Wise Foods To Eat
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007I had all four of my wisdom teeth taken out this past Friday and thought I’d offer some post-op dietary suggestions. Please be aware that your oral surgeon or dentist is the final authority on this matter and that I only offer my personal experiences.
The day of the surgery, I got a McDonald’s chocolate milkshake on my way home. The shake had a most pleasant effect in my mouth. It helps that I love milkshakes too. A little later during lunch, I got some mashed potatoes from KFC with gravy. Obviously wait till it’s close to room temperature and then eat to your heart’s content. Vary your diet so you still get different kind of nutrients which will aid in the healing process. That evening, I had some egg drop soup. It was cooked with shiitake mushroom, pork bones, eggs, and some sort of broth. Obviously I only drank the soup and ate the eggs. It was mucho delicious.
Next day, I ate the leftover soup and mashed potatoes for breakfast. For lunch, I ate a huge bowl of oatmeal mixed with taiwanese dried pork. It’s a type of pork that’s usually used for gruel and as such makes it soft and chewy. I usually abhor oatmeal.. but it was delicious and it’s healthy too. Then for dinner, I got some squash casserole and mashed potatoes from Boston Market. I highly recommend both.. although for the casserole, there were chucks of squash and cucumber so be careful with that. They’re soft but chew with your front teeth first and then swallow as necessary. Also, I had some maccaroni with cheese.. to me, it’s too cheesy for my taste and I honestly felt nauseated eating it. But that didn’t have anything to do with the effects of the surgery.. it’s just a thing I have with maccaroni I guess.
Day 3 (Sunday).. I ate leftovers from the dinner the night before for breakfast. For lunch, more squash casserole, mashed potatoes, and creamy spinach from Boston Market. The spinach was a little too creamy and salty but I ate it nonetheless. For lunch, much of the same thing. When I find something that works, I stick with it usually. For dinner, I got mashed potatoes and casserole again from Boston Market. I also scrambled up some eggs with soy sauce cause I had a craving for that.
Monday. Actually now that I think about it.. I might’ve mixed up some days but the general gist is the same. I ate Boston Market and KFC most of the time. For drinks, smoothie from Smoothie Factory and chocolate shake from McDonald’s.
So there you have it. I have a post-op appointment next week and until then.. unless I feel less swelling in the extraction sites.. I’ll keep similar diets and maybe gradually add new foods for variety.
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