The Body is Amazing In its Ability to Heal

Today I went to a local nursery with a girlfriend, and then to a evening get together for my husbands company. I'm amazing even myself at how quickly I seem to be bouncing back from this surgery. Tonight my bottom lip was really burny, then it switched to feeling really cold, like when you have menthol chapstick on. I could feel feeling coming back on the backside but thought it was way to soon and that I must be imagining it. Well I'm not, must have been all that talking to people I had to do, or forcing my face to smile, but something changed tonight. When I got home I had a lot more control over my lip and while it is still mildy numb in the center, I can now feel it in back, and it feels tingly on even the numb areas. My tongue is much better now. The tip is still a bit tingly but the whole left side now has feeling and I feel like I can move my tongue around like I used to. In addition to this, my chin is now all tingly and has feeling, even my genio! Not totally restored mind you but coming back fast for sure. Facial mobility is increasing also, I can pucker, stick my tongue out, and almost smile like normal. The only thing stopping me is the pull on the quickly dissolving stitches in my mouth.

At 6 days post op I could open my jaw 23mm, today, 8 days post op, I know it is farther. Not sure exactly how much, but I can yawn now, and talking has gotten a lot easier. Swelling inside my mouth has come down a lot. Up until today I couldn't really close my teeth together as the swelling wouldn't allow it, but this evening things have improved and closing is becoming do-able without any forcing. Given everything they did to my jaw, I'm just flabbergausted at how fast things are improving. This surgery is going so much better then my SARPE. It's CRAZY!