New Obstacles to Overcome...Day 10

Up until now I haven't had too much of an issue feeling overly hungry, missing food, or wanting the food that others eat in front of me, probably because I didn't feel well. Unfortunately that's all changing and it's going to make things even tougher. I  am a food LOVER and my appetite is coming back stronger everyday. How the heck can I satisfy a hearty appetite with a liquid diet!? I've gotta get creative. What makes it worse is that eating through those friggin' syringes is such a drag that I dread "eating" and try to get it out of the way in as few sessions as possible with weight gainer smoothies. Arrrggghhh. I also think I'm gonna get a little ballsy and ask my surgeon to bend or remove those metal ties holding on my splint because they are stabbing and scratching the hell out of my lips and it is painful and uncomfortable 24/7. You would think they would have invented something more comfortable by now! Anyway, if anyone has any ideas or recipes for high calorie liquid meals, share please!

Can't wait to throw this in the trash

I got to pick up my BB today for the first time since the surgery so that was exciting. I had my mom with me and that's why I was able to do so. It's difficult to not run out of energy at this point if I'm alone with him. Not to mention that when I'm wired shut it's nearly impossible to communicate. Although, he has gotten really good at interpreting my "charades"!!! Currently my HH is eating our typical Friday meal, which is a burger and fries from a local place and wow, I won't be able to eat anything like that for FOUR MONTHS. What have I done!?!?!?!? 

On a good note though, the swelling has gone down a lot today!! So much so that I'm actually less swollen tonight than I was this morning. Thank You God!!!!!!  My cheeks are still chipmunk cheeks but all around my mouth it is steadily going down. One neighbor saw me (kinda) sitting in my car but my windows are tinted really dark so I don't know how good of a look he got. He was trying to see though! HAHAHA He's a nosey but very sweet old man. I'm just counting the days for the next appointment (4.5) and hoping that my diet can grow to include things like pudding and applesauce and that I get to remove a couple rubber bands. Fingers crossed!