how much should I eat before surgery?

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  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Had mine out a long time ago, under general. I was eating normally within days.
    I am a bit bemused by this post. It is minor surgery.
  • simplydelish2
    simplydelish2 Posts: 726 Member
    I had all mine out at once - and then went to work. I ate soft foods for a couple of days but was back to normal within 3-4 days. I can't even imagine 2-3 weeks unless they have to cut the bone and wire your jaw.
  • Cathalain
    Cathalain Posts: 424 Member
    I just had mouth surgery on July 16th. All four plus two more out. I had stitches.

    I echo what everyone else has said, but be aware that a lot of the things that you can eat at first are very heavy on the carbs, so you may want to rethink your position. I gained weight during that week that it took me to recover (mine was complicated, so it took a while) because most of what I could eat involved pudding, mashed potatoes or very, VERY soft mac and cheese. (I couldn't eat yogurt because I was taking medication that interacted with it - boo, hiss.)

    If you throw caution to the wind now, you may find yourself with a double whammy after the surgery. Just something to think about.

    Good luck with the surgery!
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    OP, you're gonna do what you want to do, and it sounds like you really wanna do this -- but honestly, there's no logical reason to "load up" before minor surgery. It's very unlikely that you'll undereat as much as you think you're going to afterward. Soft foods and liquids have calories. You'll get plenty of calories within a couple days after you get your wisdom teeth out, and your body will want those calories for recovery.
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    Well 18 hours after surgery and I'm down 3lbs already. I've had 2 ice cream smoothies and cannot face anything else.

    I wish I had loaded up the day and morning before on loads of foodz.

    I also wish up got proper pain relief organised. When the anaesthetic wore off 2 iboprufen did nothing. Nothing.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Well 18 hours after surgery and I'm down 3lbs already. I've had 2 ice cream smoothies and cannot face anything else.

    I wish I had loaded up the day and morning before on loads of foodz.

    I also wish up got proper pain relief organised. When the anaesthetic wore off 2 iboprufen did nothing. Nothing.

    Water weight mostly. You do not lose 3 Ibs of fat in 18 hours, that is for sure. It will go right back on once you are able to eat and drink normally again.

    Hope your pain eases soon.
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    Well 18 hours after surgery and I'm down 3lbs already. I've had 2 ice cream smoothies and cannot face anything else.

    I wish I had loaded up the day and morning before on loads of foodz.

    I also wish up got proper pain relief organised. When the anaesthetic wore off 2 iboprufen did nothing. Nothing.

    Water weight mostly. You do not lose 3 Ibs of fat in 18 hours, that is for sure. It will go right back on once you are able to eat and drink normally again.

    Hope your pain eases soon.

    Thanks! I know it's not going to last long which makes it a bit more bearable.

    I'm used to eating truckloads of food so the weight loss is a bunch of stuff, but not fat I know that!

    I'm bringing but up because I think the OP has a point now. I could have bumped up the nutrition more to make up for this drought now. I'm going to take vit c tabs and keep on with the ice cream and milk and bananas. Maybe an avocado. I think they had to excavate the bone too so I'm unable to even talk at this point!
  • pleasurelittletreasure
    pleasurelittletreasure Posts: 236 Member
    I used to think having wisdom teeth out was no big deal. I got schooled. My doctor said something like, 'Well, a small percentage of people get dry socket. But you won't have to worry about that.' Bstrd. Apparently, I make up that small percentage. So in my case I wasn't eating normally for a couple of weeks. Heck, I wasn't really eating much of anything for a couple of weeks.

    That was an adventure.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    I used to think having wisdom teeth out was no big deal. I got schooled. My doctor said something like, 'Well, a small percentage of people get dry socket. But you won't have to worry about that.' Bstrd. Apparently, I make up that small percentage. So in my case I wasn't eating normally for a couple of weeks. Heck, I wasn't really eating much of anything for a couple of weeks.

    That was an adventure.

    I hope when he told you that he also gave you the umpteen 'what not to do' rules to avoid dry socket. If they're followed, patients very rarely get dry socket and if they're not, the % goes way up. If he didn't, he really was a bastd.

    I was lucky with my removal, I guess. All four in one go, in my late 20's - mine were tardy. Only had the pain meds administered through IV in the hospital and didn't take any more - didn't need them. Only had very faint yellow bruising and a sore jaw that lasted one day. Other than sticking to soft foods, and not drinking with a straw, no one would have known I'd had anything done by the second day.

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