The only snafu was that the surgeon caught my lip in the drill, so I wound up with some stitches in my lip, but I've never been one to worry too much about a scar here and there. The main issue is that eating was already hard enough, but now every time I attempt to take even the smallest bite, I split my lip a little bit. I also had a sore throat for a couple of days due to being intubated.
All in all, I'll be fine - way more fine than I was expecting to be, given what every other surgeon told me. I don't know if this guy was just more skilled or the others were just not interested in taking on anything risky or challenging. I have a follow-up on Thursday, and hopefully he'll tell me I'm healing well enough and that the pain and swelling will subside soon (if it hasn't already by then). I would appreciate any rapid healing vibes you can send my way.
I'm really hoping I don't need to deal with this level of pain and swelling for much longer.
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