A friend's guide to not acting weird around your friend who is having/has just had corrective surgery

Over the past few months, I've let more people in my life know about my surgery. I haven't been trying to keep it private really, (obviously because, you know, I'm blogging about it and all) but I would feel weird shouting it from the rooftops because it's not like it's open heart surgery or something big like that.  Regardless, I can tell it has been strange for some to find out. I think this is because some people don't know how to react when you tell them your face is going to look different. Not that I blame them, though. This leads to pretty much two reactions:  "Yay, your face will be different than it is now! ...Not that it isn't a good face now! Erm. Uh," or "Nooo, I like your face now! ...Not that you won't look fine after. Uh. Erm." Both responses are adorabley puzzled and understandable. I myself didn't really know how to react at first. However, once you hear multiple doctors tell you about the problems that will (keyword: will) occur later in life if the surgery is not performed, it puts things into perspective. Not gonna lie, a healthy amount of natural concern from loved ones is always nice. (Every human likes changes in their life to be acknowledged and shown care from family and friends.) Just keep in mind that there's a happy medium between ignoring the fact that your friend is having surgery and pushing them into the spotlight for it. So here's my view, just incase you were wondering: I feel blessed that my family is able to give me this surgery and since it needs to be done, I might as well be stoked about it. It's not a huge deal to me. Like I said, it's not open heart surgery. I like my face now; it's been with me for seventeen years! And it's because of this comfortableness with the way I am now that I am also comfortable with the changes the surgery will bring, which won't even be astronomical changes. So it is what it is!

As far as after my surgery goes, I pretty much have to chill in a recliner for two weeks. Seeing as I'm an active person who likes to be up and about, this may be a bit difficult for me. I'd be quite lonely just sitting there staring at the TV (which I will not be staring at through my contacts, but through my glasses, which will be stylishly taped to my face. I'll discuss this later.) Thank goodness I have lovely friends who have volunteered to come see me and watch movies with me and laugh at my inability to speak properly. That is, I hope they feel comfortable enough to laugh. The doctors say that I will look worse than I feel (yay medicine) due to bruising and such. So I hope this won't make others act like I just got hit by a car or something. If you're my friend and you're reading this, just act like you always do around me. Don't be afraid to hug me and joke around! And it's okay to stare at my bandaged face. If you're someone who is about to have surgery, realize that people may not know how to react, and that's perfectly okay. It'll get better as people get used to your lovely bandaged recovery face, I'm sure.

This turned into quite a lengthy post. Thanks for reading! More pictures and videos and such to come!