Having 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed

I'm sorta stressing over every little detail.

Yeah, no kidding. Don't worry about it and stick to the deficit.

Feeling your pain, I had this done about 20 years ago, other than a rather fetching chipmunk-cheeks look for a couple of days I'm sure you will sail right through it. I alternated between hot water bottle and ice-pack to bring down the cheeks, and that helped. I had been eating mush for months and was glad to get back to adult food that required chewing shortly thereafter! Stick to the healthy eating, I reckon.

You're not gonna be eating much of anything. Sorry

When I had mine taken out, all I could eat was macaroni and cheese, and some ice cream. And for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT eat anything that is hot. If you eat hot foods after having your wisdom teeth out, it can cause you to get dry socket. It is seriously painful. It feels like being repeatedly stabbed in the face.

Other than that, you'll be so drugged up, you probably won't know what day it is. Let alone remembering to eat anything.

Good luck. Make sure you sleep most of the time. It'll keep you from moving your mouth too much.

I had mine done 2 years ago, all four removed. I got by eating mashed potato, soft pasta in sauces, porridge and soups. It will feel uncomfortable and you will get frustrated but give it time and you'll be back to normal. Just make sure you use mouthwash after eating to clean the extratcion sites. Also avoid using straws as you can dislodge the blood clots. Just have small amounts.

I had 4 impacted wisdom teeth out years ago and I demanded mum stopped so I could get a McDonald's fillet o fish on the way home, 1/ because I was HUNGRY 2/ because it was soft food and 3/ because back then in my brain fillet of fish was some kind of comfort food (I cannot remember EVER eating one unless I was sick or injured lol). You will probably be concentrating on soft foods for a few days. TBH for me I wouldn't worry to much about calories, try to eat healthily what you can manage for a few days.

Good luck, for me it was no where near as bad as I imagined, hope you are the same

You won't be able to actually chew anything for at least a day...I couldn't even talk for six hours after mine. Just enjoy all the soups and smoothies you can and you'll be fine in like 3 days.

Go with the calorie deficit.

Not going to lie.... I swallowed so much blood I threw up a blood clot.
Sleep as much as you can IMO.

I had all 4 removed at once...best way to do it. One shot out of there. Your food intake is going to be quite limited on its own accord. Listen to the doctors. You'll be fine. I was out of it only on the day of surgery and the next day was back to walking my dog. I was sore, but fine. I think I only took 1-2 of the pain meds. After my stitches were taken out I resumed normal eating is when I actually had the most soreness, but really overall you'll be A-OK!!!!! However, I'm a big believer that there are a few times in life where deficits in calories aren't as important and during the healing process is one of them. I would worry more about getting the proper nutrition and not the calorie intake during this time. Best wishes!!!!!!

I had all four removed a few years ago. I ate a lot of soups (veggie by blender), omelets & smoothies (by spoon). My favorite go to was twiced baked potatoes *nomnom* My macros were filled and all was well. I was maintaining at the time and didn't lose or gain. I did enjoy the few days off of sleep - lots of sleep lol

You'll be great, don't sweat it! :flowerforyou:

Odd. I was thinking about posting today. I have a consultation tomorrow where I am going to have Xrays to get my bottom two wisdom teeth extracted as they are impacted. Not fun.

Let me know how it goes!

Been there and it was a rough ride, just kick back and eat plenty of Vicodin!