1 month post jaw surgery op...

Yep, officially 1 month and 2 days post op already:)

Rating:

Swelling: My face is still swollen! Ahhh... and its only a week away from gg back to work. My right swollen cheek and upper lip makes me feel irritated.

Pain: Almost none, except for the occasional pain of biting on my own swollen cheeks (1/10)

Numbness: Regained sensation in most areas of cheeks and chin, except for the lower left side of my chin. (6/10)

Speaking ability: I can speak now, but because my mouth cannot open big enough to pronounce properly, I look like I am always biting on something when speaking.

Eating: I am still on soft food diet, able to take porridge, blends, yoghurt, ice cream and mee sua! I satisfied one craving already, Tom Yam Mee Sua Feeding on spoon and fork only. I can drink from the cup already, so I am using less straws now.

So yep, a rough update about my recovery. Well, overall its still doing good, and I am pretty much happy with my face shape and bite now.

Thinking back on the day before the op....omg, so much have happened. Ok, my next post will be on what actually happened the day before and the op day.


Ciao for now
Rachel

16 days post Jaw Operation...

Yes, its been 16 days post op already, time flies.

Still shuddering at the thought of the first night after op. Wells, its over. Whew.

So what happened since post op day 4 till now? I got my elastics removed on 4th July 2016!!! Basically, the zig-zag configuration of the elastic bands were removed so that I can now practice moving my jaw. Another good news is, I have graduated from drinking from the syringe to using straws. Now that I can move my jaw slightly, I can open my mouth to eat mashed potatoes, eat porridge and also drank AVOCADO Juice! Slurps!

So much have improved over the short week, but what concerns me now is my bite. Recently, I tried to move my tongue around in my mouth and realized that some of my molar were still not biting, not touching. This freaked me out! I done a huge op just to correct my jaw, I am so afraid that the op did not put my jaws in the correct place! :O This coming Monday I would be meeting my surgeon again and would be asking him about it.

Well, other that than the panicky stuff that I just shared, my swelling have subsided much. Though some swelling came back after my appointment with the surgeon when he tried to remove my elastics, it did hurt quite abit. Putting ice pack over my face often, hoping that it helps with the swelling. Its gg to be less than a month that I would be thrown back to the society and working world again, so I need to recover real fast.

Another thing that I would like to share, I have not been out of home since my op, other than my appointments at the hospitals with my surgeon and dietitian. Talking about dietitian, I think I gained about 1.5 kg since my last post. Hopefully, I can pass my weight exam coming Monday. I would be gg out for the first time in 2 plus weeks to NUS for my sister's convocation! Whee, finally going to get out and meet the world...

Well, in my next post. I will start to share photos of my op and my recover process. Stay tuned.

Ciao,
Rachel

Heyo, I am back

Sorry for I was away for a long long while and guess what it is 4 days post operation already.

I am in pain. I would by lying if I said I didn't.

Thank my parents for taking care of me throughout these few days.

Now that I have abit more energry, I decided to update a little about my past few days.

My operation was on 21st June 2016. On 22nd June, I was brought back to my ward at around 9.30pm at night. All drowsy and nauseous. Truthfully, I vomitted alot alot of blood. The suction device/thing sort of saved my life, as it practically sucked out my whole stomach of blood.

The first night was horrendous, as the continual suction churns up my whole stomach and that basically sums up my first night. Struggling through the very first night. 

The next day I woke up still in lots of pain and because I did a nose job to remove a lump of flesh in my nose, my nose was stuffed with 2 long cotton buds. The cotton buds blocked my entire nasal system and early in the morning I was so glad to hear that doctors would be removing my cotton buds to let me breathe normally.

So the 2nd day, I started to breathe again and started on my journey of liquid diet. I am still on my liquid diet now and I will have to pull through that for at least 2 weeks. Trust me, at this point of time I am craving for alot alot of food. Tom Yam noodles, my favourite.

Its going to be a long journey ahead and I will bite my teeth and fight on. Literally bitting my teeth as my jaws are shut tight with wires and elastics now.

I am home now with my family and resting up alot. My next appointment with my surgeon is on 27th June 2016. Hopefully all goes well.

I shall end my post and pardon the sloppy post. I am just typing whatever that goes through my mind.

Adios, I will be back for another post a few days later.

Rachel

Random Doodle

Random Doodle

*Picked my Dad's Samsung Note 5 up* and started to pick up the sylus and doodled this picture above in 10-15mins.

Well, guess now drawing becomes so much easier and faster.

Try doodling now...

Rachie

Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas to peeps reading my blog!

It's Christmas in advance and soon to be New Year! I am getting into the holiday mood already.

I am feeling a little blue recently, not too sure why actually. There is something in my heart and mind that is bothering me, but there is no actual reason to it. hmm...

Every year end, I always do my new year resolutions and this year I am happy to tell everyone that I think I achieved quite alot this year. I have changed to a satisfying job (after a transfer) and have great friends around at work place. I have made new friends at my volunteer work. I have taken up the leadership role and managed to explore the role and inspired my life in volunteering. I have finally have the courage to do my braces and agreed to the surgery which my dentist encouraged. I have learnt to cherish people around me more and importantly to love myself more.

Maybe sometimes in live, we really won't know what will happen in future. I may be sad over something at one time, but we will realize that actually this sadness is temporary and after some time, this sadness will wash away. Maybe you would be interested to know why I am saying this, I am just saying what I am feeling over the past few years, live goes on. 还是要幸福.:)

还是要幸福 from Hebe田馥甄

This song accompanied me through two years and was the song that made me feel better at my lowest point, telling me that I should be strong and not be lonely again. Still love this song.

So, what I want to say is this year is a great year that pulled me to greater heights, more adventures and more company and I hope to have a fruitful one ahead of me. Sounds too early to say now, but actually year end is not too far away. Have a great year end everyone! :D

Braces cleaning

Braces Cleaning in Progress...

Haha, you would be guessing why I am drawing this. Yeps, I have gotten my braces up for 4 months now. 

Truthfully, ever since I had braces, I realized the importance of cleaning my teeth real clean, because all those food (and I mean alot of it) gets stuck in between teeth and on my braces, making my mouth so dirty. Yikes.

But I decided to draw it a little different from the usual brushing method. This little rascals up there are helping me with my teeth, I wish right.

To all whom are having braces now, I understand how you feel. Let's do this together! All the best and may all have prettier teeth! :D

Train Logo Design

Train Logo

This drawings was drawn to file in for a competition. However, it was later modified further for submission for competition. Thus, I can post this draft version online for fun!:)

Design portrays a train moving out from a tunnel. It looks like a rocket though and my colleague commented that it looked like a door stopper. Haha.

Cheers to the New Year of 2014 and may your year ahead be as smooth as the travelling train!:)