Two months on...

Had another post-op appointment on Wednesday, two months and two days after surgery. They now come only every other week instead of weekly.

The news continues to be good... he said my crossbite is correcting nicely (thanks to the 'in-to-out' rubber bands I have to keep on 24/7), and much to my surprise and delight, said he'll clear me for a regular diet in just three weeks instead of the five more I thought I'd have to wait. Basically, the bulk of my recovery is completed in twelve weeks instead of the projected fourteen. I'll take it.

Seven weeks. And a milestone...

Seven weeks marks the start of the soft food stage of the diet--if the surgeon is satisfied with the healing he sees. To do that, he needs to take x-rays and see how things are going with the bone grafts, whether they're filling in or not.

And are they? See for yourself. These X-rays were taken this morning: