4 Weeks Post Op Update I wonder if I can take up a whole page
.Grab yourself a nice cup of tea, fling off those flip flops, settle down for an enjoyable read:
Well guys it been a magic month already, how time flies
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If you are an avid follower (if not why not?) you will know I started some tablets called Serrapeptase recently, a natural product made by little wiggly silkworms. They claim the enzyme will dissolve dead tissue, significantly decrease swelling after any surgery, reduce old and new scars and in general make you heal a heck of a lot faster. It has many other benefits besides a healthy immune, improves joints (not the smoking type), sounds like if I take these I will become superwoman. So I bought some, heck why not, after all Id love to be superwoman!! Ive been taking 2 tablets a day for 4 days. Now you could call this a coincidence but I dont think so. You avid followers (not you others) will know from my blogs that I have a keloid scar by my left eye from the lateral epi op, I had already given you the tip to not rub it but gently tap it with your finger, I still stand by this. Well, in the last 2 days its halved in size, not that it was the size of an egg or anything but it was big enough for me to dislike it sticking out from my face, you could call it an eye sore, pun intended! If it dissolves altogether by me taking my silkworm scar eating enzyme tablets I will let you all know. Staying on the subject of these tablets I would like you all to stand up and cheer, I would like to announce the anticipated return of my dimples, what a relief, I really love my dimples and missed them like a long lost friend. This can only mean one thing the swelling in my cheeks have decreased. I know what you are thinking and yes, I do still look related to Alvin the Chipmunk but not as much, last week I would forgive you if you asked us were you separated at birth but this week it would be rude for you to make such a comment.
Moving on to my paranasal smile. Hmm
even though my long lost friends are back I am not too happy with the paranasal implants yet. Before I had these little plastic suckers inserted in to each side of my nose I smiled like the midday sun, beaming from ear to ear. But now there has been an eclipse and Im not liking it. I know, give it more time I hear you yell but I yell back, I dont have time, random people keep smiling at me and I try to smile back but I look like Wallace and Gromit, my top lip just wont bend, its rigid and with my bottom lip is a bit swollen so dont expect me to smile back trust me, its scary. So I have fired off an email to ID, 4 DAYS AGO, how long does it take for you to reply, its a simple question, give me some answers!! So there it is my first negative comment about ID. Ive also just fired off some emails to a few forumers from the Asian Nose threads that have had the same procedure and hope they will reply soon. I need to hear from someone with first hand experience, not a friend of a friend. Just the facts maam just the facts (Blues Brother, great film)!
On to my lovely foxy nose. Ive emailed like a100 photos to you guys and about 30 of you have come back with comments, the other 70 must still be looking in awe, rigor mortis has probably set in their fingers. Thanks lovelies for all your comments, much appreciated. I will try answer some of the common questions asked. Yes it does still hurt a bit especially when I forget and run my hands over my face or dive in to scratch an itch. The silicone feels more sturdy under my skin and has held its own with new tissue growth, its nice and snug in there, I dont think there is much chance of it deviating unless I walk into a lamp post. The tip which is mainly my ears (cartilage) is not as hard as I thought it would be, I can bend it like
, sorry drifted off again, I can bend it ok but tend not to much as its still healing. I am sure there is some swelling, after all its only been one twelth of a year, but its not visible to me or others. To be honest, my ears hurt more than my nose. I cant tolerate the sleeping with 3 pillow propped up regime any longer so I whipped one away, Ive promoted myself to only 2 pillows and trying to sleep on my side, this is the only time my reduced cartilage ears hurt. Having had all my nostril hairs shaved off by the Doc they are starting to grow back, reminds me of little hedgehogs emerging from hibernation, I thought I'd share that with you, you're welcome. I do still have two massive swollen scars inside my nose but the dissolvable stitching has nearly all gone. Still cant pick my nose, my fingers are too big. Too much information maybe.
Lets talk V Line and Sliding Genio, (which doesnt slide at all, and if it did it would freak me out). Since Ive put the swelling on a new diet plan, Im look a bit more elegant this week. The part that refuses to diet is my chin. Dr Park did tell me this so its no surprise. The inside of my cheeks where they stitched me up still feels like a patchwork quilt. Its twice as bulgy on the left as it is the right and when I eat they get really mad at me and start swelling up twice their size, then my gums decide to have a go too and they start swelling up so I eat quite fast or theres not much room to squeeze my in food. Im still munching on soft foods, the hardest thing I have eaten is a biscuit and that hurt. Its hard to explain the pain, its not a sharp pain its an annoying dull pain which gets worse when you chew anything but the pain is always there, lurking in my mouth, I dont bother to take pain killers. One of my lower teeth keeps popping up, it is actually higher than the others so my bite is a bit weird. Dr Park said maybe I always had this and never noticed before (come on Dr Park get a grip!) or it has moved during my V Line surgery, which can happen (thats a much more sensible answer) and will eventually after 3 months fall back in line with its buddies. I am no longer using my baby toothbrush, Ive moved on to the free Korean Air toothbrush (I have two, return journey!) which is not baby size and its not quite adult either so its perfect.
Tip: Before I left for Seoul I stuffed my face to make me fat. I put on 18lbs this is a whole dress size bigger knowing I would be on a liquid and soft food diet for sometime. Today I weighed myself and Ive lost 16lbs since my surgeries.
So this concludes my one month journey, tomorrow I will begin my alcohol regime, its been so long, one shot of Jack Daniels and Ill probably be knocked out!
I didn't fill a whole page.... boo
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