6 Months Post Surgery
Hi Everyone! I feel like this 6 month mark post surgery has been a HUGE turning point for me. I want to make sure and give you all the updates: Chewing So much more and so much better! I am able to chew a much wider variety of foods, but still cannot chew certain items such as hard chips, lettuce, chewy/gummy foods, pizza crust. One day or one week when I am able to, I will be eating all of those things :) Sleeping You really can train yourself to do whatever you want. I have learned to not flip onto my stomach and sleep only on my side or back. I really thought this was not possible, but I was wrong! Sleeping has been so much better pain wise. I still clench some, but hopefully that will fully change when I get into a nighttime splint. Braces Y'all. Listen up. I get my braces off in two weeks! Two weeks! I am so excited to get them off and the wire on the roof of my mouth. Oh yes, that's right, you may have forgotten that I still have the wire over the roof of my mouth that e...