Three months plus

Well, my post-op recovery period is over. Fourteen weeks elapsed and I am now, in the words of Dr. Jelic, just a regular orthodontic patient. In some ways it took forever, in others it feels like the time has just flown by. Seems like just yesterday that I was being wheeled in to surgery... okay, I don't actually remember being wheeled in; in fact I don't remember anything after the 'happy juice' went in while I was waiting in pre-op, but you get what I mean.

I've been cheating...

I admit it. At my last appointment, I was told to wait at least another two weeks before chewing but I haven't really been able to help myself. I feel ready and able to chew again, and the temptation of solid foods again is just too much.

Eleven weeks...

It had been my great hope that this would be the week I would be given clearance to start eating for real again--i.e., chewing. It was not to be. Dr. Jelic wants me to hold off at least another two weeks pending an orthdontic adjustment. My front teeth apparently need to brought out a bit to allow my upper jaw to settle properly on my lower. Right now, they're preventing my jaw from meshing; my back teeth are mostly out of contact with each other.