Saturday, March 31, 2007

So Many Blogs, So Little Time

So before I had my jaw surgery I had never read a blog. I mean, with almost 7 billion people on the planet, who's (whose??) blog would I pick? Right? When I came home from the hospital from my surgery and I looked and felt like a freak, I started looking for information about the surgery to see what I was in for. (Yes, I know, most people do that before the surgery. But I did not want to have anything freak me out and have me cancel the surgery, so I did not look.)

The first pictures I found were Dovie's and that gave me a lot of reassurance. She was about my age when she had her BSSO and her result looked great. Plus she had pictures of her swelling and bruising and that was exactly how I looked. So I felt hopeful.

Then I found Mrs. Shanton's Wacky Teef. She didn't have any gory pictures but she had lots of links and that's where I found Kelsie. Kelsie had just had her surgery about five weeks before me and she was still all nice and swollen so it was helpful to see what she was going through.

From there, the whole Blog experience exploded. Every person who had a blog had more links. I mean, you could spend all day just finding people who have started a blog relating to their orthodontic and/or orthognathic experience.

So today I spent some time updating my links to include all of the ones I have been reading at all their various stages. (Hopefully I didn't miss anyone.)

We are an interesting bunch. Several Canadians. There's Brandy in Alaska who is the most supportive and is having her surgery in May. Poor Graham doesn't have a date yet. And then there's Bill, the marine, who has to have his surgery again! And Kelsie just got her braces off; so did Beneath The Stars (what IS her name!?). Steph's blog is the funniest but we haven't gotten any updates for a while. Rebecca looks really great. Cary is healing quickly. And Kristen's blog is my favorate, she's so interesting! And people are so clever with their blog titles.

Oh and I added a link to a blog unrelated to orthognathic surgery -- Petite Anglaise. Petite is a 33 British (ex-pat?) woman who lives in Paris with her daughter Tadpole (the ex's name is Frog -- isn't that clever?) and her blog has made big news since she got fired because of it. I've always wanted to move back to Germany or Europe and write entertaining and witty stories about my life. Sigh!

9 comments:

Maggie said...

Mary - I'm so flattered my blog is your "favorite". :) Big hugs!

I didn't search for any information online before the surgery either. Then after the surgery, while ridiculously swollen and a little bored, I searched for orthognathic surgery support online and found way more than I'd ever expected. All you folks have been great!! It definitely helped putting things into perspective. It would've been a much more difficult process without you guys!

Mrs. Shanton said...

Dooce at dooce.com also got fired over her blog, and now the word "dooce" is a modern word that means getting fired for blogging about work! No kidding. She and her husband now support themselves and their family with blogging. She's one of my favorites.

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