Third Appointment Post Surgery (29th day)

The swelling has come down loads and almost full of my nerve sensation of upper lip, cheeks and nose retained but I had to fight with pimples, which has been spread all over my face and neck. Actually it is like prickly heat not pimples….. Itching and spreading from one part to another…… My surgeon advised me to visit one Dermatologist….


He checked my new X-ray and OPG, and explained the way did surgery…there was two wiring and two steel plates in the top set of teeth and two wiring in the bottom set of teeth.  He added that Dr. Jeomy will remove all wiring's and the steel plate doesn't need to kick out…. Once again he tightened those bolts and asked me to review after one month.

I’ve taken an appointment with Dr. Rajesh nair, Dermatologist on Tuesday (29th may) … He told me this is not actual pimples but it’s  a side effect of steroids which have been applied on my body after surgery…. He prescribed one gel (DERIVA BPO) and one face wash(ACNE GEL)…… My face scares me when I have a look on mirror… God let this pimples go down sooo fast!!!!!

My pimply face when that turn up first time

3 weeks post operation.

I am getting more and more nerve sensation every day though. My cheeks are now definitely a lot less swollen, but it’s hard to see the improvement yourself, day to day. The pictures I’ve taken give some signs of it and i think the stitches are starting to dissolve in my mouth; I’ve got some parts out of my mouth after brushing and in between tongue and teeth. My bottom lip just won’t do what i want it to. I can’t stretch it out and make it go tight at all… Aside from that I’ve generally got more movement in my mouth and lips. Although from some of the pictures, my mouth looks a bit weird! I’m a bit worried about all the numbness in my chin….I think its gradually getting less, but its still a million miles away from normal. I wonder how long it will take?

Second Appointment Post Surgery (15th day after)

Saw my surgeon today; He repeated the same words of the other surgeon…. Swellings will be there for some weeks and I only having swelling more or less which a 15th day post patient suppose to have… he asked me to take two x-rays (x-ray and OPG) when I visit him next time and tightened the screws in side my mouth.

Post 10th day after operation....

I wish the swelling would go down now! I’m on day what now, 10 and i still don’t really know how things have turned out which is frustrating. When I saw myself on mirror I felt very much sad my lips is having a close resemblance with krimi tomy’s(Rimi Tomy) and my nose exactly like chenni’s(Ramesh chennithala)….

I had a bad night last night. Woke up at 3am. The joints on both jaws felt frozen stiff and I had a huge headache… Not only last night had I started having disturbed sleep with full of short dreams…  Dreams like the stories of short story book… participants which I’ve not met or knew and story which I never ever imagined or heard... i wakeup after the end or middle of each story panting and panicked….. Feeling bored of these stuffs I stopped sleeping so fast, watched a lot of horror and action movies which my cousin and friend Sonu had given me….. Saw twilight saga again and again…. Wish to be one of them….. A vampire, without aging, without sleeping... how sweet hehe…. :):)

I tried to get out of one nasty pimple which turned up just below my nose and which caused the swelling boost up to my nose which was free from swelling before…..  This frightened me a little…. Ringed Dr. Jeomy, he said swellings will be there more or less, up to one month nothing to worry about that….:) I relieved a bit…. But really tired of this pumpkin face…. God!!!! Please help .... Please help me to finish one month sooo fast!!!!!

"Crawling in my skin

These wounds they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real"

The First Post surgery Appointment (7th Day after)

My first appointment after surgery, and it went pretty well…. Saw my surgeon which was nice. He said he was very pleased with the result and said that my mouth is having enough hygiene and keep like this always…. He remembered me to use baby brush only and keep rinsing mouth each time after I’m having food…… He advised to use cold water for shower and tightened the screws which he put inside my mouth. I asked if there was any possibility in the future if the screws/plate would come loose. He assured me they wouldn't and I have nothing to worry about. He's only had to do one or two corrective surgery before in his above 300 surgeries career. The screws he uses now are pretty small and there is no way I'd be able to feel them. 

He asked me to smile and when I smiled he said now it is like I’m smiling under a curtain and I’ll be able to smile well after all swellings disappears (Well Dr. Rodney remembered me that I’ll be able smile only after the braces off). He suggested me to have all homely food apart from hardest ones…. Asked me to start chewing slowly and keep soft food diet…. He consoled me that my vomiting tendency and nose issues will gradually go off with swelling……

I called Dr. Jimmy, to thank him and to describe him about my operation….

I think it’s time to check out some other blogs to find out how other people are getting on…..

4th Day Post Surgery…..

Well I’m now back home…The sensation of my jaw healing is a bit odd and quite grim as the swelling moves around. As soon as my next dosage is due i can feel my face physically freezing up but this is much better on day 4 than it has been.

Things those were better than expected:

          1. The anesthetic. Really wasn't so scary. I didn’t feel sick and i couldn’t feel them pulling the tubes in or out it didn’t hurt.
          2. I didn’t felt any kinda throat pain or nose and I able to breath through nose.
          3. Looking in the mirror after you’ve had the surgery and thinking – o what have i done…!
          4. Catheter also doesn't hurt me or scared me.
          5. The pain generally. Is not like any sort of pain I’ve really felt before and although its bad, its not severe and is more of a dull sensation than anything else…
          6. It doesn't affect my speech.
          7. Getting home from hospital and being able to watch DVDs, TV and listen to the music at any time of day or night…!

Things those were worse than expected:

         1. How weird your new mouth feels. My tongue didn’t fit properly, I kept wanting to bite it at the front and at the side.  Having a swollen tongue and inside of your mouth is particularly unpleasant….
         2. Brushing when you cannot spit is more of a challenge than you might realize. You have to act like you have just now received a big impact on your face while gurgling.
3. Not being able to feel your mouth, dribbling down your chins constantly and wondering whether the sensation will ever come back!
         4. Not able to feel the satisfaction when you try to scratch your itching lips and cheeks.
         5. Running nose and the vomiting tendency which turns up with every kinda minute smells. (tissue, towel, soap, perfumes, plates, mug….. etc)

I’ve not felt any kinda pain and that put me on a great surprise…. I’ve been waiting long to receive great pain and pain killers as a nightmare…. Only I felt irritation with these swellings, dull sensation and the cold feeling which that delivers I’m happy to say, apart from a nasty sharp wire that seems to be digging into the bottom of my left chin. Well i know it is! And my chin is sore and bruised. And each morning when i wake up all the fixtures feel like they are welded into the side of my mouth. Its a very strange sensation. I’ve invested one mouth wash tooo which kept me away from infecting plaque and deposits as I’m not able to brush properly. But its taste seems so sharp and I afraid it will cause ulcers on all across the inside of my mouth and tongue….  

1st Day Post Surgery

It was a fantastic dawn I’d like to say…. That angel (nurse) helped me to wash my face, wipe off the tears and pus from eyes, rinse my mouth with cold water (I shocked to see, black colored water coming out from my mouth), combed my hair parted that as two and plaited that then tied with bandage, changed my bedding, She was having a nice smile whenever she looks at me…. I loved her smile and her dedication… wish to see her again but I don’t know her name then how??????

I have been shifted to room 644 soon after my surgeon’s (Dr. Oommen) visit…. He visited me there at post operation ward…. I was boring there, desperate,counting minutes and thinking when I shall shift to ward…..  My surgeon’s face consoled me a lot…. A familiar and friendly face in an unfriendly world!!!!  He said Sherin, now you will be shifted to room….. Now you are fine… nothing to worry!!! Catheter will be removed tomorrow.... Now we could stop this drip also.. I wondered will i able to take food with this broken mouth??? i asked the same with him... He smiled and that smile was really encouraging then said, Liquids first, then you could move on to soft solid foods.. And a lot of pleasant words… he explained about his beginning of career as a doctor, his patients, salary and the place where he started his career…. It was really interesting and i wish to hear him more but they shifted me without giving time to listen that fully…..:(


I was wheeled to my room. My mom and sister were in the room and as soon as the nurse got me settled in I hugged my mom and sister so tightly. I wasn't in that much pain or anything, I just think there were so many emotions going through me all at once.

Room no 644, heaven as compared with general ward…mmmm my next 2 days paradise I thought. I asked mom for a mirror to see my pumpkin face!!!! Yeah, it was far far better than what I expected but my eyebrows…. Half of the left eye brow is missing!!! Then I found some sticky plaster gum on forehead and right eyebrow…. Oh they have removed my eyebrow along with that plaster!!!!! Soooo saaadddddd!!!! Hmmmmmm

Afternoon Dr. Suvy Manuel came for a checkup!!! He introduced himself to us…. Oh my Mahesh Babu!!! but he’s not looking like that now!!!! What’s the difference??? I wondered hmmm… oh yeah gotchaaa……he is having mustache now and without that only he got that look!!!! In the mean time he have given a lot of advises like take one glass water in every one hour… you should consume cold water only… use baby brush for brushing…. Wash your mouth each and every time after food….. Rinse off with cold water….. Don’t apply any kinda pressure on teeth… catheter should be removed and that nurse will do that tomorrow morning…. Etc etc etc…. but I wish to tell him please remove that mustache, without that you look like Mahesh Babu…. He is soooo handsome you know…..!!!!!!!