Interesting day. I drove for the first time since my surgery today. I found that I was getting more and more bored and also frustrated beyond what I can fully describe. I tried a few different things. Finally I stepped outside to go get the mail and felt as though I wanted to scream at…

“Write your soul down word for word See who’s your friend Who is kind.”

I’m not gonna say much cause I think I’d just start whining. Just feels like a whiney day 🙁

Well yesterday, we (Dad and I) ventured out to the bank and the grocery store…by the time we got to check-out I thought I was going to faint. I suppose this is the frustrating part about recovery. My mind is ready to move on, but my body definately isn’t. I think we may try a…

So Ollie says I’m tough 😉 Wooo! I’ll tell ya that this has not been fun and I was less than thrilled about it when my orthodontist told me I should have it done. The only thing I keep saying, “Thank God it’s over!” and “I am never doing this again.” And like ususal I…

Part 3 Tired of riding out all of the details so I will wrap up my traumatic experience with what follows… So they wake me up and I’m gagging and choking and I can’t feel my face, but I am in pretty big pain. The nurse is asking me on a scale of 1-10 and…

Part 2 Well this is where things get interesting because I’m not exactly sure what happened, so this is what I was told… (btw, the following will be the details of my surgery. If you have a weak stomach you might want to skip this one.) After I was out the doctor sectioned my upper…

Thank you all for the flowers, gang! They are so beautiful!!

Let me take you back to 5 days ago, I was nervously waiting in the surgery admissions office. I was promptly changed into hospital attire and several friendly people popped in to say who they were and what they needed to do, some of them poked me with needles and some just said, “I’ll see…

Whoa, I don’t know what day it is and I am kinda woozy sitting here, but 22 screws, 4 titanium plates and 2 chubby cheeks later I am still here. This has been an interesting ride, not one I am thinking I would’ve chosen had I known the “fun” that was to follow. The human…