Hey guys,
Soo, we have an interesting development. A few days ago, I started to taste a lot of blood in my mouth. This wasn't really a concern to me at the moment, I thought "Hey, my jaw is broken, bleeding is probably normal." Yeah, I was wrong. Yesterday morning, I got up and inspected the screws in my lower jaw. The way that they're screwed in is there is one on the right and one of the left on the bottom, with similar screws on the top part of my jaw. The screws on top of my jaw looked absolutely fine, which was good. Then, I pulled down the right side of my lower lip and inspected the lower screw. That one looked good too. Finally, I go to pull down my left lower lip to look at the final screw, and something strange occurred-it wasn't there! I was shocked for a moment, how could something literally screwed into my body be missing? And then, I looked closer-My lip has grown AROUND the screw. It's completely enclosed now. The screw enters your gum line, and the inside of my lip had just cocooned around it, hiding it from my sight. This freaked me out a good deal, for a minute I just stood there contemplating how weird it was to have my body grow around a metal object. But then, I just shrugged and went about my day.
However, tomorrow I have an appointment at the hospital for the surgeon to check up on my healing process. I'm just a tiny little bit scared for what they'll do about my in-grown screw. I'm thinking they'll just cut it open to get the skin away, but guys, that's going to hurt! Like, it's the inside of your mouth! Think about that! I don't want people cutting away the inside of my mouth, that would hurt! But regardless, I'm not worried. Hopefully I'll be showing good progress and be on the right track to healing quickly.
Today's update is the usual: I woke up, drank a nutritional Boost shake, then did some strength workouts. Those were followed by yet another trip to the chiropractor to work on my hips, and then back home for movies and rest all day. So, just another normal day in the life of a injured triathlete. But, I am thinking of a new training plan, one that will hopefully help me make a comeback once I can train again. Stay healthy out there guys, being injured is hard.
Happy training!
Through all our races, you've gotta have some fun out of it. This is my first time just casually swimming in White Lake.
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