Day 35

5 weeks post-op! I am so excited to be so far past surgery, but am also bummed to know I have spent so much of my last college summer bumming around and recovering. I know in the long run, every moment of my recovery will be worth a half wasted summer, but right now I am a little sad! I have to take a three week course in a town 2.5 hours away from my house that begins in August and will be spending those 3 weeks staying there, so I really only have July left to run around and enjoy summer school free. Darn.

I woke up this morning and it hit me how much the stiffness has faded. It is definitely still stiff around my lips and chin area, but it no longer feels like my face is fully covered in a mask when I wake up every morning. Even though the healing process has definitely slowed down, it is really helpful to continue noticing the little things.

I know my posts are slowly getting more and more boring, but I still feel like blogging, so I am going to anyway. I think it will help people see what I am capable of doing at this point in my recovery, so even if it's such basic things like being able to have a completely normal day with friends or what I am eating, I am hoping someone may get something out of it. I do hope to continue to take pictures each day until Day 60. In Graham's blog (go take a look!), he did photos until day 90, and I was blown away at how much change there was still to see around day 50! Although the changes are gradual, it is so crazy to look at how much change there is between day 30 and day 54.