Day 5

Today is Day 5 and I'm just sitting around waiting to get better. I hate waiting. I'm taking my medication (1 antibiotic and 1 Hydrocodone) every 6 hours so I'm maintaining this "dream wake". I'm not very functional but I'm trying to do things to feel better. I'm hungry but everything I eat tastes gross. I'm not getting enough calories and so I have a hungry headache constantly. I'm trying to vamp up my shakes and soups with coconut oil, peanut butter, etc. so that I can get more fats but I just feel gross. Today we went for a walk around the park which was a one mile walk. That felt nice but again, I'm kind of dizzy and headachy. My boyfriend told me that my breath smelled disgusting. I noticed all this gross slime building up on my braces but I couldn't get it off without a good brush and I was having a hard time. Finally though I thought I could use the pick I have for plaque, you know the sharp one? I used that and pulled all this gross, chunky stuff off my braces. I was able to get pretty much all of it off and brush my teeth and rinse with the bacteria cleansing rinse I was prescribed and my boyfriend said I smelled so much better after that. Ha! That is so gross!

Dr. Franco said not to blow my nose and I have been very stuffed up. It's not quite as bad as what I was expecting. I read other blogs and was expecting to not be able to breath, but it's on a level with being stuffed up with a head cold. I don't think I'm experiencing quite as much pain, problems and discomfort as others. I'm not sure, but this just doesn't seem that bad to me. I felt my TMJ surgery was worse, more painful and I had nausea which I don't have this time around. I made sure to tell my Anesthesiologist about it and she said she'd look at what I had and decide what she thought would have made me so sick and not use it. I think whatever she did worked! I'm not saying that this is fun by any means, I guess I was expecting worse. My nose has gross dark dried blood crusted in it and I keep trying to clean it out. I don't want to mess with anything too much. I'd rather nature take it's course. Speaking of nature...Dr. Franco said I wouldn't get my period but I did. Talk about bad luck. It's a small one and barely noticeable but still it's here. I got it for my TMJ surgery as well. Today's food was the same stuff shakes, pureed soup, fresh juice. I did have a miso soup that had tiny tofu and seaweed in it that I was able to get down. That was pretty tasty.