Or the aftermath of the surgery to be exact.
Its not the pain. By the 3rd day onwards or so, most pain should be gone, only leaving a dull ache from time to time. Painkillers, limited as they are, offer some kind of relief as well. Stiff gums/cheeks muscles, yeah sure, but its not really sharp killing pain, more or a constant stiffness kind of pain. Sure, there's pain, but that's not the main thing.
Not the itchiness of the stitches as well. At times though, I really had it with the itchiness. The stitches are quite thick and tight, so yeah, its quite itchy especially since the open wounds are healing. At times, its really really itchy and u feel like ripping it out. Not that you should of course.
The answer is dry lips. It might sound innocuous but its really one of the most pressing problem as it really sticks with you the whole times, day and night. The issue is, with your stiff cheeks and sore gums, your tongue doesn't come out to lick your lips as often as it should. Previously, as in before the gawddamn surgery, your tongue comes out once in a while to lick your lips. 1 microsecond and its done. Its barely noticeable.
Now, your tongue barely wants to creep out because its just so stiff. As a result, you lips suffer. They get too dry and its peeling almost constantly. You are left with either using a lip balm, which is far far too troublesome to remember to do, using your fingers to wet your lips using your saliva/water/any available liquid, which leaves you constantly with dirty/smell (or both) hands. Or deliberately stick your tongue out every 10 minutes or so to purposely wet your lips. Its like a task....top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right.....
At least I'm getting my stitches out...hopefully soon
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