Grumpy & Green

I googled grumpy and this picture came up.... it could very well be me.

Apparently my bruise gives my face a green tinge... and my jaw is sore so my mouth doesn't open the whole way. I'm barely on painkillers and I'm back at work.... you guess my mood.
The office is quiet and no one is bringing me jelly and custard :(

On the plus side, apparently I look super thin... I am, thanks for noticing ;)

A Touch of the Vapors

wooz·y (wz, wz)

adj. wooz·i·er, wooz·i·est

1. Dazed or confused.

2. Dizzy or queasy.

 

I've spent the last three days sleeping, eating and feeling woozy. Waves of head spins. I can only think that the antibiotics are doing a number on my stomach, and the pain combined with painkillers are making my head spin. I don't think I need to explain how annoying it is to feel like you might collapse on the way to the toilet? As much as I enjoy snapping my fingers and having things done for me.... I would prefer to look after myself.

 

Fortunately I get dizzy, I don't faint. I feel the cold prickles all over my skin, feel my stomach spin and then sit down. I don't drop to the ground in a dead swoon. I do go deathly pale though. I don't know if this is the weird way that my body deals with pain recently? I did my fair share of woozy while getting acupuncture earlier this year. I don't think I blogged about that? But I'd go into a queasy, white, dizzy spell when the needles released too much tension. It wasn't pretty.

 

Anyway, this is just an update on my recovery. I'm glad that I only have to go back to work on Thursday, I took a very wobbly walk to the shops that didn't bode well.... Brother says I weave alarmingly....

Tiding From Your Puffy Queen

Hey hey

My wisdom's surgery was actually a breeze. I am not extremely puffy and only have a tiny bruise on my cheek, although seeing as it only just appeared, I presume that there are more to come. Pain has been manageable, they don't leave you high and dry without drugs.

I've kept to my bed, I do feel pretty tired and found walking around too much made me a bit dizzy. I've been eating pumpkin soup (Dukan approved), Ultra Mel Zero (OMG delish), jelly, and yoghurt. I've also been drinking Coke Zero - they give me Coca Cola in the hospital, apparently it helps your mouth to heal? I'm not complaining, it's a break from water. I was so thirsty after my surgery, I demanded water and drank about 1.5 litres before leaving hospital. They  intubate you through your nose during surgery, so the throat take quite a hit. Honestly it was more "my throooooat" when I woke up than "my faaaaace"! I've regained all feeling back in my face which is good, there is a tiny risk of nerve damage with this procedure and no one wants a numb face for life! My jaw seems good too, so no damage there. You have to sign a waver before surgery basically accepting any complications relating to surgery and anaesthesia.

My anaesthetist was amazing, I explained the previous emotional factor and he made sure that he gave me the right balance of drugs so that it wore off faster. So no crying, I was just bossy and I was very up and about soon.

I actually couldn't be happier with how things turned out. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.

Just a plug for the hospital and Doctors:
I went to Christiaan Barnard, Dr Singh was my maxillofacial surgeon and Dr Kessow was my anaesthetist. Both the loveliest men!



Right after surgery

who says hospital food isn't yum?

I got my teeth back!

Looking pretty good today, hey?

Snaggle Tooth and the Loss of Wisdom

Tomorrow I'm have all four of my wisdom teeth cut out, in hospital. I will be knocked out. A few years ago I had to be "put under" for a minor procedure, the  anaesthetic made me cry hysterically and the first thing I said when I "came to" was "I'm not dead".  I am very afraid of dying in an operating theatre. Maybe I've watched too many episodes of Gray's Anatomy or I'm just afraid of dying? I'm trying so hard to shake the fear because I know it makes no sense. It makes other people upset when I say it. Anyway, I didn't mean for this post to get so dark, I would delete it, but I also want to just say how I'm feeling right now. I'm not afraid of the pain, just something terrible going wrong.

Here's an x-ray of my crazy teeth - see how the bottom wisdom teeth are sideways? That's not cool. Showing you the inside of my skull is very cool though!

I'm determined to follow my diet while I recover, so I've already found the skinny versions of jelly and custard! FOR THE WIN!



Yes.... Ultra Mel comes in skinny :) soooooo happy! Means I won't be on a purely yoghurt and cold soup diet!



Wish me luck and pray that I keep calm!