Wisdom tooth extractions - what did you eat?

Francl27

malioumba wrote: »

lporter229 wrote: »

Also, I was told not to exercise for two weeks because of the risk of a blood clot dislodging. You probably already know that though.

Yes, I do - quite a bummer =(

You can walk. It's what I did.

nattyanon

malioumba wrote: »

I am getting my four wisdom teeth removed today, I assume i won't be able to eat solids for at least a week, I am wondering what you'all ate during the first several days when you couldn't handle solids?

Think about looking up baby foods, mashed up carrots, peas and such but make them adult sized. Make them at home ofc.

Ready2Rock206

Spaghettios- not too healthy! Lol!

NaturalNancy

Soup, smoothies, yogurt, mashed potatoes, anything soft...
Hope you feel better soon!

paymentm

I ate jell-o and Gatorade for a week because I was so nauseous and slept the whole time. Turns out I was super allergic to the pain meds I was on lost about 12 pounds in a week but quickly gained them back once I was off those meds and could eat properly again!

RodaRose

Cold foods keep the swelling down.
Make Protein Pudding and put it in the freezer:
http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/what-to-eat/12-great-uses-for-protein-powder/slide/3

Ingredients:

1 scoop chocolate or vanilla whey protein powder
6 oz plain Greek yogurt
1-2 tsp water
Instructions: Mix protein powder and Greek yogurt. Add 1 to 2 tsp of water, as needed, to thin out the mixture.

jo_nz

I hope it's gone well!
When i had 2 wisdom teeth out, it actually wasn't too long until I was able to eat regular-ish food. The day of the extraction I had a shake for dinner. The following day was liquid breakfast and lunch, but I managed some mac n cheese, and the following night had fish and chips (not crispy chips).
Keep up with the antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, and keep the sockets clean. I did lots of salt water rinses. I ended up with an infection several weeks later so another course of antibiotics, but other than that I was quite surprised how not-terrible it was.

drabbits2

I had three out at once...all impacted. Mashed potatoes, applesauce, smoothies, soft scrambled eggs, blended soups or just broth. Room temperature was best--don't know why but too hot or too cold bugged me. It was pretty awful, but I wasn't put out for it, just local numbing so I could hear everything. And then drove myself home. Not good.

annette_15

I got all 4 pulled 4 days ago.. the day of I barely ate cause the thought of having to take the gauze out, barely being able to swallow and feel my mouth just seemed like more work that how hungry I was, I had some yogurt after i got home, then a smoothie later on and some ice cream. The next two days, soup, shakes, yogurt and more ice cream... I ate like 2 pints of arctic zero a day cause it was the only thing that somewhat filled me up that wasnt just carbs lol. Day 3 and 4 I had some egg whites with avocado and mashed sweet potatoes, banana with peanut butter, some yogurt with pb2, soup, lean cuisine mac and cheese (that *kitten* is awesome btw), mashed cauliflower, baked beans some flakey sea bass and more soup. I have my follow up tomorrow so we'll see what they say if its healing properly. My jaw is still sore but I feel much better. I'm mostly just paranoid and dont wanna start chewing food in fear of *kitten* getting stuck in the holes and me rinsing too much and the blood clot falling out. I think I'll be able to eat more solids food in a couple of days tho

TheFair0ne

Lots of mashed potatoes and gravy and broth and soup.

I tried chili and found that was a bad mistake when the small pieces of ground beef got caught in the sockets/holes where the teeth used to be. *shivers*

Mashed pots and gravy was the best though. Filling, easy and never painful.