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[If you haven't figured it out, I take clinical interest in tracking the course of my ailments. The grossness is over, though.]
I need to stop missing my 9:30am. For some reason I respond perfectly well to the alarm clock at any other time, but I simply can not get up at 9:30am. Usually I'll drift to awareness around 11 and think, 'Oh, crap.' and then decide that rather than taking it then and shifting all my doses, I'll just wait until the next one at 1:30 and pick up from there. I'm a horrible patient, I know.
My left side is all but recovered. I feel a bit pulling in the lower gum sometimes, and there seems to be some small knot of muscle inside that gets a bit squeezed and sore when I bring my teeth together, but it's pretty normal.
My right side, on the other hand, is more swollen than during the previous update, although it's been the same for more than a day now, so I'm going to assume I've seen the worst. The swelling extends past my cheekbone, making for a hard, misshapen lump. My skin looked a bit shiny, possibly from being stretched.
Still can't open my mouth more than 1cm. I really miss being able to brush my teeth. When I bring my teeth together, they stick from the layers of plaque. That's a pretty awful feeling, too. *shudder*
I could probably chew stuff if I wanted to, but I'm still a bit nervous about getting food caught in the holes, or reopening the wounds. Also, the lack of mouth-opening, which would help in amending any problems I caused, makes me more cautious.
All in all, things aren't bad, or wouldn't be, except I am also now a mess of hormones that brought with it a headache. I await the cramps with dread.
On the bright side, I appear to fully mentally functional again (as much as I ever was), so all of my usual time-wasting options are available to me. Well, haven't tried reading a novel yet, since the only one I have in progress is Hyperion, but Time and manga are fair game.
I need to stop missing my 9:30am. For some reason I respond perfectly well to the alarm clock at any other time, but I simply can not get up at 9:30am. Usually I'll drift to awareness around 11 and think, 'Oh, crap.' and then decide that rather than taking it then and shifting all my doses, I'll just wait until the next one at 1:30 and pick up from there. I'm a horrible patient, I know.
My left side is all but recovered. I feel a bit pulling in the lower gum sometimes, and there seems to be some small knot of muscle inside that gets a bit squeezed and sore when I bring my teeth together, but it's pretty normal.
My right side, on the other hand, is more swollen than during the previous update, although it's been the same for more than a day now, so I'm going to assume I've seen the worst. The swelling extends past my cheekbone, making for a hard, misshapen lump. My skin looked a bit shiny, possibly from being stretched.
Still can't open my mouth more than 1cm. I really miss being able to brush my teeth. When I bring my teeth together, they stick from the layers of plaque. That's a pretty awful feeling, too. *shudder*
I could probably chew stuff if I wanted to, but I'm still a bit nervous about getting food caught in the holes, or reopening the wounds. Also, the lack of mouth-opening, which would help in amending any problems I caused, makes me more cautious.
All in all, things aren't bad, or wouldn't be, except I am also now a mess of hormones that brought with it a headache. I await the cramps with dread.
On the bright side, I appear to fully mentally functional again (as much as I ever was), so all of my usual time-wasting options are available to me. Well, haven't tried reading a novel yet, since the only one I have in progress is Hyperion, but Time and manga are fair game.
