“Watch out world, Big Daddy’s coming at ya…”

So the blind optimism and bullish determination has proven a winning strategy! Met Mr. K, Francesco, Sarah and the rest of upper class London today and my mouth operation is happening in August. It’ll be either 13^th or 20^th I think.

They’re going to stitch up the hole with a ‘lateral wotsit’ and a ‘something else’. On top of that, these horrible temporary teeth are coming out whilst I’m under anaesthetic and new beautiful ones are being made. Result!

Finally a beam of light in this rather drawn out story. I can’t describe how mentally challenging it has been trying to crack on like normal with this impediment. It may seem like a minor thing, something that many people deal with everyday, but my career, my social standing, my whole persona has had to take a step back because of it.

I’m not lacking in confidence, I’ll grant you that, but my ego has been given a right going over in the past 9 months. I’ve basically had to reinvent myself physically, professionally and mentally. I’ve had such a wonderful support network and my girl and boys have kept my motivated whatever the weather. Sat here now, I feel that I’ve grown immensely since I started this blog. I’ve definitely found the real me again, after losing my direction for a while. A more humble, self-aware version of me has manifested from the total loss of control I experienced last year.

I’ve said from the start of this adventure that this is probably the most significant period of my life and that I have to harness it, make good from it and become stronger positive force.

There’s no question that I’m growing into my own ideals, I’m happy, really happy in my core. I have a level of inner peace that I’ve not felt for many years. With a renewed ability to communicate, chat, banter, I’ll be saying “Watch out world, Big Daddy’s coming at ya…”

One Love

Jez

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