I'm finding it really hard to switch back to normal foods! It's nice to have the option, but I'm in the habit now of swallowing things whole or squishing them up with my tongue. I also get full really quickly - perhaps because it takes so long to eat. Before, I was usually the fastest eater, and now I'm the one who pecks at her food for ages and ends up reverting to soups. I know you have to chew though, otherwise it sets back your healing.
Going out to a party for the first time last night was ... not what I expected. I got all dressed up for the first time and took out my elastics, and I was really happy with the effect! I don't even have to fluff up my hair anymore to balance out my face - I can let it go straight and shiny. I'd expected this set of friends to be really good in their reactions, but no! One of the guys noticed the weight loss but thought my face looked much the same. No one else said anything at all!!! It had been a hectic night and some of them were late and perhaps tired, but were they that distracted?!
Ok ... one guy is the ultimate geek and I wouldn't expect him to know what to say. The guy of the married couple asked how the surgery had gone and everything after he caught me drinking an Ensure, but didn't comment on the change either way. The woman of the couple had absolutely no reaction at all! They were all supportive before the surgery and we emailed a couple of times while I was recovering. She had to have noticed the difference. How strange is that! Anyway, it was fun despite that strangeness.
I ate some mini cream puffs, except they were too big to fit into my mouth (must've looked pretty funny trying) and I didn't want to mess up the braces, so I tore them up rather than chewing. And I tried to eat a grape, except that didn't work and I almost choked o.O
And then an hour ago I was really hungry so I made a big bowl of ravioli and steamed veggies, but most of it is still uneaten.
The hardest part is remembering to chew on the right side as well as the left. The right had the worst bite before, whereas now it's slightly better ... but old muscle memories die hard.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
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Hmmm, I wonder how much people are worried about saying the wrong thing, but really, come on folks, how hard is it to say a simple " You look GREAT!" ? Because you do look different and you DO look great :) Strange. Glad it was still a good time, though. Maybe they talked about your greatness to each other on the way home ;)
The chewing will get there. You're having to learn all over again and retrain everything. Practice practice..it'll come. Totally understand the tearing to swallow for the sake of the braces. Any effort is worth it for the sake of a cream puff, haha :)
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