My upper eyelids felt painful while I was sleeping this morning - felt like they'd been cut and really smart. I found that very strange. I'd somehow slipped down from my bed wedge during the night and found myself sleeping flat on the bed (eek) though when I looked at myself in the mirror my eyes looked fine, and didn't look swollen, thankfully.
I think I'm getting more used to seeing my eyes day by day though it could be cos the swelling is going down perhaps and/or the purplish bruising on the upper lids is also reducing and it's all beginning to look a bit more normal, along with the crease beginning to look a bit more normal than before, which had a very wide eyed open surprised look in the beginning which I found overwhelming. It'll be a month tomorrow since my surgery (wow). Time sure flies.
I look back on the pictures in the beginning of my surgery and remember how swollen I was and I'm shocked I actually went through all that ... it feels like a dream. Just like giving birth I guess. (I've never had a child - I can only guess from what I've heard - ie people forget the pain and want to go through it all over again :).
A summary of my journey so far:
Taken 18 Nov 05 before Y-V endo brow lift & upper eyelid reconstruction
Day 26 post surgery (31 Dec 05) : Y-V endo brow lift & upper eyelid reconstruction
A reminder for those who are new and reading in, my journey is far from over as in 2006 (probably July 2006 if not earlier), I am scheduled for lower eyelid reconstruction with my opthamalogist, along with fat repositioning. We will use Coleman fat transfer for my lower eye hollows if the fat repositioning does not work (fingers crossed it does).
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