Setting aside the downstream GI complications, almost seven months out recovery for the jaw surgery itself is going pretty well! The scars are almost invisible (not that I'd mind if I had cool throat slash scars to scare people with) and I'm getting prickly feeling back into my numb cheek. There's still a bit of swelling under my chin, but it's gone enough from my face that I can feel the implants, which is very weird. Since they're screwed onto the existing bone that's given me a hollow/sunken cheek look, but if I eat enough ice cream I can probably overcome that. Jaw opening is getting better, and I'm eating medium firm stuff although I've definitely developed a bad habit of not chewing my food very thoroughly. Haven't gotten used to hearing the metal on plastic sound of my joint working yet. When I take my first bite of any meal I get a shooting prickle through my right joint and maybe that'll end up being permanent, but we'll see. (I also get prickles through my joints whenever I'm startled? Must be clenching my jaw without realizing it.)
Healing would probably be going even better if I was done with orthodontics, but they've given me no end date in sight unfortunately. They've got me on aggressive elastics that've sent my facial muscles into spasm - after I went through all the trouble of Botoxing them into submission too. Really looking forward to when I can stop getting tortured on a monthly basis.
