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FFS +5 Days
May. 5th, 2008 10:02 pmProgress.
Small children stare at me. Men offer me their seats.
Today (Monday), I can now eat my food, rather than mushing it. I still can't chew much, so bread has to be soaked in soup. My lower face has de-swollen enough that I can use my voice - the one that sounds like me: it could be female or unisex or maybe like a T-Boi who just shot a little T, depending on who you ask, but it sounds right. I didn't realize how good it would be to have that back, or how hard it would be to use it.
The nerves in my scalp and lower lip are re-connecting.
It's hard to tell right now what the final results will be. I can feel that the bone has changed, but trying to find my face amidst the swelling is not easy.
Small children stare at me. Men offer me their seats.
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Today (Monday), I can now eat my food, rather than mushing it. I still can't chew much, so bread has to be soaked in soup. My lower face has de-swollen enough that I can use my voice - the one that sounds like me: it could be female or unisex or maybe like a T-Boi who just shot a little T, depending on who you ask, but it sounds right. I didn't realize how good it would be to have that back, or how hard it would be to use it.
The nerves in my scalp and lower lip are re-connecting.
( Read more... )
It's hard to tell right now what the final results will be. I can feel that the bone has changed, but trying to find my face amidst the swelling is not easy.
