So in a stroke of mandibular synchronicity, "Mr. Keng" is getting all four of his wisdom teeth ripped out of his face this coming Friday. I myself have a scheduled "UPPP (otherwise known as a Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty)/tonsillectomy/something else whose official name eludes my memory" for the 28th of September. Basically the end result is that both Mr. Keng and I will have extremely painful oral recoveries with limited food consumptions.Fortunately, as we are not getting our surgeries at the *exact* same time, we will have time to feed each other mushy tasteless and chew-less food for weeks!!! I'm making up a list of foods, but I want to get your feedback: what should we stock up on tonight on our trip to the grocery store??
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I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed (and this was no pulling, they had to do it surgically). My favorite memory was when the doctor told my mom that I bled more than any patient he has ever seen. Wonderful.
I recommend yogurt. I ate lots and lots of yogurt for about a week. It doesn't require any chewing (even though mashed potatoes are soft, you still have to kind of chew them), and it is nice and cold, which feels great. Go for the yogurt.
Jenn and I have a lovely recipe for butternut squash soup. Butternut squashes aren't quite in season yet, but I'm pretty sure you can still get them at the store.
Let me know if you're interested--zero chewing and tons of delicious flavor!
Oh, and I would avoid grits or oatmeal or cream of wheat for Matt, at least. The little grains get stuck in the pits where your teeth used to be. Gross.
Popsicles and ice cream for the tonsillectomy. And soup. Pretty much anything that is liquid/doesn't require chewing, but the cold stuff is especially nice at first. Just try to keep your diet balanced as much as you can with no solids. That may mean blending things to a pulp, which looks a lot less appetizing, but your body will appreciate it. Trust me.
Also, you've probably heard lots and lots of horror stories about how bad it is to get tonsils out as an adult...come talk to me if you want a nice, boring, non-horrible story of when I got mine out last year. The worst thing that happened to me was a fun reaction to the pain meds.
Oy. Carnage, indeed! My poor, lovely friends! Is Matt's face gonna be back to normal for wedding week? I think that the best ideas for food have already been shared, but let me include pudding. I'm not a terribly huge fan of pudding on a regular day, but having had 13 teeth pulled in my lifetime PLUS my 4 impacted wisdom teeth...pudding holds a special place in my heart. Jello is also nice, because although it's not liquid, it doesn't require chewing and can slide easily down your gullet. Mmmm. Tell Matt to avoid shakes or anything that requires sucking, because he can disturb the blood clots trying to form in his toothless pits. Bleeaaacchh.
When I had my wisdom teeth out, they knocked me out since it was a surgical procedure and the only unpleasant thing involved was coming out of the anesthesia. I woke up and was completely disoriented. The nurse saw me coming out of it and started talking to me like I was 3 years old (I was 21). "Are we waking up? How are we feeling?" What I really wanted to say was, "WE want to see if our fingers fit snugly around YOUR neck!", but instead I found my eyes inexplicably filling w/ tears as I asked for my mom. "Are we crying? Do we feel alright?" Her asinine response just made me cry more. I couldn't help myself. It was so humiliating. So mine was more emotional pain than physical. Oh the horror. As long as you're ready w/ a hanky for your hubby then hopefully no one's pride needs to suffer. Good luck, my friends!
I am happy to bring you anything you'd like, so feel free to put your orders for frozen custard or other goodies in to me by text and I'll be right over with them. :)
I second (or third or more) the yogurt and pudding ideas. Would bananas be okay? It's usually been okay for me after lots of dental surgeries, but they are a bit fibery. I'm also a big supporter of flat Diet Coke. Gross to some, but to me it's a treat that helps a little with the pain but doesn't make your mouth hurt with all the fizz. Other than that, I'd say this is a great opportunity to hone your smoothie making skills (sans seedy fruit). Jared's recipe for Butternut Squash Soup is in the cookbook I gave you, as is a recipe for a peach/raspberry smoothie that is delicious and doesn't have seeds in it, I think, so long as you pick the right yogurt.
Good luck!
Seriously, I do not see any reason to change your eating habits. You should just change how you eat it.
So, you two go ahead, get your chinese take-out, and throw that bad boy into a food processor. It all ends up in the same place anyway... that's all I'm sayin'.
mmm.... blended mapodofu....
DoctorJ: ewwwwwwww. I mean actually Matt would probably love blended mapodofu but still. We could totally market it as the next Gerber baby food flavor...
And Christina, if you've had like 17 teeth pulled, how do you chew? Doesn't the average mouth only house like 28? :)
And for everyone else, thank you for the input... we bought ten um... cans? containers? plastic thingies? of yogurt, six boxes of pudding (including tapioca, yum), two boxes of jello, an enormous box of mashed potato buds, two bags of frozen fruit, one 32 oz. um, plastic thingy of vanilla yogurt, bananas, and... I think that's it. Just thought you'd all like to get in on my average grocery trip. ;)
I would say pudding - at least for dessert after the mapodofu. Good luck with your surgeries!
Sorry for you both. Jello and smoothy mix.
Get your tonsils out while you're at it. Best thing I ever did. Probably don't have your dentist do it though.
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