#we also kinda miss the tmj but we know that its REALLY bad - much like other forms joint dislocation you shouldnt ever play with it

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"We're probably gonna call the dentist tomorrow because this pain this late in recovery is concerning" *pain completely disappears the next morning, along with pretty much every other post-surgery feeling, resulting in us completely forgetting we make this decision for two whole days*

.........guess we can't really complain? All we have to deal with at this point is the last of the lockjaw, which is also practically gone. If we can fit a burger in there we don't really need to keep trying. Wonder if this is how it feels to not have TMJ, we're so used to being made aware of our jaw's limit with a loud pop and a weird and sometimes painful sensation, not hitting that point is strange. Like straight up, its all we've ever known, our jaw has been popping out of place our whole life and we've learned to do so many weird things to avoid it, like grabbing our jaw when we yawn to stop it from going too far, and taking smaller bites of food to avoid unhinging like a snake to fit more food in there (not all of us have that level of self control though so it didn't always work)