(October 8) – Today has been a bit of a rough day. I'm not comfortable but pain meds aren't helping much. Everything is swollen and throbbing. I can't sleep well and several days of bad sleep is beginning to wear on me.
It is weird to look at myself in the mirror. I can see myself, but I am soooo swollen that I don’t look like myself at all. I have this antsy feeling, like I want to get up and move, but I'm still groggy and have no attention span. I usually feel like this when I'm getting rid of the anesthesia in my system.
I was up for over 3 hours last night as my bowels woke up and I had to go to the
bathroom a lot. I plan to ice my cheeks today to try and decrease the swelling.
I also need to drink lots of water to flush out my system. The bruising is
starting to go away a bit. You can see it dissipating into my skin in the photo below.
