First day back to Los Angeles

• noticed bad air quality
• got into fight with smoothie maker at whole foods because she wouldn't give me the full protein powder serving
• client had fear for my life in her eyes when she saw how skinny I am
• my tiniest pants were baggy on me
  
• traffic was overwhelming and aggressive
• ran out of hours in the day to unpack everything
• work schedule is filling up really quick
• want to get rid of a lot of clutter in apartment and work
• Ky said I didn't snore at all and he could barely hear me breathe
• Ky said my breath is terrible, I am so embarrassed, emailed Dr. Li who said that's what happens when the stitches start dissolving
• I feel like I look monstrous and I am afraid I will never look normal. Apparently it can take many months for the swelling to go down
• "The Cookie Lady" (the lady who brings cookies etc to work) absolutely didn't recognize me and acted as if I was a total stranger
  

Highlights from my last day up North!

Here are the highlights from my last day at the Mountain View Residence Inn by Marriott.


1. Gave Sherwood a new non-wispy hair cut.
2. Aly gave my luggage the bondage treatment because I am bringing home more than I brought with me and it burst.
3. Sherwood gave me a massage.
4. Aly found that the soup fit perfectly in my workout bands box.
5. I saw Dr. Li for the last time in the next 3 weeks. I have always been in the chair when I saw him but when I stood up I saw how short he was so I crouched down to take my picture with him because I wanted to be shorter than my doctor.
(He told me how quickly my muscles disappeared,

to get me back for my comment.)
6. I found a modernist playhouse at Stanford mall.
7. Aly was sneaky amongst the mall flowers.
8. I found an adorable candy display.
9. I took a pic of Dr. Li's door display.


10. Ky told me I look like Joaquin Phoenix which I kind of agree with.

Scenes from the Movie I love

I love this movie. It is so cheap and badly acted:
"The Wonderful Land of Oz" from 1968.
Click on images to see them bigger.

Before and After: X-Rays, Fever and Nightmare and Brad Pitt

As you can see, my jaw is drastically altered creating a much larger air way down my throat which should end my sleep apnea. I am very excited about this.

Last night was a hard night because I had a fever and layed in a pile of sweat last night never really getting to sleep until about 4am I'm guessing. I had to constantly get up and pee for a long time as well. I am assuming that this was my body's way of ridding itself of the anesthesia that I had running through me as a result of the nose surgery. In my feverish state I had a nightmare:

I was in a big bed with Brad Pitt laying to my left. My neighbor who had failed sleep apnea surgery of another kind, was foot to foot with Brad and across from me, next to him was my friends 4 year old daughter. When I awoke (in the dream) my neighbor told me that I still had my sleep apnea as I snored. I was really depressed after that.

By the way, I wanted to say that I was not really put under all the way during my corrective nose surgery and I felt and heard everything. I wasn't in pain but I felt and heard the cutting of my septum. It didn't scare me because Dr. Li had gone over the surgery so many times with me, I was ready for it.

P.S. the top pic is of my mouth wired (rubberbanded) shut.

Pictures from today's nose correction surgery

PRE NOSE SURGERY UPDATE: CROOKED

Explanation of the pictures:
Tomorrow at 9:40 am, Aly is going to take me to Stanford to get my nose straightened out. Picture updates on Wed May 5, in the evening.







Jonathan came to take care of me for a few days and we had fun shopping at Whole Foods, giving him a mohawk, and taking photos in the party store. Dianna came for a haircut in the hotel, too.
Yesterday I spent the whole day in bed except for spending 3 hours clipping my very thin waisted body.
Apparently this liquid diet encourages rapid weight loss as I have lost about 20 pounds in two weeks!
Today I walked to the post office (30 minutes away) to mail a Mother's Day card and a postcard. Then I went to the Mountain View Library and got a temporary library card to check out "The Marvelous Land of Oz" which has been the theme of this adventure. I have been watching a 1968 version over and over again in the hotel room. It is very cheap and wonderful. I am inspired to get a tattoo to commemorate this experience. I also checked out "Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land" for more tattoo inspiration. I never knew how terribly written the Raggedy Ann books are in comparison to the Oz books. The illustrations are cute though.

Dr. Badger, Winchester House, Smoothee recipes

This part of the blog is the time when I look back on this adventure so far in wonderment to think about all of the surreal experiences that I have been through so far. I think the person who personifies the fantasy-like aspect for me the most could be Dr. Badger. Although I never met him I have thought a lot about him. Dr. Badger is the name of the doctor who I was scheduled to see today, as recommended by Dr. Li. Because of the intense anal pain I had on Wednesday (and also because he wasn't covered by my insurance) I ended up seeing a variety of other doctors sooner and canceling his appointment. It just seems very strange to me that a person by the name of Dr. Badger, would have a career where he dug around in people's butts. Hello Beatrix Potter, this could be your next story!

I have stopped as much medication as I can and am using almond oil and Young Living Oils of cistus and helichrysum just inside and I haven't had any pain. I also bought some apple cider vinegar to take internally and externally which I read works better than medicine on hemorroids. As far as mouth pain, I have discovered Young Living Oil of clove is very numbing.

Winchester House
After reading reviews on yelp about the Winchester Mystery House, I decided not to go there. It is an interesting Victorian house with hundreds of rooms and weird staircases that lead to nowhere. Unfortunately they got rid of the original furniture and the tourguides are mumbly teenagers so instead I bring you this:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=winchester+mystery+house

copy and paste into browser for some flickr fun

Smoothee Recipes
(must water pik and/or swish water with salt or clove oil or peppermint oil after "meal")

scoop of canned salmon
tomato juice
Tablespoon of oil and apple cider vinegar
water
boiled quinoa cereal
one small bottle of lentil-vege baby food

macaroni and cheese
scoop of green powder
i teaspoon metamucil (for fiber)
water

2 raw eggs
cooked brown rice cereal
juice
1/8 teaspoon bromelain (for swelling)

Julie's moca java icecream
rice milk
i teaspoon metamucil

boiled sweet potato,
apples, and carrots
water

protein powder
vanilla ice cream
3 teaspoons of stool softener
coconut juice

vanilla ice cream
prune juice
frozen banana
frozen blueberries
orange cream whey protein powder

lentil and spinach dal
beef broth
half can salmon
water

cooked ground beef
butternut squash soup
water

acorn squash
2 eggs
fruit juice
1/8 teaspoon bromelain

half avocado
prune juice
coconut water
1/8 teaspoon bromelain
2 Tablespoons aloe vera juice
orange cream protein powder

P.S. I have a new favorite app for my IPhone. It's called "white noise" i think. It's free and gives you background sounds like chimes, ocean, fan blowing ect.

P.P.S. I haven't had a movement today. Uh-oh! Maybe nature will take it's course.
UPDATE: have had a few small movements since this was first written. I went the natural route with a tablespoon of olive oil in the morning and prune juice in the afternoon.