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Today is day 3 with orthodontic implants. My face is a bit swollen, like if I put on a few pounds. Not any kind of localized puffy swelling, just overall my lower part looks fuller, and cheekbones are a little chipmunk-like. My face feels hot “inside” if that’s possible. I don’t have fever (measured my temp this morning), but internal temperature in the face is probably slightly elevated.

Lower posts are cutting into the lip – deep. So I covered them with wax for the night and today all day. I probably should’ve skipped that until it’s all healed up, because I just noticed there’s inflammation and discoloration around lower posts. Bacteria was probably getting caught up there in the wax. For now I won’t be covering them up anymore, even though it hurts a lot.
I’m rinsing with calendula tincture (1tbsp in 1/2 cup of water) and very salty water during the day, also twice a day – with Peridex. Hopefully, since I didn’t keep the wax on very long, infection is not serious.

I only ate twice today. Had chocolate cake with milk for breakfast, which sounds great even if not exactly healthy breakfast food, but it didn’t taste that great. I think Peridex is killing my tastebuds. Dinner was some buckwheat with canned salmon, both also tasted quite bland. Still can’t bite down properly and all this pain is killing my appetite, anyway.