It's always a struggle getting up in the morning. But once I'm up, I'm fressssh. Last night I was getting numb in my chin and feeling a stinge in my cheek. But that's normal my doctor said. About my weight, it's still below 60 even though I've been eating like an elephant. So what I also did is talk to my friend Heimir, because I heard he has these gels my doctor recommended me to eat for getting good nutrition. I'm gonna start eating them too. They're great for many many things!!! Athletes, immune system, joints, arthritis... and the list goes on. Only pure stuff in these gels! My german countrymen made this quality product. If anybody wants more info: http://www.berryen.com/en/ Ahemm.... When I saw this picture of us, I thought I look like Gollum. These gels are my new "precious". What I found out today: You really can eat whatever you want. Thomas made christmas ice cream for me with Mars chocolate, added a little milk - Great dessert! Then I requested what's called "salt fish" in Iceland, my favorite. I was allowed to take out the bands for the first time today, being really careful, but I didn't need to. My mom put the fish in the magic mixer, with potatoes and nomm nomm nomm, there I had my soup. Which actually tasted really good! The new texture didn't really ruin it for me.
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My goal for this post-surgery was to stay above 60kg / 132 pounds. I'm 177cm / 5'10 so I should be heavier. I had some stressful times traveling this year and lost 4 kg near the end of the year, so already not good preperation for the surgery. Today the scale told me 59,4kg :( So even if I feel like I'm eating a lot, it's not enough. It could be that I'm losing muscle too. It's okay to not always 100% accomplish your goals. You just have to work harder then and do something about it!!! So what did I do... I contacted Joe&theJuice in Iceland and they're gonna help me out with some fresh juices. NICE! Then I talked to a nutritionist, Frida Run, and she's giving me advice and helping me. I went to the doctor today for the first time since the surgery, since I missed the other appointment because I fainted at home. My doctor's a boss! First thing, we took some new pictures and he's very happy how things are looking. Other things I can tell you.... Today was the first day I didn't take a nap. My lips are looking terrible right now. Just trust me, you don't wanna see a picture. I have to apply more lip balm and the doctor said the stuff will also just fall off on it's own.
Now I'm gonna take it easy and watch Elementary. I really like Sherlock Holmes!!! Such cool shows. Also the BBC series with Benjamin Cumberbatch (I prefer calling him Benjamin Cucumber... when I don't remember his last name). Adios amigos! UPDATE: LOL! My friend just pointed out ----> "His name is actually Benedict Cumberbatch. So it seems like you really don't remember his name in general." I'm blaming the drugs. I was really tired this morning. Woke up to take some meds and then fell back asleep, so I slept total about 12 hours! Holy smokes...
It was my mom's birthday, so for her birthday I decided I should take a normal bath and try to look decent! It was nice to get into the warm water, not lying in bed all day, and clean my hair, wear normal clothes. The bathtub is on the upper floor, so I had to walk up the stairs. And might I say, I walked up the stairs like a champ! After the bath I was exhausted and took a 2 hour nap. Then when I woke up there was a little person visiting the house, my Goddaughter :) Katrin Lara, she wasn't convinced about my new look hahah I'm chubbier than her. But the swelling has gotten a bit better, even though my nose is pretty big and my cheeks a handfull. I spent the whole day upstairs and then both my brothers visited with their families. It was fun to see them. Silvia was nice and braided my hair :) Then after they left me and Thomas started my favorite movie: Me before you. What did I eat today. I can assure you I'm not starving: -Oatmeal -Kjotsupa (meat broth soup with vegetables, very Icelandic) -Tomatosoup -One glass avocado+tomato mix -Mexican Chicken soup, Mom made this for the birthdayguests -Hot chocolate mmmm -Strawberry+Vanilla milkshake -Fresh fruit smoothie -Chicken noodle soup I slept 9 hours straight. Meaning: I didn't take any painkillers throughout the night. Which was an emotional rollercoster when I woke up. I was very quiet, a bit nauseous and wasn't feeling so great, and then began the crying. I wanna say I was crying because I knew it was coming up that I had to take the anti-biotics on top of feeling not so great (btw... that's my least favorite part, morning and night. Tastes so terrible). I needed to get something in my stomach before taking the medicine and I was scared I would have to throw up if I took the anti-biotics with an unstable stomach. But it all worked out! Then I took two types of painkillers and fell asleep again. This happens a lot. I get exhausted after eating or doing something very little. I slept for 1,5 hours in Thomas's arms, very cozy. I didn't think it was humanly possible to be more swollen than I was yesterday. I was WRONG! lol I'm so crazy swollen today. And it's moved to my neck. I look like somebody using "fatbooth" or a Nutty Professor Character. Quite funny! I got two little visitors today. They were really nice to me and tried to make me feel better. My nephew asked me "Olafia, why did you eat so much candy?". And Viktoria was holding my hand and smiling to me. I'm not sure how vulnerable the stitches are on the inside of my upper lip so I try as much as I can not to laugh. Sometimes it's really hard. Especially when the people in the room are cracking up because of your face (that's you Silvia). And also when Thomas was helping me eat, I made a really weird sound with my mouth/throat and both of us just couldn't stop laughing. I just hold my upper lip, hope it helps and then try to "sufficate" the laughter. What did I eat today: 1 bowl very liquid oatmeal, 1 glass Hleðsla (protein milk), 1 bowl pumpkin soup, 1 glass fruit smoothie, 1 glass of protein fruit yoghurt drink, 1 glass of avocado-tomato-apple smoothie, 1 bowl of fresh cooked lamb broth 1 glass strawberry+vanilla milkshake 1 glass avocado-tomato-apple smoothie I can't make facial expressions, except with my eyes. I pretty much look like a fat robot ;)
Today was a good day! I'm much more swollen today, like a hamster... Or more like a chipmunk. I always get a shock when I take a picture of myself. It's not attractive ;)
Breakfast today Apple juice Mango Apple Juice Liquid Oat meal Water and antibiotics I was on the way to the doctor's this morning. So I got help getting dressed and again, going to the bathroom with help from my mom, I sit down and start seeing stars. Bathroomtrips are not my friend. I fainted again and all the same as yesterday. Now Thomas holding me by the shoulders and mom holding my legs up, carrying me back in bed. They don't like when this happens, it's scary for them. I need to come up with a way to get safely to the bathroom ;) So I couldn't go to the doctor's, he said I should get some rest instead. I've been sleeping a lot and taking full advantage of my great helpers! Spoon feeding me to save energy after the little faint incident. Thomas made an amazing pumpkin soup for me, with all fresh ingredients and energy. My goal is to not lose weight because I have to be strong for my first LPGA tournament coming up in January. We got this!!! I ate two big bowls and felt good afterwards! UPDATE: We tried rolling me in an office chair to the bathroom, and everything was fine! So that might be my new way of transportation ;) I keep thinking I'm so happy I had this surgery. As soon as I woke up, I knew it was all gonna be worth it. I've been doing really well. Went home the day of the operation. Not much pain. Sleeping and resting a lot. Apparently people don't eat so much the first day, but I had apetite. Awesome! Drank a small glass of coke right after waking up, ate blueberry soup, and TWO bowls of Campbell's Creamy Chicken soup mmmmm! Until... I was a bit too quick. I went to the bathroom, Thomas helped me walk over there. I started getting dizzy as soon as I sat down, got a bloody nose, and fainted. Apparently I lost all color in my face, made some weird sounds, and my eyes were open but you could only see the white and flickering. Pretty scary for poor Thomas, but I was fine. I don't remember much, but he called my mom and she helped him get me back to bed. When I made it there I was exhausted and all my clothes were wet from sweat. My body temperature was really high and they opened the window for me and when I was ready, helped me change into fresh clothes. They cooled me down with some wet washcloths. I was pretty calm when all of this is happening, and not scared. I just didn't have enough energy to go to the bathroom yet so this is how my body reacted. About 15 mins after I was back to "normal" and feeling good again! Note to self: Don't be the cocky athelte... Go slowwwwlyyyyy! Even if I'm feeling pretty good. It's a dark and cold winter morning in Iceland. Very rainy day, but no snow yet, which is uncommon for Iceland at that time of the year. My mum Elisabet and my fiance Thomas and I drove to the jaw specialist and picked up some X Rays on the way. When we got to the surgeon, we were guided into the prep room right away. There he asked me if I had any additional questions or wishes he should consider when cutting my face open and rearranging my jaw, cheekbones etc. After we agreed on my new Kim Kardashian look *djok! I am doing this solely for medical reasons because I do not want my underbite to cause trouble in the future and my teeth to disappear more and more*, so after that session I had to take off all my jewelry and put it into a pink gummy glove so that none of my ear rings, bracelets, rings and necklaces would go missing. The doc also showed me pictures of a girl he did the surgery on the day before. She looked like she was not in too much pain and I felt a bit better. I trusted and liked the surgeon from the beginning. He is an Ironman triathlete with a good attitude and a lot of experience. Afterwards, I got to drink some magical juice to clean and sterilize my mouth with. It was then, when I realized that things are about to become serious. Up to that point I have been pushing away the thought about the surgery a bit which was not difficult since my many appointments here in Iceland (Golf coaches, federation, media, award ceremonies and my picture sales) kept me really busy these last days. Ohho I almost forgot: let's rewind for a moment and let me tell you about the day before the surgery a bit more. After receiving the big honor of being elected Reykjavik’s Female Athlete of the Year and seeing the girls from my golf club, we went back home and my mum had an amazing Christmas dinner prepared for me, since I will not be able to eat any solid foods for the next two or three weeks. She did a really great job and we had our traditional Christmas food (The BEST food ever!!). So like almost every year at Christmas, we had hummer with toast and sinnep sosan as an appetizer (I always make sure none of this delicious meat gets left behind on these shells), followed by Icelandic hamborgarukka with potatoes, vegetables, fruit salad with cream, and choco and a delicious sauce my mum makes. Accompanied by Christmas music it really felt like Christmas Eve and when she brought out some presents after we finished the main course I was wishless happy. We went on and watched the classic movie The Holiday and ate some self-made Christmas Toblerone Icecream. What a great evening!! When I snuggled into bed with Thomas we talked a bit about the next day, but then switched to topic to not get too nervous just before I tried to fall asleep and get some good rest. I managed to sleep good 8 hours and woke up fresh the next morning. But back to business now. The nurse, a very nice older woman with grey hair under her green hair protection, golden glasses and a warm hearted and trust building smile showed me the way into the operation room, which was just next door. There, I also received my green sterilizing cap to hide my long blond hair under it. When the doctor and his “hombre” (that’s how I understood his name at first) put down the seat and strapped me on the chair, I knew the show was about to start. After a kiss from Thomas and my mum who had been waiting in the door and a quick I Love You, I let them go and saw them leave through my watery eyes. But hey, I am a strong Viking! I’ll be fine! Just after they left, the doctor put a needle and tube for drugs in my hand and started to tell me a bit more about what’s gonna happen. When they turned on the drug pipeline, I felt really dizzy immediately - they were giving me some "crazy shit" I could have probably sold last Saturday after midnight at Kikis with a nice margin. Just kidding of course. Next, the oxygen mask came closer and closer - Oxygen on - lights out. What is the surgery called? Le fort and Midpalatal split What this surgery is about? In short: the surgeon fixes my underbite for medical reasons. He moves my cheek bones as well as my jaw and aligns them accordingly. Seems to be a pretty mechanical procedur You want to know it in more detail? here you can see it all (warning: you should have a strong stomache) http://pocketdentistry.com/7-basic-orthognathic-surgical-procedures I don’t recall much/anything from the surgery, which is normal I guess when the equivalent of 400 horse powers of drugs flow in your blood stream, but when I woke up Thomas was sitting there, holding my hand and talking to me with a soft voice. How I was feeling? Pretty out of it and confused I would say. Except for my throat, I did not have much pain but I felt a great relief that I decided to do this and not push it away any further. I was dizzy for a while, but eventually I sat in a chair and drank some coke. Drinking is a weird experience in the beginning because I couldn’t feel my lips our mouth at all. So 50% of the liquid I was able to swallow, the rest just ran out of my mouth the same way it came in. The doctor took out the needle from my hand and explained us how to proceed with taking the pain medicine Thomas had bought from the pharmacy downstairs. They brought me downstairs in a chair where Thomas had pulled up the car and I tumbled in, still being a bit dizzy. On the way home, there was a lot of bloody spit running out of my mouth and we both didn't have a tissue. So I had to wipe it off with my hand and Thomas ran inside to get some paper as soon as we got home. My parents helped me to take of my shoes and I walked straight to my cozy bed where my mum just had renewed the covers. It felt great to lay down again. Walking a few steps can be exhausting!! That is it from me for the first day. The rest of the day just consisted of some attempts to drink more water and relax in bed. By the way, I did not feel very hungry yet. Let’s see if that will change tomorrow. |
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