Help me stay sane!

briarose8 started this discussion · 2/7/2014

Okay! I went in to get my wisdom teeth surgically removed….ended up with a fractured jaw! I haven't worked out in over a week! I can't even bend over to pick something up without feeling like I'm going to pass out. There is a lot of pain with movement and I can't really chew so it has been hard to keep my blood sugar up. I'm not good at staying still at all! What can I do to make progress if exercise is completely off limits? I don't know how to cope! Any advice? I am so stir crazy. :( Any awesome links to keep my mind occupied?

5 replies

Runemist34 · 2/7/2014
Oh man! I can't imagine how painful that must be... is this normal for these sorts of procedures? Sounds pretty scary to me! However, it sounds like you're sort of stuck stationary for now... and that does suck, but there are ways of keeping yourself occupied! I would definitely recommend picking up a book. Any book, even if it's "a guilty pleasure," because... well, they're fun! I love my cheesy romance books! Otherwise, you can always spend some time planning what you would like to work on when you're well again. Things like challenging yourself to creating choreography, or dissecting various videos of dancers you love to find out how you can incorporate some of their moves... or even just hunting down music you would love to dance to! I hope your recovery is quick, easy, and smooth!
Phoenix Hunter · 2/7/2014
Oh my! I'm so sorry! take it easy for now. the last thing you need to worry about right now is working out. read, watch movies, watch youtube videos, knit, anything, just rest. I hate to say this, but maybe you should get a lawyer. you should not have a broken jaw from this. please forgive my forwardness but it sounds like there may have been some negligence for your safety if you have a broken jaw. I know that no surgery is risk free but maybe you should have someone look into it for you to see if proper protocol was followed. I say this because I work in surgery and if my patients jaw was fractured after a procedure like this, there would be a lot of questions asked. And, it allows the facility where you had this done to make changes so that this does not happen again if indeed it was due to carelessness. I'm sorry you are dealing with this and I hope you feel better. And, invite friends over to visit while you are mending. company always helps.
briarose8 · 2/8/2014
Thanks for the comments! Don't worry about mistreatment. My situation wasn't normal and I was warned there would be risks. I trust my doctor, he is very good. Unfortunately, one of my teeth were lodged into the jawbone and caused an infection that they were concerned would get to my brain. It was an emergency procedure and had grown so into the bone. The other three were done perfectly but I knew that one would be a difficult extraction. I was fully asleep for it and everything. I may need another surgery to fix everything. :( The fracture is small but the jawbone may need to be filed done to heal properly. It is scary but it is better than what it could have been without surgery. I always have the weird stuff happen to me it seems. Every time I think about choreography I want to get up and move. lol I am so bad at relaxing. I do crochet but I very rarely stay still long doing it. I am also down about 1/3 of my income because I perform and teach aerials and cannot at all right now. (I am new to pole but have done silks,lyra, and trapeze for about 5 years). So I can't spend money on anything to do right now. Company might be a good idea but I'm pretty grumpy and have been kind of short with people lately so I'll have to be careful who I am around. I wish my daughter would let me read! When I pick up a book it's like a jealous light in her brain goes off and she's all over me. I guess there is no answer I am going to like. But I suppose there is a lot I could focus on staying still. I think that movement has become like a daily meditation for me and I just simply miss it. Maybe I just subconsciously made this thread to complain. haha I tried just stretching today, got dizzy. I guess I just need to give it up and rest! Anybody who feels inclined to send me awesome youtube links while I'm healing will be my best friend forever! :D
Veena · 2/8/2014
Ouch! Other then just watching other and working out Choreography in your mind I don't know what you could do right now either. Wishing you a speedy recovery!!!
AnnVann · 2/8/2014
When I was recovering from an injury, I did the tennis ball squeeze thing! Lots of gentle stretching. (Not flexibility training) And watched lots of pole vids, which is a mixed blessing, because you get so fired up to get going again that it almost hurts your heart, lol! Also, I assembled some pole music playlists from iTunes.