Day 9

I went to see the orthodontist today about my concerns about my teeth, and they really reassured me that everything was infact fine:) They said they didn't want to put really heavy bands on as they thought it could make other problems occur with my bite, and then said that having heavy bands actually increases the chance of relapse (I didn't really understand how, but they said it did!). They also said they haven't actually got that much control over how my teeth and jaws are going to go now, and that there is scar tissue healing and they can't predict how it is going to heal. I still feel a bit uneasy about not having bands on, but I have lots of appointments coming up so if anything does go wrong they will be able to see.
They actually thought I was being a bit paranoid about my teeth having moved, and they didn't think they had. They agreed that my center line was a bit off though so they have given me one band to wear at night to pull that back to being right.
One thing that I have been thinking about is that there is little openings when I bite down, which I wish weren't there, but maybe eventually they'll sort that out with my braces. I asked them and they said they would be able to help that a bit...

Heres my teeth, you can definately see how my centre line is slightly out of line! but it is still amazing to see how my top teeth come over my bottom teeth! I love it yaaay:)

Heres me trying to smile! pahaa it's so creepy and odd looking at the moment

I'm a lot more swollen on this than the other side! I think that was because  on this side, my surgeon discovered that my sinus had collapsed and had a pollop on it! So he took away the pollop:) I got 2 surgeries for the price of 1!

Day 8 since surgery

I am a little bit worried that my teeth have moved slightly, I kind of thought this might happen when they didn't put bands on but I just was so relieved to be able to talk I didn't question it.
It looks like my centre line of my top and bottom teeth is not in line any more and my bottom teeth look a bit like they are veering to the left. I might be being completely paranoid about this, but I really want bands put on now just so I can relax and know that my teeth are secure and not as unstable as they feel now. My next appointment is next tuesday but I'm worried they could move more between now and then, and as I'm going to definately have to have bands put on anyway I'd rather have them before my teeth have moved even more, because otherswise it could take more time and be more painful to get my teeth back to the correct bite! I'm sure everything will be fine though, I know that all the orthodontists know what they are doing, they are all so clever:)
I had beetroot soup for lunch today it was reeally nice:) also I have been posting chocolate buttons between my teeth and then waiting for them to melt its been great
another thing is my hairs been falling out loads more than usual! I googled it and it is quite common after a big surgery. I hope it doesn't get all thin though.
I tried putting a bit of eye makeup on today for the first time since surgery:D

Day 6 I am feeling so cheerful!

Oh my gosh guess what happened today! well!
I had my first appointment with with surgeon, and he TOOK MY WAFER AND BANDS COMPLETELY OFF! yayyyy! I am so happy!
Then I had to go see the orthodontist to get looser bands on but they said that the elastics normally pursuade your bite to go into the correct position, but as mine are already in the complete correct position, for the time being I don't need them! wahoooo! They're just going to see how things go, I have an appointment in a weeks time and if anythings changed at all then they'll put bands on then:) but at the moment I am just loving be able to TALK! yippeeee I was babbling away to all the staff at the clinic just because I could:) I feel so lucky that I can have no bands so soon after surgery, as I know lots of people are in tight bands for weeks, I'll have to see how things go though with whether my teeth move at all:) So even though I had a tough time with sickness and things this first week, I think this luckyness definately makes up for that.
 I am worried that my bite will be unstable with no bands, but I think I just have to trust the orthodontist to know that it will be fine! Also they said that if my bite does start shifting, to not try and position it back into the right place, because that will just be like I am faking the correct position and will hide the actual problems. I'm glad she told me that because I think I would've done that if not.
Also, I can see my bite now, it's amazing! It's just so crazy to see my top teeth coming over my bottom teeth.   I just can't get over it.
They also took some photos and did xrays today. I saw my before and after side profile xray, it was unbelievable the difference. My face looked about half as long in the after xray!
I am just feeling generally happy today. I am so glad that the worst of this surgery is definately over now, I feel like everything will just get better from here!
One thing is my face is soooo itchy and tingly. Especially the roof of my mouth and tongue, it's a really irritating feeling but it's good because it means the feeling is slowly starting to return and that It's healing.
Here are some photos:)

I tried to take a picture of my teeth but it was really hard to get it so you could see! haa:) Also even though the surgeon keeps saying they are in the right position, to me they don't really look like they are:S But I suppose I just have to trust him as he is definitely an expert!
Also, I have just one more thing to say, chicken Complan is AMAZING haha! it tastes like roast dinner! I thought it would be gross because I looked on the ingredients and it doesn't actually contain any real chicken, but it was truly delicious!

Day 5 since surgery

Hello Everyone! Day 6 has been prettyyy good. I got an actual good sleep last night and I slept deeply for the first time in days. I had quite a lot of pain this morning, from headache, neckache and jaw ache, but now I feel kind of ok.
One of the most annoying things I've been getting almost constantly, is the feeling that my teeth want to pull apart! It feels like they're being pulled out and that my jaw wants to snap open. Also, today my jaws been twitching a lot and making wierd little pop noises (I hope thats normal:S)
I wanted to tell you all about where my face is numb so I made a wierd little diagram on paint paha:) It's quite scary so I hope it doesn't freak you out! Red means not numb, and blue means numb.

Also the roof of my mouth is completely numb. I think the numbest area would be my top lip, but thankfully my bottom lips hardly numb at all! My surgeon said he was really pleased with how he kept the nerve safe that runs to my lip and chin whilst he did the surgery.

I have become MEGA bruised today! I am yellow and green! Here is a photo

Another good thing is that eating has become way easier. I can swallow fine now, and I've eaten a good amount today! One thing is I'm really not a fan of the fortified drinks they give you, because they don't taste like proper food, but they are nicer if you blend other nice stuff in with them:)

I'm becoming so frustrated with not being able to talk, it's made me realise how integral it is communicating and that I would normally just take it for granted! It's such an effort to write out what I want to say. Also, I'm covered in pen from where I've been writing and then accidently drawn on myself! ha:) 

Day 4 since surgery

Last night was absolutely crazy. I was feeling so sick because I couldn't take anti emetics like I had been in the hospital, and I also couldn't take pain relief, as that adds to the sickness! So the whole night I was in lots and lots of pain and shaking. I had to cut my bands off because I was feeling so sick, was really hard to get the scissors in and me and my mum and dad were all panicking because we couldn't do it and I was on the verge of being sick! but we finally got them off and I was sick twice. Then I thankfully managed to sleep a bit and then in the morning we drove back to the hospital. The way there was quite dramatic, and I was sick in the car:( but when we got there they gave me some anti emetics to take home and put more bands on. I'm feeling a lot better now thankfully:)
I've also decided to stop taking codiene/tramadol for the time being, because I think the pain is at a stage where it's bearable when I'm only having paracetamol, and codiene/tramadol was making me feel incredibly sick and also making me hallucinate which was quite frightening. When I closed my eyes I thought there were people around me and touching me, but I opened my eyes and there was no one there! I think I'll only take that if I'm desperate now.

I have to say, that this is the hardest thing I have ever been through in my entire life, and I think I underestimated what it would be like before going into it. Last night I was feeling quite regretful, but now I feel more positive and I feel like I can handle it again:)

My profile is so different!!

Some bruises have come up today under my eye and on my left jaw. 

That little mark on my forehead is from where the surgeon put a pin in the operation! He said it was so there was something steady to measure how far he was moving everything.

Finally home! Day 3 since surgery

Hello Everyone!:) I am finally home from the hospital it is currently the 3rd day since my operation. It has been such a dramatic few days I will tell you all about what has been happening....

The first day of my surgery (day 0) I felt pretty great, I think I was high on morphine! And also, I wasn't banded together at all so I could drink and use a cup and a spoon. That night I also slept a lot, one thing though was that I fainted in the night and whacked my head on the wall which was scary and painful but that was no way near as bad as the 2nd night in comparison. The day after the surgery I started getting more and more swollen but it only really started to become awful when my surgeon put the bands on!! I have a power chain going over all my teeth and I think it's like the equivalent of being wired shut. I can't move my teeth at all, my jaws had shifted slightly right before he put the power chain on so he had to kind of yank it back which hurt! Having my teeth clamped shut meant I was getting pain from my jaw, and also I found breathing hard and that was really scary. Before I had the bands put on I could breath through my mouth so I was fine, but with my teeth clamped shut it made it really hard, and I couldn't breath through my nose at all because it was completely blocked:( I had to put this little plastic tube in the side of my mouth to hold my cheek open so I could kind of breath through there. It was still almost impossible though even with the plastic tube. It's still hard now too because my nose is still quite congested.
The past few days have just been kind of the same level of horrible, but my swelling has gone down slightly today which is good.

One thing is I HAAATE is the liquid pain killers:( I just find it so hard to swallow them. It's because there was a tube down my throat during the surgery meaning my throat is all swollen and bruised inside! So my swallowing just isn't working yet very well, it is slowly improving though. The second night was really dreadful because I tried to take liquid codiene, but really couldn't swallow at all and it all just fell out my mouth again. But, then I wasn't allowed any more because they weren't sure how much I'd actually had, so I was pretty much on no pain relief that whole night and I couldn't handle it! Last night wasn't so bad and I'm hoping tonight, now I'm home I will finally get some sleep as I haven't slept since the first night:(

I was actually meant to go home on the second day, but because I found it so hard to take the pain killers I had to have injections and my drip. I developed a way of being able to take my oral pain killers now though with a nice nurse called Sandy, where I take this little tube and attatch it to the end of a syringe and put that all the way to the back of my mouth and then it goes down my throat a lot better:)

I am really happy with how my face is looking though! I can see the outline of my profile and it looks so good. I am unbelievably swollen at the moment but when it goes down I think I'll be so happy with my results. My surgeon said he was really proud of himself!:) also he said he managed to protect the nerve really well, and I can feel my bottom lip really well which is a good sign.

I am finding not being able to talk so frustrating. I'm going through an entire notebook a day! But I just love talking and its so horrible not being able to say the thoughts that are popping into my head without having to find a pen and paper and make my arms write!

Here are some photos,

Heres me in hospital on the first day, when the swelling hadn't really come up much yet...

   Heres me today, on day 3. I have an obese head:( I was actually even more swollen yesterday though! On my neck you can kind of see how my throat is swollen ... 

Here is a front view. Ew my face is so shiney. Thats another thing my skin has gone reallyy bad! Did anyone else find that?

That black thing is so gross, it a little wound from where they took out the blood draining pot tube (thats the tubes that are coming out of my neck you can see on the pictures of me in the hospital. They were to drain blood out, and they were attatched to little pots on the end. They looked horrible and grusome but they didn't hurt, it only hurt when they were taken out. I could feel them being pulled out of my neck it was awful!!)

Love you all, I will update more tomorrow probably. It is such a massive relief to be home!

Day after surgery

Here's Rosa's Dad, Tom, to update on her progress after her surgery. Yesterday she was still out of it from the anaesthetic - and not too swollen yet.  Today was a tough one - more swelling; tired after a bit of a difficult night in the hospital - and she's now got bands on so she can't talk and is a bit panicky about her breathing.  The surgeon is very pleased about how the operation went, and her profile is quite changed.  I'm sure tomorrow will be better.