Day 7

It has now been one week since the surgery and, believe it or not, that time has passed seemingly quickly.  In terms of progress I am eating slightly more now (today I've had weetabix, yoghurts and a tuna mayo sandwich) although it's a struggle.  Part of the struggle is that I still don't have any real appetite.  I know! Me! With no appetite??!?! Perhaps it's the painkillers.  The other part of the struggle is the whole ritual I have to engage in every time I do eat.  Remove bands, press bell chime to order food (just kidding), take smaller mouthfuls than a weaning baby, try and suck food through middle of mouth to avoid food sticking in bands.  That in itself takes ages.  Then I embark on the cleaning part.  Mix mouthwash with water and carefully syringe into my mouth making sure every remaining crumb is removed. Actually that isn't as easy as it sounds when your mouth is numb!  I can't get a toothbrush in there yet.  Then I have to put the elastics back on.  I am fed right up with it. 

The swelling is going down a fair bit although at the moment it would be hard to tell me and the Churchill dog apart.  In fairness, although I'm having a bit of a whinge in this post, I don't feel too bad considering it is only a week since the op.  I'm fairly optimistic about the results but its hard to be 100% positive when you're not 100% sure about how your face will look once the swelling has gone.  I should stop thinking about it really, apparently the residual swelling can take 4-6 months to disappear completely. 

I have been making the effort to get up, showered and shaved but the tiredness is still there.  I fell asleep watching TV this afternoon and woke up drenched in dribble.  I might go out for a short walk in a bit, not because I feel particularly energetic, more because the wife doesn't want me dribbling around the house!  I'll keep the blogs to every couple of days or so for a while... unless people are finding this a particularly useful sleeping aid??

I know I can't eat grapes etc but please feel free to make donations to my nominated charity - the SSAC foundation.

SSAC is the Stella, Steak and Chips foundation.  All donations will be used to purchase said items to the value of monies received as and when I am able to stuff my face again.