After the operation this morning, my left cheek now feels like it’s twice as heavy as the right one. I can’t open my mouth as widely as before, and I still feel hungry because I’m not used to eating just porridge during meals. According to the dentist, it’s all quite normal. The swelling will persist for upto 4 days. Until then, I’m supposed to stay on a soft diet to minimize chewing and the risk of undoing the suture to my gums. After that, the inflammation will subside on its own. And once the wound has healed well enough to remove the sutures, that’s the only time I could get back to eating the way I used to.

Until then, I’m on a forced diet - a diet of porridge and other soft stuff. I guess one good thing about it is that I might be able to finally trim down a little without resulting to diet pills. Hehehe! Talk about forcing the silver lining!