Day 6...

Well, today was not a good day at all. I ended up having to take some pain meds last night and throughout today. I think a lot of this is due to me trying to do too much (or so I'm being told...), so I laid really low today and slept most of the day. I also was experiencing a lot of nausea from my antibiotic (mostly the taste), and that certainly didn't help anything. More or less, a combination of doing a little too much and the steroids wearing off has had me feeling pretty bad. Jeff also noticed some bruising starting just to the side of my lips, and I'm still experiencing a lot of numbness in my upper lip and nose region (and my right cheek), which is starting to get really annoying.

Now that I'm pretty much taking my pain meds as prescribed again, I'm feeling a lot better, so hopefully I'll start moving in the right direction again tomorrow.


I want to thank everyone for checking in on me, and especially thank Jeff for being so patient and willing to wait on me constantly. Hopefully I won't be so dependent much longer!

I did have something really yummy today--a dark chocolate ensure mixed with peanut butter. It was pure heaven, in my opinion. :) Also, last night Jeff got me a mango shaved ice from a local Italian restaurant...very soothing to my sore throat and mangled mouth!

And here are some pictures from today...I think the swelling has gone down quite a bit, and again, if you look closely you can see some yellow bruising beginning on my cheeks. My lips are really looking gross these days...I've cut back on the vaseline and started sparingly applying chapstick only when absolutely necessary. If anyone has any suggestions about what to do, I'd greatly appreciate it!