The Hooks!

It seems with more progress comes pain. I had about 20 surgical hooks that were attached to my braces before surgery where the rubber bands were placed to secure my jaw. I actually only have two rubber bands one on each side. Unfortunately they can't predict how many they need so I have a lot of unnecessary hooks. As I've been able to open my jaw wider and begin to talk more the hooks have started to dig into my lips. It's super uncomfortable. I do have wax from the orthodontist but since I eat every two hours and have to brush my teeth each time putting wax on all of the hooks seems pointless. I hope that my lips will adjust and toughen up in the near future!! I see the orthodontist next week. She probably won't be able to do anything since I have the splint in so it will be more of a planning visit. Once she's able to remove the arch wire and replace it the hooks will be removed. I'm guessing in about a month.

Today I made the mistake of not blending my smoothie up to the proper consistency. I added grapes to the smoothie and realized once I started to drink it there were chunks not blended. I spent a good 30 minutes trying to get all the bits and pieces out not fun!! I imagine I still have chunks stuck in the back. Brad was away for work yesterday but will be home tonight so I think I'm going to take the rubber bands off and try to eat an egg again. It's a little pathetic that I need his supervision in case of a choking incident but I really don't want to be featured on that show "1,000 ways to die". I don't think I want to go out because of an egg :)

I'm realizing that I can occupy myself for about eight hours during the day. I wake up around 8am drink my Ensure coffee cocktail while I enjoy the Today show. Although I am missing Meredith since she left. I'm not sure Anne is cutting it but I love Matt!! Then I head out for my walk for about 30 minutes come back take a shower and watch Rachel Ray and then The View or Dr. Oz. Somewhere in between I enjoy another beverage. Then at noon I eat again and update my blog check all the facebook happenings and the msn homepage for news updates. This brings me to around 2pm. From 2pm - 6pm I just kind of wander around. This is where it would be helpful if I was an arts and crafts person. I do read and have read a couple books the past few weeks so I should probably get another book. I imagine I won't have this much time on my hands until I'm really old so I guess I just need to enjoy all this freedom because it will be a long time before I get this again. Although Brad does joke that we've hired a cleaning lady and she works M-F (9-5pm) so apparently I shouldn't be that bored :)

I hope everyone enjoys their Tuesday!! Until tomorrow my friends.