Day 27

We had a pretty good weekend all told. I was back at work this week and went for a 2 hour ride Saturday. It was a slow ride but it felt great to be back in the saddle. My diet has been getting a lot more tolerable with my mouth open enough to force some solids in. I had some soft salmon, pasta and even some soggy cereal this weekend.

I found the following pictures to be interesting.
Picture 1 below is before surgery with my jaw in an open/natural position. I would describe this as what felt like the correct position for my joints.

Picture 2 is with my teeth clinched together. My teeth interfere more on one side here so everything feels wrong. I am also significantly over-closed with my lower incisors hitting the roof of my mouth at the base of my front teeth.

Picture 3 is post surgery with my teeth together. My jaw feels to be in a very natural position completely closed and my teeth all make contact at the same time as they are supposed to.




And just to carry on with the photo diary:

Here is my progression of pictures from day 17 back:

(2-11-07 Day 29) (2-7-07 Day25) (1-30-07 Day 17)

(1-27-07 Day 14) (1-24-07 Day 11) (1-21-07 Day 8)

(1-18-07 Day 5) (1-17-07 Day 4) (1-15-07 Day 2)

(1-12-07 Day 0)