TMJ Friends

Hi everyone.. Yesterday I walked out of the ICU the day after surgery.. again. It took me a little longer this time because my surgeon wanted to make sure my opening was doing well. I can open to about 20mm (bigger than I could before this all started!).
This morning I had pancakes and eggs for breakfast.. my digestive system is a little shocked, so I can only eat a little bit at a time. Now it is time to do the Therabite… I figure eating is a good warm up. My face is REALLY swollen, my Mom says she has never seen it this big before.
I will be posting pictures later today… we lost the cord to transfer pics from the camera to my laptop, so my Mom has to go get a new one.
I know a lot of people are wondering - how do the joints feel? They do not feel mechanical or out of place… they feel quite normal (in a very sore, muscle spasm-y way). The scars are a lot longer than I thought they would be, but they look really good.. My stomach (where they took fat from to pack around the joints to lessen the chance of bad bone forming) doesn’t hurt at all. In fact, in the hospital I thought they had skipped doing that part until I saw the bandage.
Other than that, things are doing ok. I’m hanging in there & have been sleeping a lot. Let me know if you have any questions!