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Surgery Success!

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Today I went down to the hospital to see my surgeon and orthodontist and it was great news – the surgery I had last week was a success. Yay!

The surgeon thinks one of the screws wasn’t quite flush and for some reason the nerve moved (which is about the width of a finger and between the bone) slipped and nudged it. I think it was connected with everything still settling down. Anyway now the screw isn’t there the nerve is coming back to life. It does feel odd, sometimes very painful, sometimes tingly and sometimes numb again but it is definitely recovering. I’ve been told I no longer need to wear the braces at night so it really is all over.

This is what I feel like doing

I can’t begin to explain the relief I feel about this. Since I completely lost the feeling in May I have had it hanging over me, wondering when the operation would be, wondering if it would work or if I would never feel my bottom lip (and never feel a kiss properly – seriously this bothered me a lot) and then the anxiety beforehand remembering how horrible it had been after the first operation (it’s been pretty grim this time but not for as long). I think it is safe to say that for the last 3 months  I haven’t been completely relaxed (well probably since the first operation but this has been the worst) but now I can focus on recovering from the operation and moving on with my life.

I have been reminded over the last week how unsuited I am to being ill. Being ill makes you miserable, you can’t go out and you have to rely on other people none of which I am very good at. I’m not quite ready to paint the town red but hopefully next week I’ll be back in my own flat which will be great. It’s still tiring doing anything and I haven’t yet got the energy to even concentrate on a film but I can assure you this state of affairs will be changing. There are things I want to do, places I want to go and people I want to see.

Thanks again to everybody who has thought of me, texted, emailed, sent cards, visited and tweeted over the past week (and before that too). It means a lot.

I’ll post an update when and if I have news.



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