Day 7 - Medicine

The surgery was a week ago today. So much has changed since I woke up (or didn't) in recovery last week. My pain is pretty much gone. What I feel now is more like sinus pressure and a tingle sometimes in my chin. There is also sometimes pain in my jaw joint, but no more than when I was having the TMJ issues that started this whole thing.



I am finishing my antibiotics and am still taking Sudafed and Motrin. This is a HUGE reduction from what I started on. Here's a list, just in case you are interested:


Motrin - 40mL every 8 hours


Sudafed - 10mL every 6 hours

Amoxicillian (NOT the yummy pink kind, the nasty white kind) - 10mL twice a day

Hydrocodone - 15mL every 4 hours

Zofran - 1 dissolvable tablet as needed

Affrin - 2/3 puffs in the nose 2-3 times a day for 3 days, then wait a week and use again

Nasal Saline Spray - as needed

Bacitracin - for the stitches

Hydrocortisone cream - for dry lips

Peri Guard Mouthwash - use twice a day for 3 days

I use my spit bucket (cleaned and dried, of course) to keep all of my medicine in one place. I wrote out a list of what needed to be taken and how ofter, with a place to write the time so I didn't get anything mixed up. Also in the bucket - chapstick, medicine cups, extra syringe and tube.

Challenges for today:

Nothing new

Good things today:

Nothing new

Things I learned:

Nothing new