Bye Bye Buccal Fat Pads

Just got out of buccal fat removal surgery. I'll keep it short and sweet. Took some Ativan, was no longer nervous but feeling relaxed and high. Waited 30 mins for the drugs to kick in and Dr. B. came in to check in on me and inject my cheeks with a ton of freezing. Once we were ready, away we went. He grabbed a tool and I wasn't even aware that was the knife and he made a slice in my right side and I could feel the typical pulling, tuggin. And what not. At one point I felt some of my buccal fat touch my tongue. Gross. The right side literally took less than 10 minutes. And then the left side took a bit longer, I felt a teeny ounce of pain and I told him and Jair as quickly he told me we were done with that. Then he stitched me up, gave me aftercare instructions (salt water rinse before I left) and voila! I was done in 22 minutes. I had a slurpee after. And then I ate Thai food (Tom yum soup and pad Thai....consumer very slowly). Now I'm home icing my face because the pain kicked in an hour ago. Popped two Advil.

Last night I fell asleep sitting up with a compression garment on, after icing my cheeks. I woke up feeling predictably swollen but when I took a selfie I reslized I just looked like my puffy self, just puffier and chunkier cheeks.
My right side is definitely reacting more so than the left. Both surgical holes have closed up (in a mere 24 hours!).
When I push my cheeks into my mouth, that fat bulge isn't there anymore :) yay.
But yeah, the recovery is going to be a long road. I was expecting today to be THE WORSR for recovery but I am beyond pleasantly surprised.
Still taking arnica and popped two Advil.

Should've written this one first.

Hours after the surgery...I was really puffy! It probably didn't help that I drank a slurpee and attempted to eat Thai food (Tom yum soup and some pad Thai). I was starving and totally PMSsing!