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Howard
spotter
Hi everyone,
Thank you all for the further comments and PM's, it's all so motivating to read. I had some aightly annoying news today after my visit to the surgeon today; I have to leave all my internal stitches in for the moment, as my lips haven't 'knitted' together enough yet. I was really hoping I'd be able to get them out, oh well. It'll delay things a bit but hopefully I'll still manage to get my teeth sorted for Xmas. Various other muscle damage / sprains seems on course for healing though which is good.
Good news - Nerve damage across my face seems to be progressing a bit too so that's good, hopefully I won't be without sensation for too long (I have people to annoy with tubeless whistling). The positive of this is that the time off the bike means I can do projects I've been putting off due to riding the bikes and I also did have all the outside stitches out.
Visually there's a huge difference, from before face is a bit wonky and I've lost about 6kg in weight* so I'm thinner but that's no bad thing. Scabs and swelling are all gone, I no longer look like David Guest / Sylvester Stallone's mother. I was going to post a few photos but I'm not sure how people are with blood etc.
Again, thank you, you're all so kind.
*Maybe I'll market the ' spotter diet TM ' - "no pills, no special foods - ask me how today!"