Saturday, January 31, 2015

Day 18: KT tape & Eating

So my friend and fellow PT stopped by for a visit yesterday and did some KT-tape to assist the lymphatic drainage from my face. (The theory is that it helps decrease the swelling by improving drainage)
It was great to have a visitor and really helped with my ever increasing cabin fever. I have left the house for short excursions, but the last couple of days the pain has been worse so I haven't been able to do much without a hot or ice pack on hand.  

I have gotten more proficient with drinking from a cup and a little bit more with using a straw. I do still use the syringe for thicker soups since I can't pour them into my mouth easily. I am REALLY missing solid foods and am completely over all my liquid meals.  By the way there are way too many pizza commercials on TV, I think they are just trying to torture me!  

For some perspective, here is a pic of how far I can open my mouth. This is a Tylenol capsule for scale, so as you can see there is no fitting a spoon in there. And unfortunately for just the short time to take this picture both my masseter muscles painfully cramped up, so there's no tolerance for the repetition needed for actual eating yet. :(  

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