I have found appreciation in coloring....again
~ I wish I could get rid of my chipmunk cheeks! But I know the reason is because there is a ton of crap in my mouth.
~ I think I would sell my arms right now for a Townhouse cracker.
~ I have no idea what they are made out of (possibly some sort of clay), but McDonald's shakes are the best
~ Dunkin donuts is a rip off
As you can tell I have ventured out a bit more in the last week. I can pretty much coherently talk aside from a bit of muffling. So I am not too ashamed in going out. It's still a bit difficult to smile at times, so I think some people may think I am being rude, which I am not. But oh well.
If you didn't read yesterday's post, I am OFFICIALLY being cut out of the trap in my mouth next Thursday @ 8am, 11/13. HOORAY!! I am so excited I don't even know what to do, say. I get to go REAL grocery shopping this weekend and buy food that is SOLID, sorta!!! WOOOOO
That's really the biggest news I have. I cannot wait to be freed! One more week of soup and straws, and all things blended, I can do it. I've made it this far, there is no turning back now!!
Have a wonderful day everyone! I will upload some new weekly pictures this afternoon!
And don't forget to vote ;-)
Jumping on the Soap box...
Ok so before I go into my weekly updates I just ask one thing of my readers: Please...PLEASE...go out and vote today.
This is a very important election and will help shape the country, and hopefully fix it, for the next 4 years. I don't care who you vote for, McCain or Obama, thats a personal choice. But just make sure you make time to go vote.
I of course have an endless amount of free time so I will be making my way to the polling center around 830am.
It is our right as Americans to express who we wish to run this country, please use it.
VOTE!
This is a very important election and will help shape the country, and hopefully fix it, for the next 4 years. I don't care who you vote for, McCain or Obama, thats a personal choice. But just make sure you make time to go vote.
I of course have an endless amount of free time so I will be making my way to the polling center around 830am.
It is our right as Americans to express who we wish to run this country, please use it.
VOTE!
Monday, November 3, 2008
**APPLAUSE**
10 DAYS!!!! 10 FREAKIN DAYS!!
I am so excited that my stomach is growling. 10 DAYS!! *squee*
Ok so if you couldn't figure out, the surgeon said ok to cutting me out next Thursday! I have my appointment to free me at 8am on 11/13!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Downside is I may have to have rubber bands for an extra week, depending on how I have healed and if my bite starts to shift at all. Downside number 2, I will be able to open my mouth at MOST 1/2 an inch. Yeah thats about enough for a spoon or a piece of macaroni, or something chopped up into REALLY small bites. Whatever, I can SPEAK!! I can EAT!! I don't care what it is as long as it is solid!!!
10 DAYS!!
I am so excited that my stomach is growling. 10 DAYS!! *squee*
Ok so if you couldn't figure out, the surgeon said ok to cutting me out next Thursday! I have my appointment to free me at 8am on 11/13!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Downside is I may have to have rubber bands for an extra week, depending on how I have healed and if my bite starts to shift at all. Downside number 2, I will be able to open my mouth at MOST 1/2 an inch. Yeah thats about enough for a spoon or a piece of macaroni, or something chopped up into REALLY small bites. Whatever, I can SPEAK!! I can EAT!! I don't care what it is as long as it is solid!!!
10 DAYS!!
Questions. Questions. Questions.
So I am coming up on the home stretch here. 2 more weeks left of this nonsense. It seems like just yesterday I was at week 2, griping. No not really. I think this is the first time in my life where time did not fly by and it really did seem like the eternity that it was. And those damn IHOP coffee cake pancake commercials have been taunting me every single day. Damn you IHOP and your tasty breakfast!!
So I meet with the surgeon today and I have a few questions for him. But I think I need some sort of strategy in the way and order I ask them.
1 - What can I eat when you cut me out of this mess?
2 - Where exactly are there going to be rubber bands in my mouth?
3 - Can I pretty pretty please get cut out on November 13th?
I kinda sorta know the answer to the first one. It's going to be a trial and error on my part. I would assume small pieces of juicy meats (chicken, turkey), macaroni, breads...stuff like that. Basically anything I can cram in there. ha ha ha. I will have my wheat thin I have been dreaming about!!!
The second question is kind of a two parter. The reason I ask this question is so I can make an appointment with my orthodontist, and really determine what I can eat. Obviously if there are 823764 rubber bands all around my mouth, I'm still rocking the liquids, or I am going to cheat and take them out on occasion to eat something. However, if they are put on the sides, that allows for some play with foods. Also, if they are on the sides, I can get these horrid hooks taken out of my brackets on the front teeth. Just for an idea of how AWFUL these hooks are, the inside of my lower lip is SCARRED from the destruction they caused. SCARRED!! My orthodontist's office is like the mall at Christmas too, so the sooner I can call for an appointment the better. All erroneous metal will be taken out as soon as possible.
So that comes to question 3. I think I may lie, and say I am going away for the weekend and won't be back until Monday night. So if it is at all possible to remove these wires Thursday morning 11/13, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, I can then call my ortho and get an appointment for the same day to get the erroneous hooks out. I also, refuse to be wired shut any longer than necessary. If I am done on 11/18, you will cut me out by 11/18. If that is not possible, you will do it the day before, or whatever. I will not go beyond 11/18. There is no room for debate or discussion on that. I am sticking to my ground. I have a sinking feeling he will say no...but as my mom said, it doesn't hurt to ask right?
I am sick of soup. So sick of soup that I don't even want to look at it anymore. The cans of soup in my cupboard make me angry. Although I have overcome my overwhelming sense of hunger for the most part. Unless I am at a party, like I was this weekend, and they order 5 large pizza's and everyone is scarfing food in front of me. That's a bit of a taunt. I know they don't do it intentionally, and I don't want any special treatment, but man, that pizza looked goooooood.
Funny story, cause it has happened to me three times now. My poor cousin was asking me 826 questions about my mouth, face, how I felt, asked what I was doing, etc. I told her I was fine, just bored at home. I don't do too much since everyone is at work. She said "Oh I have some meetings in Merrimack on Wednesday, maybe I can pick you up and we can do lunch or something!" I kinda chuckled and said, "well if they can blend it I can eat it". She felt so bad. I told her no worries, she wasn't the only one who had done it. Its' funny how people take for granted just the basic functions, like eating food daily. Appreciate it. Please. I am hungry.
I would never say this experience has been fun, cause it most certainly has not. I've had my good days and bad days. More bad than good, but that's beside point. If anyone ever approached me about how I felt about this, and that they were unsure about doing it, I would tell them to do it. For the sole reason that the end result is fabulous. Granted I am not done yet, I still have at LEAST 6 months left in orthodontics, but right now, I have never loved my bite, and the symmetry of my face this much. I have never been able to take a head-on picture that I liked, now I can't stop looking. Its wonderful. Its everything I had hoped it would be....and it is only going to get better. If you're considering it, do it, take the jump...you won't regret it.
Have a wonderful day!
So I meet with the surgeon today and I have a few questions for him. But I think I need some sort of strategy in the way and order I ask them.
1 - What can I eat when you cut me out of this mess?
2 - Where exactly are there going to be rubber bands in my mouth?
3 - Can I pretty pretty please get cut out on November 13th?
I kinda sorta know the answer to the first one. It's going to be a trial and error on my part. I would assume small pieces of juicy meats (chicken, turkey), macaroni, breads...stuff like that. Basically anything I can cram in there. ha ha ha. I will have my wheat thin I have been dreaming about!!!
The second question is kind of a two parter. The reason I ask this question is so I can make an appointment with my orthodontist, and really determine what I can eat. Obviously if there are 823764 rubber bands all around my mouth, I'm still rocking the liquids, or I am going to cheat and take them out on occasion to eat something. However, if they are put on the sides, that allows for some play with foods. Also, if they are on the sides, I can get these horrid hooks taken out of my brackets on the front teeth. Just for an idea of how AWFUL these hooks are, the inside of my lower lip is SCARRED from the destruction they caused. SCARRED!! My orthodontist's office is like the mall at Christmas too, so the sooner I can call for an appointment the better. All erroneous metal will be taken out as soon as possible.
So that comes to question 3. I think I may lie, and say I am going away for the weekend and won't be back until Monday night. So if it is at all possible to remove these wires Thursday morning 11/13, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, I can then call my ortho and get an appointment for the same day to get the erroneous hooks out. I also, refuse to be wired shut any longer than necessary. If I am done on 11/18, you will cut me out by 11/18. If that is not possible, you will do it the day before, or whatever. I will not go beyond 11/18. There is no room for debate or discussion on that. I am sticking to my ground. I have a sinking feeling he will say no...but as my mom said, it doesn't hurt to ask right?
I am sick of soup. So sick of soup that I don't even want to look at it anymore. The cans of soup in my cupboard make me angry. Although I have overcome my overwhelming sense of hunger for the most part. Unless I am at a party, like I was this weekend, and they order 5 large pizza's and everyone is scarfing food in front of me. That's a bit of a taunt. I know they don't do it intentionally, and I don't want any special treatment, but man, that pizza looked goooooood.
Funny story, cause it has happened to me three times now. My poor cousin was asking me 826 questions about my mouth, face, how I felt, asked what I was doing, etc. I told her I was fine, just bored at home. I don't do too much since everyone is at work. She said "Oh I have some meetings in Merrimack on Wednesday, maybe I can pick you up and we can do lunch or something!" I kinda chuckled and said, "well if they can blend it I can eat it". She felt so bad. I told her no worries, she wasn't the only one who had done it. Its' funny how people take for granted just the basic functions, like eating food daily. Appreciate it. Please. I am hungry.
I would never say this experience has been fun, cause it most certainly has not. I've had my good days and bad days. More bad than good, but that's beside point. If anyone ever approached me about how I felt about this, and that they were unsure about doing it, I would tell them to do it. For the sole reason that the end result is fabulous. Granted I am not done yet, I still have at LEAST 6 months left in orthodontics, but right now, I have never loved my bite, and the symmetry of my face this much. I have never been able to take a head-on picture that I liked, now I can't stop looking. Its wonderful. Its everything I had hoped it would be....and it is only going to get better. If you're considering it, do it, take the jump...you won't regret it.
Have a wonderful day!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
There is a reason for the madness...
So now that I look human again, for the most part, I've taken up a new activity. I venture out and run miscellaneous errands. Mall, haircut, nails, grocery store, home depot...you name it I'll go. However, it never fails....it starts with an inquisitive look, then the eyes wander to my mouth and their head tilts. I know they don't MEAN to do it. It's human nature, something is off, you want to know why. I am not offended, by no means...it's a crappy situation. So here I am explaining to everyone and their uncle that my mouth is wired shut, for how long, and if I am in pain. Hell I can even replay the conversation word for word in my head as I type this.
Me: *insert question or answer to clerk's question here*
Clerk: *pause* oh.....ok
*Clerk stares*
*I half smile*
Me: My mouth is wired shut. I had jaw surgery
Clerk: Were you in an accident?
Me: No, just crappy genetics. I willingly fixed it.
Clerk: Oh wow, does it hurt?
Me: Not anymore, I am just hungry *chuckle*
*Clerk nervously laughs*
Clerk: Feel better soon and good luck!!
And then...there is my wonderful loving mother. Who feels the need to tell everyone in the town of Merrimack that I had jaw surgery. If anyone reading this thinks I talk a lot, meet my mother. She puts me to SHAME. My point being is I went to get a haircut yesterday. Ive been going to this salon for years as has my mother. Poor Jeannie. My mom told her my life story about my surgery, recovery, probably my daily caloric intake last week. So here I am at the hair salon yesterday. She waits until after I am done my hair and cashing out...and she goes.... "......does it...hurt? How much longer?" I laughed, and politely told her how much longer and that I truly am in no pain.
Is it really too much to ask to have a conversation that doesn't revolve around my mouth being wired shut? I go out for a taste of normalcy, and maybe some sort of escape from this. Boy I cannot wait to see my mother's side of the family on Saturday.....Won't that be fun.
Me: *insert question or answer to clerk's question here*
Clerk: *pause* oh.....ok
*Clerk stares*
*I half smile*
Me: My mouth is wired shut. I had jaw surgery
Clerk: Were you in an accident?
Me: No, just crappy genetics. I willingly fixed it.
Clerk: Oh wow, does it hurt?
Me: Not anymore, I am just hungry *chuckle*
*Clerk nervously laughs*
Clerk: Feel better soon and good luck!!
And then...there is my wonderful loving mother. Who feels the need to tell everyone in the town of Merrimack that I had jaw surgery. If anyone reading this thinks I talk a lot, meet my mother. She puts me to SHAME. My point being is I went to get a haircut yesterday. Ive been going to this salon for years as has my mother. Poor Jeannie. My mom told her my life story about my surgery, recovery, probably my daily caloric intake last week. So here I am at the hair salon yesterday. She waits until after I am done my hair and cashing out...and she goes.... "......does it...hurt? How much longer?" I laughed, and politely told her how much longer and that I truly am in no pain.
Is it really too much to ask to have a conversation that doesn't revolve around my mouth being wired shut? I go out for a taste of normalcy, and maybe some sort of escape from this. Boy I cannot wait to see my mother's side of the family on Saturday.....Won't that be fun.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Say Cheeeeeeeeeeeese
I have now mastered a basic facial expression.....wanna know what it is???
It's a SMILE!!! Lookie lookie...
It's a SMILE!!! Lookie lookie...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
3 Weeks
So this would put me officially half way there. 3 Weeks are done, 3 weeks left to go. You know, I could have lied yesterday at the surgeon's and gotten out of this nonsense a week earlier. He asked me "Wait, is this the end of week 3 going INTO week 4? Or is this the end of week 4 going into week 5?" I didn't capitalize. My Irish guilt got the best of me and I said the correct thing, end of week 3. If I lied, who knows what would happen if I got out of this too early. I could end up looking like a character from a 'Saw' movie.
Anyways, each week I have been doing things I have learned over the course of the last week. Don't think I won't be doing that this week....*drum roll*
Week 3 Conclusions:
~ Idahoan fake potatoes are the BEST fake potatoes out on the market. Trust me. I have eaten enough different types to know.
~ Idahoan is a funny word
~ I am sick of soup. This has resulted in putting creative things in the blender...Most have been met with a trip down the garbage disposal.
~ I get really crabby when I am hungry. See earlier posts, and ask my mother when she ran me ragged this past weekend
~ I enjoy rainy days, they make me feel better about sitting inside on my couch
~ I am no longer afraid to go out in public. I can audibly speak for the most part, and most of the swelling is gone (Check the pictures)
~ They make tooth brushes for 4 month old's. All different types. Really do they have that much cognitive reasoning to decide between Elmo or a cute bear?
~ I have yet to see Saw V, and I will not waste money to see it in the theatre...however.... I have watched all of the prior movies finally and I can officially say that, everything after the first one was garbage.
~ It is not allowed to snow yet. Period
~ I miss flossing my teeth
~ I am fierce at Canasta and Cribbage...Senior homes watch out for me
So that's about all I have for this week. I really don't miss solid food as much as I used to. I think I have just kind of accepted it and moved on. There are bigger fish to fry. Like to pooooooooossibly get cut out of these things a few days early (only like 3) so I can be unwired for the Pats game that I am going to. ha ha ha I am awful. I will ask that NEXT week at the surgeon.
Hard to believe that my next appointment is November 3. Eeek it's November already!! Although Hallmark has been playing Christmas music for 2-3 weeks now..... No joke....It seems as though Christmas gets earlier every year.
I am babbling. I miss human contact. I love to talk to people/anyone who will listen to me so I use this as an outlet.
Anyways have a super day everyone!! I will talk to you soon!
Anyways, each week I have been doing things I have learned over the course of the last week. Don't think I won't be doing that this week....*drum roll*
Week 3 Conclusions:
~ Idahoan fake potatoes are the BEST fake potatoes out on the market. Trust me. I have eaten enough different types to know.
~ Idahoan is a funny word
~ I am sick of soup. This has resulted in putting creative things in the blender...Most have been met with a trip down the garbage disposal.
~ I get really crabby when I am hungry. See earlier posts, and ask my mother when she ran me ragged this past weekend
~ I enjoy rainy days, they make me feel better about sitting inside on my couch
~ I am no longer afraid to go out in public. I can audibly speak for the most part, and most of the swelling is gone (Check the pictures)
~ They make tooth brushes for 4 month old's. All different types. Really do they have that much cognitive reasoning to decide between Elmo or a cute bear?
~ I have yet to see Saw V, and I will not waste money to see it in the theatre...however.... I have watched all of the prior movies finally and I can officially say that, everything after the first one was garbage.
~ It is not allowed to snow yet. Period
~ I miss flossing my teeth
~ I am fierce at Canasta and Cribbage...Senior homes watch out for me
So that's about all I have for this week. I really don't miss solid food as much as I used to. I think I have just kind of accepted it and moved on. There are bigger fish to fry. Like to pooooooooossibly get cut out of these things a few days early (only like 3) so I can be unwired for the Pats game that I am going to. ha ha ha I am awful. I will ask that NEXT week at the surgeon.
Hard to believe that my next appointment is November 3. Eeek it's November already!! Although Hallmark has been playing Christmas music for 2-3 weeks now..... No joke....It seems as though Christmas gets earlier every year.
I am babbling. I miss human contact. I love to talk to people/anyone who will listen to me so I use this as an outlet.
Anyways have a super day everyone!! I will talk to you soon!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Extra Extra! Read It While It's Hot!!
New pictures are up!! Check'em out.
I am only going to do weekly photo updates. I don't change enough day to day to really notice a difference. So you will get weekly photo updates. I am still a liiiiiiiiittle swollen on my right side as seen in the pictures. This is what causes the slight asymmetry in my face. Once that all goes down, I will be all pretty and such.
Now go check them out!!
I am only going to do weekly photo updates. I don't change enough day to day to really notice a difference. So you will get weekly photo updates. I am still a liiiiiiiiittle swollen on my right side as seen in the pictures. This is what causes the slight asymmetry in my face. Once that all goes down, I will be all pretty and such.
Now go check them out!!
Almost Doesn't Count...
Except for in horse shoes and hand grenades. That's what my mom always said to me as a kid. Well bust out the hand grenades and let's go play out in the horse shoe pit!!
Week 4 is right around the corner. That puts me in the home stretch of this nonsense!! HOORAY!! I can already taste the real food.
I started brushing my teeth yesterday. However I am not able to use a REAL toothbrush so I had to go out and buy one. Did you know they make toothbrushes for 4 month olds? I never knew that, but I suppose they have teeth that need to be brushed too...So I am rocking the Cookie Monster baby tooth brush. It's pretty badass and I know you are all jealous. It just felt so good to brush my teeth finally.
I have a sweet story to tell people if I do venture out. I go rummaging through my pocketbook and dig out my diagram and my wire cutters. I have to carry these with me at all times. In case I start choking, or if I feel sick, I need to be able to cut the wires that are holding my mouth together. People get totally freaked out by it. It makes me laugh. Who needs a halloween costume when I look like a freak already?! I am such an evil woman...ha ha ha ha ha ha
As for pain and discomfort, all I have left really is the inside of my cheeks. They kinda look like ground hamburger. All those wires and knots have really torn me up. Also, periodically, I get a numbing sensation in my chin area, the part that was numb at the beginning of all of this, but I am sure as the bone heals, that will happen. Meh, I am not too concerned with that. I just wish my cheeks would toughen up. I know I could use wax, but that stuff is a NIGHTMARE to try and get out of your braces when you need it out. The other times my mouth just toughened up, this not so much. GAH....pretty soon it will all be done and I won't have to worry about it.
Going to visit the surgeon today. Maybe he'll say we can start thinking about when we are going to take these god forsaken wires out. That would make me happy. I know I know...everyone, family, friends, and strangers, have told me. Don't rush to get out of the wires. Stay in them until the doctor says so. blah blah blah blah. My blanket answer to all of you. I will have 9469482 x-rays done before he even considers cutting me out of the trap....so don't worry. I will not be able to persuade him to free me sooner.
Alrighty, I hope you all have a lovely day. I will talk to you tomorrow. :-)
Week 4 is right around the corner. That puts me in the home stretch of this nonsense!! HOORAY!! I can already taste the real food.
I started brushing my teeth yesterday. However I am not able to use a REAL toothbrush so I had to go out and buy one. Did you know they make toothbrushes for 4 month olds? I never knew that, but I suppose they have teeth that need to be brushed too...So I am rocking the Cookie Monster baby tooth brush. It's pretty badass and I know you are all jealous. It just felt so good to brush my teeth finally.
I have a sweet story to tell people if I do venture out. I go rummaging through my pocketbook and dig out my diagram and my wire cutters. I have to carry these with me at all times. In case I start choking, or if I feel sick, I need to be able to cut the wires that are holding my mouth together. People get totally freaked out by it. It makes me laugh. Who needs a halloween costume when I look like a freak already?! I am such an evil woman...ha ha ha ha ha ha
As for pain and discomfort, all I have left really is the inside of my cheeks. They kinda look like ground hamburger. All those wires and knots have really torn me up. Also, periodically, I get a numbing sensation in my chin area, the part that was numb at the beginning of all of this, but I am sure as the bone heals, that will happen. Meh, I am not too concerned with that. I just wish my cheeks would toughen up. I know I could use wax, but that stuff is a NIGHTMARE to try and get out of your braces when you need it out. The other times my mouth just toughened up, this not so much. GAH....pretty soon it will all be done and I won't have to worry about it.
Going to visit the surgeon today. Maybe he'll say we can start thinking about when we are going to take these god forsaken wires out. That would make me happy. I know I know...everyone, family, friends, and strangers, have told me. Don't rush to get out of the wires. Stay in them until the doctor says so. blah blah blah blah. My blanket answer to all of you. I will have 9469482 x-rays done before he even considers cutting me out of the trap....so don't worry. I will not be able to persuade him to free me sooner.
Alrighty, I hope you all have a lovely day. I will talk to you tomorrow. :-)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Something a little light hearted...
I've been a cantankerous wench the last 3 weeks. I apologize. I chose this....I have no one to blame but myself. I will get over this grumbly phase I promise....
That being said, I found a fun site with all sorts of suggestions, tips, and tricks. http://home.cfl.rr.com/bjaw/index.html
It has a bunch of great info about what you can eat, what to expect....blah blah blah. However, I did find this one part VERY amusing. She lists ways you may have broken your jaw:
Rugby
Jet Ski accident
Auto accident
Motorcycle accident
Paraglider accident
By choice, for medical reasons
Fight/Mugged
Tag with Rocks
Hit by baseball
Hit by golf ball
Fall
This was taken right from the site. No joke.....tag with rocks?!?!? REALLY?!?! Who in God's name played tag with rocks?!?! Isn't that assault?!?!? I mean I took my share of diggers as a kid, and got the crap beaten out of me in many a game....but I never heard of tag with rocks....
That being said, I found a fun site with all sorts of suggestions, tips, and tricks. http://home.cfl.rr.com/bjaw/index.html
It has a bunch of great info about what you can eat, what to expect....blah blah blah. However, I did find this one part VERY amusing. She lists ways you may have broken your jaw:
Rugby
Jet Ski accident
Auto accident
Motorcycle accident
Paraglider accident
By choice, for medical reasons
Fight/Mugged
Tag with Rocks
Hit by baseball
Hit by golf ball
Fall
This was taken right from the site. No joke.....tag with rocks?!?!? REALLY?!?! Who in God's name played tag with rocks?!?! Isn't that assault?!?!? I mean I took my share of diggers as a kid, and got the crap beaten out of me in many a game....but I never heard of tag with rocks....
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Another day...
I woke up this morning, and my stomach was growling...
It's sad when this is common. Its like waking up in the spring and hearing the bird's chirping. Or in the the winter and hearing the sound of the snow plow....This is what it must be like to be starving.
I am hungry....and I am only in the middle of Week 3. HALF-WAY. ugh....please....feed me
It's sad when this is common. Its like waking up in the spring and hearing the bird's chirping. Or in the the winter and hearing the sound of the snow plow....This is what it must be like to be starving.
I am hungry....and I am only in the middle of Week 3. HALF-WAY. ugh....please....feed me
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
2 Weeks
Well lookie here. Week 2 has come and gone. I am 1/3 of the way done with this wired shut business...*cue fanfare*
Excuse me for my lack of excitement. I am a bit disheartened and jaded by this whole process. I just want to be able to SPEAK normally again. It's quite frustrating. Anyways, I am not here to vent today. I will save that for another day :-)
Things I have learned from the 2nd week -
~ Chunky Soups, although they look horrid, taste super when blended.
~ I can officially make a homemade Orange Julius!! And it tastes pretty good!!
~ Please please please watch The Midnight Meat Train. If you thought the movie Hostel was bad, oh this one is waaaaaaaaay worse. If this says anything it was straight to On-Demand....free
~ Despite Wyman making fun of me relentlessly, I heart my Slanket
~ I am sick of explaining to people why my mouth is wired shut. My mouth is wired shut, 6 weeks, and yes it sucks
~ Lowe's opens at 6am...and I can proudly say I have been there when they open
~ A walk outside is a great detox for the mind
~ Big sunglasses are my saviors...It helps me look humanoid
~ And again, naps are key when you don't eat enough.
That's about all I have for this week. Feel free to email me at home. I welcome the distraction :-)
Talk to you soon!!
Excuse me for my lack of excitement. I am a bit disheartened and jaded by this whole process. I just want to be able to SPEAK normally again. It's quite frustrating. Anyways, I am not here to vent today. I will save that for another day :-)
Things I have learned from the 2nd week -
~ Chunky Soups, although they look horrid, taste super when blended.
~ I can officially make a homemade Orange Julius!! And it tastes pretty good!!
~ Please please please watch The Midnight Meat Train. If you thought the movie Hostel was bad, oh this one is waaaaaaaaay worse. If this says anything it was straight to On-Demand....free
~ Despite Wyman making fun of me relentlessly, I heart my Slanket
~ I am sick of explaining to people why my mouth is wired shut. My mouth is wired shut, 6 weeks, and yes it sucks
~ Lowe's opens at 6am...and I can proudly say I have been there when they open
~ A walk outside is a great detox for the mind
~ Big sunglasses are my saviors...It helps me look humanoid
~ And again, naps are key when you don't eat enough.
That's about all I have for this week. Feel free to email me at home. I welcome the distraction :-)
Talk to you soon!!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Please fasten your seat belts and stay in your seat...
Yeah...not a good day for me.
I visited the surgeon today. After last week, where he told me I was doing faaaaaaaaaaaaabulous, I had high hopes. Maybe, just maybe, I will be freed after 4 weeks. Yeah not so much. He told me today that I will be wired shut for the FULL 6 weeks. LAME. Best part though, is that AFTER he frees me from the bear trap in my mouth, I get these heavy rubber bands for another 1-2 weeks. We all know it will be 2 weeks. That's just the way it works. So it's like freeing someone from a net, but keeping their left leg stuck in it....you're allowed to stand and stretch, but no getting away just yet!! ugh....
So to make myself feel better I went and visited my good Korean friends at KT Nail. :-)
I also picked up 25 dollars worth of soup since this will be my source of protein/nutrition for the next 4 weeks. ugh...4 WEEKS!! I have to think positive. I am 1/3 done already...and after NEXT Tuesday, I will be halfway there.
By the way, I don't know how many of you watch the series Heroes. I started watching it via Netflix. It's pretty good! I highly recommend it!
So that's my story today. Another day spent on my couch watching reruns of Intervention and Take Home Chef. It's a sad sad world....Thank god I have Curtis Stone to get me through it.
talk to you soon!
I visited the surgeon today. After last week, where he told me I was doing faaaaaaaaaaaaabulous, I had high hopes. Maybe, just maybe, I will be freed after 4 weeks. Yeah not so much. He told me today that I will be wired shut for the FULL 6 weeks. LAME. Best part though, is that AFTER he frees me from the bear trap in my mouth, I get these heavy rubber bands for another 1-2 weeks. We all know it will be 2 weeks. That's just the way it works. So it's like freeing someone from a net, but keeping their left leg stuck in it....you're allowed to stand and stretch, but no getting away just yet!! ugh....
So to make myself feel better I went and visited my good Korean friends at KT Nail. :-)
I also picked up 25 dollars worth of soup since this will be my source of protein/nutrition for the next 4 weeks. ugh...4 WEEKS!! I have to think positive. I am 1/3 done already...and after NEXT Tuesday, I will be halfway there.
By the way, I don't know how many of you watch the series Heroes. I started watching it via Netflix. It's pretty good! I highly recommend it!
So that's my story today. Another day spent on my couch watching reruns of Intervention and Take Home Chef. It's a sad sad world....Thank god I have Curtis Stone to get me through it.
talk to you soon!
I never hated a hyphen so much...
4 - 6 weeks...
That's how long the surgeon told me I would be wired shut. You know, I've never broken anything that needed to be casted. Only fingers and toes. But I do know people who have broken things....And they hear the same thing 4-6, or 6-8, weeks.
You know, that first number is a huuuuuuuuge line of bull. They tell you that, so you get these huge expectations that hey, maybe I'll heal super fast and I'll be done with this sooner!! yay! When deep in the back of our minds, we all know we are in it for the long haul. That last number is the REAL reality and the first number, was just to make you feel better about your situation.
I am still holding out for that first number....Sometimes dreams do come true
That's how long the surgeon told me I would be wired shut. You know, I've never broken anything that needed to be casted. Only fingers and toes. But I do know people who have broken things....And they hear the same thing 4-6, or 6-8, weeks.
You know, that first number is a huuuuuuuuge line of bull. They tell you that, so you get these huge expectations that hey, maybe I'll heal super fast and I'll be done with this sooner!! yay! When deep in the back of our minds, we all know we are in it for the long haul. That last number is the REAL reality and the first number, was just to make you feel better about your situation.
I am still holding out for that first number....Sometimes dreams do come true
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
1 Week
Well well....
1 Week is now complete. Crazy right? I am starting to see some semblance of a real face here. Most of the pain is gone, the only real true discomfort I have from the procedure itself is when I try to lay down/Sleep. I think it has to do with the positioning of my bones and the ravaging that occurred in my sinuses, which still have not FULLY healed as of yet. Of course the amount of erroneous metal in my mouth is incredibly inconvenient let alone uncomfortable, but I suppose I can make do with what is in front of me.
My sleeping pattern is all out of whack. I can't sleep more than 4 hours at a time. I used to be someone who required AT LEAST 6 hours a night to function fully and properly. I suppose when you have nothing to do the next day you don't need as much sleep? I don't know.
I met with the surgeon yesterday. He said I look good, actually better than I should, and that I am ahead of the normal healing schedule. He'll see me in a week. Damn it Jody. You have to be an overachiever at everything don't you? I'm only happy when I'm on top hahahahahaha
I am going to take my walk today, the leaves are pretty. I have some things i have to drop off at the office and according to Channel 9 right now, it it going to be a lovely afternoon for a walk. So now i have to somehow find some sneakers in my closet of heels and head on out.
Things I have learned in this last week of recovery -
~ I don't get along well with over the counter pain killers. This is the second time I have been prescribed a pain killer and it has made me sick. Its either the big stuff or nothing.
~ The Elliot hospital is a weird weird place. I don't know if its the meds they give people, or just people around here are just weird period.
~ Betty Crocker is my hero
~ Maury Povich does nothing but paternity tests now. Seriously!! But it's funny cause they are all super trashy and ghetto. I love when the "alleged" fathers dance when they are told they are not the father.
~ Naps are not just for kids.
~ Bacitracin does not heal busted lips despite popular belief. I have a super secret Mexican cream that has worked like a CHARM.
So that's all I have for today. Thank you all for reading my jibberish/rants/miscellaneous whatevers every day. I will continue to entertain for as long as I am home.
Feel free to leave a comment.
Talk to you soon!
1 Week is now complete. Crazy right? I am starting to see some semblance of a real face here. Most of the pain is gone, the only real true discomfort I have from the procedure itself is when I try to lay down/Sleep. I think it has to do with the positioning of my bones and the ravaging that occurred in my sinuses, which still have not FULLY healed as of yet. Of course the amount of erroneous metal in my mouth is incredibly inconvenient let alone uncomfortable, but I suppose I can make do with what is in front of me.
My sleeping pattern is all out of whack. I can't sleep more than 4 hours at a time. I used to be someone who required AT LEAST 6 hours a night to function fully and properly. I suppose when you have nothing to do the next day you don't need as much sleep? I don't know.
I met with the surgeon yesterday. He said I look good, actually better than I should, and that I am ahead of the normal healing schedule. He'll see me in a week. Damn it Jody. You have to be an overachiever at everything don't you? I'm only happy when I'm on top hahahahahaha
I am going to take my walk today, the leaves are pretty. I have some things i have to drop off at the office and according to Channel 9 right now, it it going to be a lovely afternoon for a walk. So now i have to somehow find some sneakers in my closet of heels and head on out.
Things I have learned in this last week of recovery -
~ I don't get along well with over the counter pain killers. This is the second time I have been prescribed a pain killer and it has made me sick. Its either the big stuff or nothing.
~ The Elliot hospital is a weird weird place. I don't know if its the meds they give people, or just people around here are just weird period.
~ Betty Crocker is my hero
~ Maury Povich does nothing but paternity tests now. Seriously!! But it's funny cause they are all super trashy and ghetto. I love when the "alleged" fathers dance when they are told they are not the father.
~ Naps are not just for kids.
~ Bacitracin does not heal busted lips despite popular belief. I have a super secret Mexican cream that has worked like a CHARM.
So that's all I have for today. Thank you all for reading my jibberish/rants/miscellaneous whatevers every day. I will continue to entertain for as long as I am home.
Feel free to leave a comment.
Talk to you soon!
SUCCESS!!
You know how I said in an earlier post, how that we take for granted those little things we get to see/have everyday? Yeah yesterday was totally one of those days for me.
Sitting at home, trying to fight off any lunch hunger pains I had, i decided to be a bit daring. I drove out to the ghetto grocery. (Side note: Ghetto Grocery is Stop and Shop, thats what we called it in Bridgeport, CT so it has just stuck) I made an executive decision, I was going to attempt to eat some sort of REAL carbohydrate if it kills me. Water and juice wasn't cutting it. I totally forgot it was a holiday yesterday and to my horror, the grocery was a ZOO. uggggh. Head down, hat pulled low, texting anyone who will talk to me. Hell even if they weren't texting back, I was still texting them. Anything to prevent making eye contact. I grabbed the first instant mashed potatoes i could find. Betty Crocker. Can't go wrong with Betty right? Well I get back to my car and i instantly have regrets, these so called mashed potatoes only require water. hmmmm Wellp what the hell right...I get home and make them as soupy as possible by adding milk, a lot of milk, to them. They smelled good! Now comes the task of eating them. Thankfully I have some friends in the Elliot Health System who hooked me up with a GIANT syringe called a Catheter Syringe. Don't know it? Google it. It's 60mLs. Let me tell you....I didn't eat very much, but that was the BEST 30mLs of crappy instant potatoes EVER.
Sitting at home, trying to fight off any lunch hunger pains I had, i decided to be a bit daring. I drove out to the ghetto grocery. (Side note: Ghetto Grocery is Stop and Shop, thats what we called it in Bridgeport, CT so it has just stuck) I made an executive decision, I was going to attempt to eat some sort of REAL carbohydrate if it kills me. Water and juice wasn't cutting it. I totally forgot it was a holiday yesterday and to my horror, the grocery was a ZOO. uggggh. Head down, hat pulled low, texting anyone who will talk to me. Hell even if they weren't texting back, I was still texting them. Anything to prevent making eye contact. I grabbed the first instant mashed potatoes i could find. Betty Crocker. Can't go wrong with Betty right? Well I get back to my car and i instantly have regrets, these so called mashed potatoes only require water. hmmmm Wellp what the hell right...I get home and make them as soupy as possible by adding milk, a lot of milk, to them. They smelled good! Now comes the task of eating them. Thankfully I have some friends in the Elliot Health System who hooked me up with a GIANT syringe called a Catheter Syringe. Don't know it? Google it. It's 60mLs. Let me tell you....I didn't eat very much, but that was the BEST 30mLs of crappy instant potatoes EVER.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Welcome to my So-Called Life
Monday Monday Monday...
I remember being a kid and being sooooooooo excited to stay home from school. Even if i was sick or better yet a snow day. Yeah that doesn't work so much as an adult. I miss the comforts of a daily routine. As much as complain and moan about work, my personal life, household chores...I actually kinda miss it all.
I've been somewhat of a hermit for almost a week now and i am starting to go a bit stir crazy. Maybe it's because i haven't found a rhythm yet as to what to do with my day, I mean it has only been a week. Maybe I can't stand the way I look right now, I just want to look human again and not someone who got beaten upside the face with a lead pipe. Its just frustrating. So to fix this, I am going to set myself some goals for this week:
~ Make somewhat of a REAL meal in a blender, something with substance that does not include a milkshake or some sort of broth.
~ Take a walk outside every day. Hey the weather is nice still and the Heritage trail is in my backyard. I can throw a baseball hat and some sunglasses on and wander around during the day.
That's all I have right now, maybe next week one of those can actually be wandering out to a public place for an hour....*cue dramatic music* So we shall see.
I'll upload a few more pictures today. I have an appointment with the surgeon today another follow up. I have to tell him i still haven't regained full feeling in my chin yet, maybe he actually DID bust that nerve. hahahaha. That would suck. I can hear everyone now: don't joke about that Jody. That's not funny.
To ease everyone, any nerve trauma, even mild, can take weeks, months, sometimes years, depending on the extent to regain full sensation back into it. If it ever comes back. I looked at the x-ray before I left. The nerve is intact, so maybe he just nicked it. meh. I am not going to worry about it until 2 weeks from now. If i still can't feel parts of my chin then we can discuss. We all know this is, and has been, a work in progress.
Until next time my friends :-)
I remember being a kid and being sooooooooo excited to stay home from school. Even if i was sick or better yet a snow day. Yeah that doesn't work so much as an adult. I miss the comforts of a daily routine. As much as complain and moan about work, my personal life, household chores...I actually kinda miss it all.
I've been somewhat of a hermit for almost a week now and i am starting to go a bit stir crazy. Maybe it's because i haven't found a rhythm yet as to what to do with my day, I mean it has only been a week. Maybe I can't stand the way I look right now, I just want to look human again and not someone who got beaten upside the face with a lead pipe. Its just frustrating. So to fix this, I am going to set myself some goals for this week:
~ Make somewhat of a REAL meal in a blender, something with substance that does not include a milkshake or some sort of broth.
~ Take a walk outside every day. Hey the weather is nice still and the Heritage trail is in my backyard. I can throw a baseball hat and some sunglasses on and wander around during the day.
That's all I have right now, maybe next week one of those can actually be wandering out to a public place for an hour....*cue dramatic music* So we shall see.
I'll upload a few more pictures today. I have an appointment with the surgeon today another follow up. I have to tell him i still haven't regained full feeling in my chin yet, maybe he actually DID bust that nerve. hahahaha. That would suck. I can hear everyone now: don't joke about that Jody. That's not funny.
To ease everyone, any nerve trauma, even mild, can take weeks, months, sometimes years, depending on the extent to regain full sensation back into it. If it ever comes back. I looked at the x-ray before I left. The nerve is intact, so maybe he just nicked it. meh. I am not going to worry about it until 2 weeks from now. If i still can't feel parts of my chin then we can discuss. We all know this is, and has been, a work in progress.
Until next time my friends :-)
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Hunger Pains
I am so hungry its not even funny. It seems as though every ad on the TV is for some sort of snack or meal, basically anything I cannot eat. Incredibly frustrating.
But today, today was the best day so far. Today i had to stop taking pain killers. I physically was unable to get out of bed without the urge to vomit. So here was my choice. Take the pain killers and lay in bed, or risk walking around then frantically cut the wires that are holding my mouth shut. Yeah I am going to lay low. I can only hope i feel better tomorrow. Or even well enough to eat some sort of soup or ice cream. Anything.
As you can see I have uploaded pictures from my last few days as I promised. I kinda seesaw back from a lot of swelling to almost none at all. Ive been religious with the ice, in hopes that it will go away faster. I'll take some pictures tonight maybe i look a bit better.
So check the pictures out and I'll talk to you soon.
But today, today was the best day so far. Today i had to stop taking pain killers. I physically was unable to get out of bed without the urge to vomit. So here was my choice. Take the pain killers and lay in bed, or risk walking around then frantically cut the wires that are holding my mouth shut. Yeah I am going to lay low. I can only hope i feel better tomorrow. Or even well enough to eat some sort of soup or ice cream. Anything.
As you can see I have uploaded pictures from my last few days as I promised. I kinda seesaw back from a lot of swelling to almost none at all. Ive been religious with the ice, in hopes that it will go away faster. I'll take some pictures tonight maybe i look a bit better.
So check the pictures out and I'll talk to you soon.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
MDK someone ....anyone
so I am home...
I spent an extra night there because they cut me off of the "good stuff" cold turkey at 4pm on Wednesday. And put me on some pain killers that have been known in the past to make me incredibly sick. So i stayed another night. I love being home, I cannot stand the excruciating pain i am currently in. I can only hope this subsides with the grotesque swelling i have.
Although having a broken jaw does not hurt NEARLY as much as them ripping a breathing tube out of your nose. Why oh why did they have to wait til i was awake to take that out? I would have been happy to have been told that my nose was going to profusely bleed, but not see the apparatus that caused it. I actually cried. I know, I cried.
I don't know if i will get all my pictures uploaded today, if not today I have to be mildly mobile tomorrow for a followup with the doc. Make sure everything is in place. He was concerned with some the longer lasting numbing on the right side of my face. So I think that's why he wants to see me.
I will hopefully have one or 2 uploaded before the day is out, but no guarantees. I may just have my broth and my diet coke and pass the hell out til i need another dosage of pain killers.
Thank you for the cards, flowers, and well wishes. It was nice to know that people were caring and concerned. I am alive, and i may look like i belong amongst the living as soon as this weekend.
I will talk to all of you soon. Hopefully I'll be in a mildly better mood.
I spent an extra night there because they cut me off of the "good stuff" cold turkey at 4pm on Wednesday. And put me on some pain killers that have been known in the past to make me incredibly sick. So i stayed another night. I love being home, I cannot stand the excruciating pain i am currently in. I can only hope this subsides with the grotesque swelling i have.
Although having a broken jaw does not hurt NEARLY as much as them ripping a breathing tube out of your nose. Why oh why did they have to wait til i was awake to take that out? I would have been happy to have been told that my nose was going to profusely bleed, but not see the apparatus that caused it. I actually cried. I know, I cried.
I don't know if i will get all my pictures uploaded today, if not today I have to be mildly mobile tomorrow for a followup with the doc. Make sure everything is in place. He was concerned with some the longer lasting numbing on the right side of my face. So I think that's why he wants to see me.
I will hopefully have one or 2 uploaded before the day is out, but no guarantees. I may just have my broth and my diet coke and pass the hell out til i need another dosage of pain killers.
Thank you for the cards, flowers, and well wishes. It was nice to know that people were caring and concerned. I am alive, and i may look like i belong amongst the living as soon as this weekend.
I will talk to all of you soon. Hopefully I'll be in a mildly better mood.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
What day is today??
Welcome to D-Day...FINALLY. It's 430 am and i am getting my act together to head on over to the hospital. Still not really that nervous and that seems to surprise people. You know, I've been waiting, HOPING, for this day for over a year now when this whole convoluted process began. Its more of a relief than it is nerve wracking. However there are 2 things that freak me out:
1 - Spending the night at the hospital. I just want to be in my bed. Is that so hard????
2 - Waking up with my mouth wired shut.
The second is a tad bit more scary than the first. I think some good meds will get me through the night. But I think I may have a panic attack when i wake up and i cannot communicate. Its a scary thought. I was talking with a friend who recently lost his licence and he had some very sage words: We really take advantage of those simple conveniences like being able to drive a car or speak. I think you'll find within a week or 2, how much you really miss just saying Hello to someone.
So true.
So here i sit. Last day with my old crooked face...kind of sobering right? I've had this for 27 years, and now, I'll look different. Not Joan Rivers different, but enough for people to ask me if I got a haircut. So wish me luck. I'll be back on Wednesday with pictures and a whole trick-or-treat bag of medications. (and no I will not share. I will need every last one)
Talk to you soon!!
1 - Spending the night at the hospital. I just want to be in my bed. Is that so hard????
2 - Waking up with my mouth wired shut.
The second is a tad bit more scary than the first. I think some good meds will get me through the night. But I think I may have a panic attack when i wake up and i cannot communicate. Its a scary thought. I was talking with a friend who recently lost his licence and he had some very sage words: We really take advantage of those simple conveniences like being able to drive a car or speak. I think you'll find within a week or 2, how much you really miss just saying Hello to someone.
So true.
So here i sit. Last day with my old crooked face...kind of sobering right? I've had this for 27 years, and now, I'll look different. Not Joan Rivers different, but enough for people to ask me if I got a haircut. So wish me luck. I'll be back on Wednesday with pictures and a whole trick-or-treat bag of medications. (and no I will not share. I will need every last one)
Talk to you soon!!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Pieces are coming together...
Hey all!
Soooo update time.
Its been a never-ending game of tug-o-war between Surgeons and Harvard pilgrim. I know it takes 'x' amount of hours to update etc etc....just trying to get everyone on the same page has been excruciating. I think i may have actually succeeded.
So surgery and stay in the hospital is tentatively scheduled for 10/7 - 10/11. weeeeeeee
i have my "dry run" on 10/1 and my pins get put in on 10/2
My OMS told me that he did not feel comfortable with getting rid of my gummy smile so i have been outsourced, and expedited, to a plastic surgeon. I meet with him on 9/29....The one question remains, is this part of the whole package. Cause if it isnt, I am almost certain that my HMO will not pay for it. urgh. I suppose that can be a phone call for another day.
More calls...more questions...but i can finally see the light, even if it is little, at the end of this tunnel. Its way out there, but its there none the less.
weeeeeeeeeeeee
Soooo update time.
Its been a never-ending game of tug-o-war between Surgeons and Harvard pilgrim. I know it takes 'x' amount of hours to update etc etc....just trying to get everyone on the same page has been excruciating. I think i may have actually succeeded.
So surgery and stay in the hospital is tentatively scheduled for 10/7 - 10/11. weeeeeeee
i have my "dry run" on 10/1 and my pins get put in on 10/2
My OMS told me that he did not feel comfortable with getting rid of my gummy smile so i have been outsourced, and expedited, to a plastic surgeon. I meet with him on 9/29....The one question remains, is this part of the whole package. Cause if it isnt, I am almost certain that my HMO will not pay for it. urgh. I suppose that can be a phone call for another day.
More calls...more questions...but i can finally see the light, even if it is little, at the end of this tunnel. Its way out there, but its there none the less.
weeeeeeeeeeeee
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Getting my Portfolio together
yeah yeah I know its been a while...what can I say, I've been busy. I'll give you a break down of the last month and a half...
August 6th - I had 2 surgeons playing with my face. Let me tell you it is nearly impossible to not giggle incessantly when 2 dudes are pulling on your lip and cheeks to see what tissue is stretchy. I kinda felt bad. More head shots...about 4 more before I left on that day. Dr. Babameto (yes that's his name) told me he'd see me in 2 weeks on August 19th.
August 8th - My Birthday!! woot woot! I don't remember much of it, but that's a good thing right??
August 19th - more head shots, 2 more. I made a REALLY bad joke in radiology...something along the lines of having more head shots than a supermodel when this is all said and done. I wonder how many times they have heard that one. The surgeon told me we're shooting for 3rd or 4th week of September for the blowing up of my face. Whether that's concrete or not, I have no idea. They seem a bit disorganized there, or maybe just disorganized in comparison to me. They made a fake mold of my face to do pretend surgery so they know what they're doing when they go in there. I certainly hope they know what the hell they are doing!!! I got the don't call us, we'll call you....urgh
so now, its been a week and a half, no response from the Elliot....do I call and be a bitch? Or do I wait? I don't know. Being the anal person that I am, I kinda want to call, however, I want to wait and see if they call me this week...you know? urgh. I hate this god forsaken hospital.
Anyways, that's the latest scoop. Hopefully soon guys!
Catch ya sometime this week.
August 6th - I had 2 surgeons playing with my face. Let me tell you it is nearly impossible to not giggle incessantly when 2 dudes are pulling on your lip and cheeks to see what tissue is stretchy. I kinda felt bad. More head shots...about 4 more before I left on that day. Dr. Babameto (yes that's his name) told me he'd see me in 2 weeks on August 19th.
August 8th - My Birthday!! woot woot! I don't remember much of it, but that's a good thing right??
August 19th - more head shots, 2 more. I made a REALLY bad joke in radiology...something along the lines of having more head shots than a supermodel when this is all said and done. I wonder how many times they have heard that one. The surgeon told me we're shooting for 3rd or 4th week of September for the blowing up of my face. Whether that's concrete or not, I have no idea. They seem a bit disorganized there, or maybe just disorganized in comparison to me. They made a fake mold of my face to do pretend surgery so they know what they're doing when they go in there. I certainly hope they know what the hell they are doing!!! I got the don't call us, we'll call you....urgh
so now, its been a week and a half, no response from the Elliot....do I call and be a bitch? Or do I wait? I don't know. Being the anal person that I am, I kinda want to call, however, I want to wait and see if they call me this week...you know? urgh. I hate this god forsaken hospital.
Anyways, that's the latest scoop. Hopefully soon guys!
Catch ya sometime this week.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Somebody, somewhere loves me
I GOT IT!!
I GOT THE GREEN LIGHT!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO
FINALLY there will be an end to this.
Cause I frankly am too excited to type this is what you get...Appointment with the surgeon on Aug 6th so he can play with my crooked face to make it work. weeeeeee
be excited!
I GOT THE GREEN LIGHT!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO
FINALLY there will be an end to this.
Cause I frankly am too excited to type this is what you get...Appointment with the surgeon on Aug 6th so he can play with my crooked face to make it work. weeeeeee
be excited!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Just Like When You Were A Kid
Paste will always taste like paste...
Welcome! Wow its been a whole like month since I wrote on this pig. Work is going well. Busy of course, but none the less well but that's not why you come to read this right?
Today was....*drum roll* Ortho appointment!! So why did I mention paste? Well I had more molds done! mmmmmmm yummy....I love eating that garbage...and it tastes like paste. If you say you never ate paste, not even once, I call you a liar. Anyways...new molds, new pictures, same wires....They gave me the don't call us, we'll call you routine, and made an appointment for the 29th of July. Maybe I'll snipe some of the pictures from my orthodontist's page to get some professional crooked head shots.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
meh...ho hum...another day, another ortho visit. Can I get my new face yet? Please?
Welcome! Wow its been a whole like month since I wrote on this pig. Work is going well. Busy of course, but none the less well but that's not why you come to read this right?
Today was....*drum roll* Ortho appointment!! So why did I mention paste? Well I had more molds done! mmmmmmm yummy....I love eating that garbage...and it tastes like paste. If you say you never ate paste, not even once, I call you a liar. Anyways...new molds, new pictures, same wires....They gave me the don't call us, we'll call you routine, and made an appointment for the 29th of July. Maybe I'll snipe some of the pictures from my orthodontist's page to get some professional crooked head shots.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
meh...ho hum...another day, another ortho visit. Can I get my new face yet? Please?
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Cool Kid
Its official...
My face is soooooooo crooked now that i now spit and sometimes even lisp a little when i talk. Yep....and I don't have another Ortho appointment until July 8th.
On the bright side, I do have a new party trick. "hey guys, watch this! I cant bite my teeth together and stick my tongue out the side!! Cool right?!"
My face is soooooooo crooked now that i now spit and sometimes even lisp a little when i talk. Yep....and I don't have another Ortho appointment until July 8th.
On the bright side, I do have a new party trick. "hey guys, watch this! I cant bite my teeth together and stick my tongue out the side!! Cool right?!"
Check these out...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
187 MDK My Face
Wow....so I suppose my orthodontist decided it would be good to take the aggressive route. She DOES have new molds...so she would know where I currently am, and where I need to be...I dunno though...
So I went in for a fun filled adjustment, which I now call the "oil change" at work since they are so few and far between, and she took out my wires and I had to sit there. There was some code B5...C6...A10...no its not battleship its my face....that the hygienist needed information about. So I happened to peer down at the wires that were about to be put in. BAD IDEA!! BAD IDEA!! First, it was a solid 1/4 of an inch wider than my last one, as in wider than my current bite...and it didn't give...not a smidgen. I know this for 2 reasons, the hygienist showed me, and well lets just say it took some crafty hand work and a pair of industrial pliers/a vice to get it in there and tie it all in....Lordy....my face hurts so much, I am hungry for REAL food, and my face is so much more crooked than it ever has been. But it's SUPPOSED to get worse before it gets better right?! RIGHT?!?!?!
Anyways, i was informed that i get more molds done at the next "oil change"...so that makes this uber aggressive approach a liiiiiiiiiittle more tolerable.
I will keep you posted.
So I went in for a fun filled adjustment, which I now call the "oil change" at work since they are so few and far between, and she took out my wires and I had to sit there. There was some code B5...C6...A10...no its not battleship its my face....that the hygienist needed information about. So I happened to peer down at the wires that were about to be put in. BAD IDEA!! BAD IDEA!! First, it was a solid 1/4 of an inch wider than my last one, as in wider than my current bite...and it didn't give...not a smidgen. I know this for 2 reasons, the hygienist showed me, and well lets just say it took some crafty hand work and a pair of industrial pliers/a vice to get it in there and tie it all in....Lordy....my face hurts so much, I am hungry for REAL food, and my face is so much more crooked than it ever has been. But it's SUPPOSED to get worse before it gets better right?! RIGHT?!?!?!
Anyways, i was informed that i get more molds done at the next "oil change"...so that makes this uber aggressive approach a liiiiiiiiiittle more tolerable.
I will keep you posted.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Vacation time!
Time for some well deserved R&R... I'll be jet-setting off to Mexico in just 2 days. Thank God. I am mentally wiped...
I will catch you all upon my return
Catch ya laters!
I will catch you all upon my return
Catch ya laters!
Friday, April 18, 2008
And so the darkness continues...
I got the no go....Actually, I just got a phone call that said that they need to see me in 6 weeks.
whoop-dee-do.
I am sooooo over this whole process.
whoop-dee-do.
I am sooooo over this whole process.
Monday, April 14, 2008
*Cue Jeopardy Music*
And so the wait begins. I expressed my urgency to get this information as soon as possible as I will be out of the country for a full 7 days without a phone. My account was noted...so we shall see....
Random side note: We all remember what it was like to get impressions taken as a kid. If you had any sort of orthodontic appliance you had one done, and you probably choked on it too. Now thankfully the solution/clay/crap is a little bit thicker now so it doesnt drip as much, but holy hell....When that sticks to brackets, that stuff doesnt come off. I thought the woman was going to rip my brackets off, with my teeth still attached. I have no idea how it finally got out, but I pray to God that they don't have to do it again. Maybe thats why I have a headache today....Or maybe thats just all the solution/clay/crap that I have eaten is making me sick. Discuss amongst yourselves....
Random side note: We all remember what it was like to get impressions taken as a kid. If you had any sort of orthodontic appliance you had one done, and you probably choked on it too. Now thankfully the solution/clay/crap is a little bit thicker now so it doesnt drip as much, but holy hell....When that sticks to brackets, that stuff doesnt come off. I thought the woman was going to rip my brackets off, with my teeth still attached. I have no idea how it finally got out, but I pray to God that they don't have to do it again. Maybe thats why I have a headache today....Or maybe thats just all the solution/clay/crap that I have eaten is making me sick. Discuss amongst yourselves....
Sunday, April 13, 2008
I just want to know already...
I am kinda nervous and excited all at once about my appointment tomorrow...Is that weird?
I mean on one hand, it could go fabulously and the orthodontist calls me 2 or 3 days after and tells me I am ready to get surgery. Which, as exciting as it would be, it also incredibly frightening all at once. But to branch off of my last post, I just want to know there will be an end in the not-so-distant future.
Or she could call me in a week or so and say "Well I think we need to move some more stuff around..." Come on lady!! What else is there to move?! My teeth havent been moved a lot as it is! Where else can my teeth go?? My nose?!
Let's get this show on the road...
I mean on one hand, it could go fabulously and the orthodontist calls me 2 or 3 days after and tells me I am ready to get surgery. Which, as exciting as it would be, it also incredibly frightening all at once. But to branch off of my last post, I just want to know there will be an end in the not-so-distant future.
Or she could call me in a week or so and say "Well I think we need to move some more stuff around..." Come on lady!! What else is there to move?! My teeth havent been moved a lot as it is! Where else can my teeth go?? My nose?!
Let's get this show on the road...
Friday, March 21, 2008
This is me...
Well its been a while huh? After reading about 82635872365 other blogs and web pages regarding this fun filled adventure I made an executive decision: I need to update this pig more. So here I am.
Whats new....hmm....Well i have about $7k less in my bank account....that's exciting right? hahaha...Maybe I am just not as enthusiastic about this whole thing as others because, well people can be superficial. *RANT ALERT* *RANT ALERT* I tried to not let this whole process deter me from any social life I had prior. I have made a full fledged effort in going out and meeting new people, and hanging out with old friends. I have had the BEST phony upbeat attitude one can have. Believe you me, I am one of the best fakers around. But seriously, that doesn't ease the twinge of hurt you get when you meet someone new and that very first reaction they have when you open your mouth and they see you have braces. I can now pick that face out of ANY crowd, regardless of the amount of alcohol in my system. I know this whole thing is just temporary, and I have heard an ENDLESS amount of supporting stories....that doesn't make this any easier on me. I know shocker, right? I guess you could call this hitting a wall. The time when you wonder, is this really all worth it? I mean I haven't had surgery yet, I can go back to Go and fore go my 200 bucks right? *sigh* I just want this all over and done with so i can get on with my life...
Ortho news: In the last orthodontic appointment, the orthodontist asked me if we had a "game plan" for when all the surgery was going to go down. I told her the original game plan was to have surgery in May/Early June time frame. She then said that those dates sounded about right and that at my next appointment in April they would do molds, to give me the go ahead or if i needed more work. PRAISE THE LORD!! I feel like i have been flying at night without night vision since this whole ordeal began. Now i may actually have gone far enough in this tunnel of hell to see the light at the end. It may be incredibly far away, but at least i know its there now! So i called my HR department and got my LOA paperwork going so that i can be ready if i am ready to go. YAY!
So what is the original game plan for surgery you ask? let me tell you. 4 months in braces in hopes to shift my bite enough to only do one surgery on both jaws. I have a very narrow upper jaw so they would need to widen and plate that. Unfortunately if it has to be wider than 3mm i would need some funky contraption known as an expander (ew). My bottom jaw needs to go back and sliiiiiiiightly to the left. The OMS told me its approximately a 7.5hr surgery. Sweet right? I'll be like the bionic woman once this is done...hahaha
So today i FINALLY uploaded some pictures on this. Before braces and a bunch while i have them. If i get the OK in April, i will take some more so that we have some good shots. And of course once i have surgery I will have nothing else to do but take pictures of my beat up face so you'll be overloaded then....weeeee
Good luck everyone else going through this. We will all get through this together. Until next time...
Whats new....hmm....Well i have about $7k less in my bank account....that's exciting right? hahaha...Maybe I am just not as enthusiastic about this whole thing as others because, well people can be superficial. *RANT ALERT* *RANT ALERT* I tried to not let this whole process deter me from any social life I had prior. I have made a full fledged effort in going out and meeting new people, and hanging out with old friends. I have had the BEST phony upbeat attitude one can have. Believe you me, I am one of the best fakers around. But seriously, that doesn't ease the twinge of hurt you get when you meet someone new and that very first reaction they have when you open your mouth and they see you have braces. I can now pick that face out of ANY crowd, regardless of the amount of alcohol in my system. I know this whole thing is just temporary, and I have heard an ENDLESS amount of supporting stories....that doesn't make this any easier on me. I know shocker, right? I guess you could call this hitting a wall. The time when you wonder, is this really all worth it? I mean I haven't had surgery yet, I can go back to Go and fore go my 200 bucks right? *sigh* I just want this all over and done with so i can get on with my life...
Ortho news: In the last orthodontic appointment, the orthodontist asked me if we had a "game plan" for when all the surgery was going to go down. I told her the original game plan was to have surgery in May/Early June time frame. She then said that those dates sounded about right and that at my next appointment in April they would do molds, to give me the go ahead or if i needed more work. PRAISE THE LORD!! I feel like i have been flying at night without night vision since this whole ordeal began. Now i may actually have gone far enough in this tunnel of hell to see the light at the end. It may be incredibly far away, but at least i know its there now! So i called my HR department and got my LOA paperwork going so that i can be ready if i am ready to go. YAY!
So what is the original game plan for surgery you ask? let me tell you. 4 months in braces in hopes to shift my bite enough to only do one surgery on both jaws. I have a very narrow upper jaw so they would need to widen and plate that. Unfortunately if it has to be wider than 3mm i would need some funky contraption known as an expander (ew). My bottom jaw needs to go back and sliiiiiiiightly to the left. The OMS told me its approximately a 7.5hr surgery. Sweet right? I'll be like the bionic woman once this is done...hahaha
So today i FINALLY uploaded some pictures on this. Before braces and a bunch while i have them. If i get the OK in April, i will take some more so that we have some good shots. And of course once i have surgery I will have nothing else to do but take pictures of my beat up face so you'll be overloaded then....weeeee
Good luck everyone else going through this. We will all get through this together. Until next time...
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