I’d love to write a lengthy update about my surgery, especially as I’m sure others out there are considering, or about to, perform the same surgery and have a lot of questions (it’s a fairly common operation apparently). But I’m still not caught up on school-stuff, and I have a good bit of catching up to do before I’m comfortable sitting down and taking it easy.
But I’m doing okay. I still can’t chew like normal people, and eating takes a bit longer than normal, but the stitches are out of my mouth now at least, and the little rubber ring thingies will be gone soon too, I hope. I’ve moved back to my own place since about a week ago, and that felt really good too. As for whether the surgery actually “fixed me”, that remains to be seen. Some of the pain I felt before has returned, but I’m hopeful that this is more due to my teeth being “un-fixed” as yet. It’s not nearly as bad as it was, though it’s impossible to say how it’ll feel a year from now, or ten.
Here’s wishing you the best of a speedy recovery hon. Let me know how it pans out in the end. And you’re right, I think some people would like to hear a long account of it (maybe a little at a time, in stages of the process). I know I would, not only cause I’m nosy but because it’s a surgery I’ve been told I need to have eventually also.
I hope things continue to get better and you are able to catch up on the things you need to do without overtiring yourself.
Grattis pa fodelsedag!!!! (No idea if that’s correct, but Happy Birthday in any case!)
Hugs and wagtails!
Annie~ Almost!
“Grattis pa fodelsedagen” (the ‘en’ part was missing — the suffix ‘en’, if you remember, is the equivalent of the English word ‘the’ — so the literal translation becomes ‘Congratulations on THE birthday’, which sort of makes sense since ‘Congratulations on birthday’ isn’t English 
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Nicole~ I remember you mentioning that you may have to do the surgery too. Remember it takes A LOT OF TIME — 3 years in my case, but I’m “special” — so “sooner rather than later” definitely applies. I’ll write up stuff in parts and post them here when I get time.