Expansion day #1

Went to the OD today, my first visit post-op. (I wore a dust mask on my walk there and will continue to do so until the swelling is down.) He had a look around with the mirror and said it looked fine. I wondered if maybe I wouldn't be able to open my mouth wide enough for him to do an expansion but it was no problem that way. The first turn was the worst because the screw was a little bit stuck and he had to give it a good few pushes to make it turn. The pressure was a LOT more than I was expecting and it really startled me, and I whimpered a bit. He stopped mid-turn and asked if it was hurting me, and once he stopped I realized that it was pressure and not really pain per say. So he continued turn #1. It sounded like when you rub your finger on a wet piece of plastic or something. Then he did turn #2, which went easier but still lots of pressure and more whimpering from me. And finally turn #3 came and went as well. The immediate pressure pretty much stopped as soon as each turn was done and I didn't notice any residual pressure except for the whole of my top jaw felt tighter, as it were. He then gave me some cranial sacral treatments and said he got a good 'release', which is good news, meaning that he was able to reset the bones. …I should mention that I took a hit ofcodeinee before I went, so that probably had something to do with how I felt, without too much real pain, just pressure. I could feel the new space between my incisors right after the turns and it is clearly visible in the mirror now too. Still too hard to get shot of it with my webcam right now though because of the swelling. I took more codeine at lunch and that was enough to put me to sleep most of the afternoon. For dinner I just had a can of brown beans which Iliquefiedd in the blender. Need to add more water next time because the thickness made me feel like gagging once I got down towards the bottom of the second glass of it. Nice.

I took my temperature and it is normal. I also took some children's Tylenol since it is the only other liquid painrelieverr around. I don't feel like having the codeine knock me out again right now.

Next expansion is Monday at 9am. I'm going to have to have my OD do them all for me for now. I really can't see me being able to do it. I flinch way too easily.

Gonna try some heat now.