I got my expander put in today. This is definitely going to be hard to get used to. I came to work right after my appointment, and oh my gosh, I sound crazy! It's so hard to get certain words out. I'm not embarrassed or anything, its just annoying to say certain things. I had to learn how to swallow again. I have a lot of extra saliva, and just drinking water is super weird. I tried to eat a soft protein cookie, and it got stuck up on top of the expander. I had to drink water, tilt my head back and let it slide to the back of my throat. I kind of felt like a little baby bird trying to get the food down its throat! lol!
Tomorrow is surgery, I have to check in at 5:45 am, do my pre op stuff, and then surgery starts at 7:30 am. I'm not nervous.......yet.
Here is a picture of this evil expander.
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