February 25, 2008
You asked for it
"We want pictures!" you exclaimed in the comments to my last post. Well, be careful what you wish for. If I weren't so cute in real life, I would be far too vain to put these pics on the Internet, let me tell you!
The day of the surgery, and the swelling started.
I now know what my face would look like if I were morbidly obese.
As you can see, I was determined to keep a positive attitude.
After all the high-fiving, I switched to a thumbs up.
Bruising, where the not-so-cute anesthesiology intern screwed up my IV.
This picture was taken one week after the surgery, if you would believe.
And now, two weeks later, I still have bruises. Jerk.
A lovely shot of the stitches they put in my cheeks (that's where they put the screws in.)
A close-up of my sexy bruises.
My wired and elasticized jaw.Orgasma told me this wasn't what she expected it would look like."It looks like pimped out braces," she said.Oh yeah. Rappers got nothin' on me.
Three more days and the wires get cut off. Hooray!!
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Schmutzie at 12:59 PM
That swelling was phenomenal. I am impressed!
Also, you are a big, big person to put those photos out there. Of course, when you're all healed, you can really show off how pretty you are with these as before pics.
Don't get me wrong, though. Your chipmunk cheeks look pretty cute.
savia at 1:03 PM
The funny thing is, my surgeon said, "Oh. You're swelling isn't that bad." Apparently, it is usually much, much worse. I can't even imagine what those poor people must go through.
Yup, posting those pictures = yet another Act of Fearlessness on my part. But as they say, without the ugly, there is no beautiful. I get to be both!
savia at 1:14 PM
Oh, and that picture was taken on Day 1. The swelling actually peaked on Day 3, if you would believe.
Abigail Road at 10:49 PM
I had a nurse fuck up an IV one time...my whole arm started blowing up like a balloon, and I called her back to get it out, and she kept walking away and said there was nothing wrong, I was over-reacting. After my mom yelled at her to come back again, she pulled it out. You should have seen that bruise...it was LOVELY. lol
Deb at 2:42 PM
Oh, sugar! You have been a brave trooper! They have been beating you up. Sending you virtual ice packs and gin.
at 3:37 PM
You make multiple contusions look hot. And your braces ARE so very P-I-M-P. You gots grills, baby.
And I hear you on the bad IV work. I had one nurse who fucked up all the viens in both my wrists and both my arms, so on her 8th try, she had to put it in my foot. It felt like a game of pin the tail on the donkey gone terribly wrong.
bipolarlawyercook at 3:37 PM
Oh hon, you're still gorge, bruises and stitches and all. There's a bruise cream, Vita-K, that has arnica in it and by which is swear, since I bruise at needle intrusions like you do. It really fades them much faster. Send Superstar to a pharmacy, PDQ.
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