9 and 9

It's about time that I share some good news about my surgery. It is now 9 days after surgery and I have lost 9 pounds. I am now able of eating normal food. I ate a slice of pizza for dinner tonight. It feels so good to eat again, something besides all this mushy food. Overall I am feeling pretty good.

Normal or Not?....

Any of you that have had your tonsils out or know someone who has please let me know if this is normal or not. I have had so many other symptoms since I have had my tonsils out and I have guessed that this is all part of the process but now I don't know.

Some symptoms: tight jaw, I can not open my mouth very much and when I try it hurts. migraines, I get the worse headaches that are migraines, even having lights on affect my headache. neck pains, I can not turn my head too much. If I need to look to the side then I need to turn all of me I can not just turn my head over. I can not check my blind spot if I were to drive. Very dizzy and tired all the time, I can not drive because I am always getting dizzy and cant even hold myself up. And I will just fall asleep in the middle of doing things. (I feel asleep while eating). I guess that this one is due to the medicine. And this is why I won't drive. Raw cheeks, ever since my surgery inside of mouth my cheeks are pure raw. I scream when I have to brush my teeth. that is pure pain and then of course I can't open my mouth very wide to brush. numb tongue, every since my surgery my tongue has been numb and I have no taste buds. every time I eat I don't feel it or taste it, but I know i am eating because of the severe pain when I swallow. and now the worst for last. My tongue is all cut up. I have 3 deep cuts in my tongue. these cuts go half way through my tongue. This one scares me the most. Will this heal? I have tried to call the doctor and he is in surgery. So I have to wait until next week before I can get in. From what I understand is that they had problems with the clamp that holds my tongue down and my mouth open.

Any of you that know any of the symptoms please let me know if any of these are normal. and how long did it take you to heal? Please give me any advice that you might have for me. Thanks for your help and prayers.

The Hardest Part

Oh what fun this healing process is. Friday was my surgery and I have been doing pretty good. Yeah Friday was a bad day, but other than that I have been doing great. I have been trying to eat new things. I did really well with mashed potatoes, rice with a cream sauce, vegetables and just about anything that is mushy. I even got out of the house for a little bit yesterday. And then today hit. Today is the hardest day so far. I don't know if I over did it and now I am paying the price or if this is just how it is. I was told that it does get worse before it gets better. I am feeling the worse. I hurt so bad, I can't even get down applesauce or yogurt. I really hope that the better stage will come back and come back soon.

Tonsils

So yesterday I went and finally got my tonsils taken out. I only had to reschedule 3 times due to Andy always being sent out of town. This time I finally did it. Honestly I was so scared and I would have backed out if I could have. But knowing how bad I swell up, I knew that I had to get this done.

Everything went well. Due to my throat being so small I guess they had a hard time getting the tube down my throat. And then they couldn't get my mouth to open wide enough. And of course my tonsils were a lot bigger than they thought. So I gave them a challenge. But everything went well in the end.

I am now home trying to get better. Yesterday after getting home things weren't too good. I could not stop from throwing up. We discovered it was due to the pain medicine. Today I am on new medicine and I am doing great. I even ate mashed potatoes today. So I am happy!

HALLOWEEN...

I know I am late getting these pictures posted. There is no excuse, I am just lazy I guess. Well here are a few pictures from Halloween.

Andelynn = Vampire

Alyssa = Princess

Vampire + Princess = TROUBLE