Foods for post-oral surgery?

Well, don't forget chicken broth and beef broth. No carb and satisfies for
awhile.

Dawn said:

It hadn't occurred to me to ask here until I read the IV thread. I have
a wisdom tooth that's trying (unsuccessfully) to erupt and causing
problems. Currently I can't bite down at all on one side of my mouth and
chewing on the other side causes a moderate to severe ache that lasts
for a couple of hours. While we figured out that it was the wisdom tooth
(which took about a week) I survived on processed lunchmeat and protein
shakes.

Get an unsweetened, unflavored protein powder (I use this one:
http://proteinfactory.com/shop/product.php?productid=50&cat=1&page=2 ) -
that way, you can make shakes without the sickeningly oversweet flavors
the diet industry thinks we want.

I dunno what your carb allowance is, but you can blend up frozen
strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cantalope and honeydew in
shakes for both flavor and sweetening. I also do a mocha shake made
with cold coffee, a bit of unsweetened cocoa and some sweetener. I find
sugar-free pudding mixes too carby on their own, but a quarter package
mixed in a shake is OK. I include heavy cream in all the above also...
and they taste a heck of a lot better than the premade shakes do.

You can do lots with yogurt, cream cheese, ricotta or cottage cheese...
add chives, garlic, sugar-free spaghetti sauce and/or shredded cheeses
to make savory foods or add cocoa, nut butter, vanilla or other
extracts, lemon juice and sweeteners to make sweet foods.

I always do an egg drop soup when I'm ill or recovering cause it's great
comfort food. Heat some chicken broth to simmering, add a few sliced
scallions, a bit of ginger and a dash of soy sauce if you wanna get
fancy, and whisk in a beaten egg.

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Oh, and I can't cook for beans when I'm doped up, so anything that

requires

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minimal cooking or can be cooked in advance and reheated would be a

major plus.

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I think I'll ask for some smooth broccoli cheese soup today - not

very high in

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protein, but calorie dense, not sweet and can be sipped from a cup.

(sorry about the long post, vicodin makes me ramble even more than

usual)

Zucchini soup is good, and is good hot or cold. Any kind of
chicken/beef broth based soup with a little cream added to make it
tastier. Cauliflower soup is good. Good luck with the extraction.

Cheri

Cheri

Heavy Cream

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It hadn't occurred to me to ask here until I read the IV thread. I have a
wisdom tooth that's trying (unsuccessfully) to erupt and causing problems.
Currently I can't bite down at all on one side of my mouth and chewing on
the other side causes a moderate to severe ache that lasts for a couple of
hours. While we figured out that it was the wisdom tooth (which took about
a week) I survived on processed lunchmeat and protein shakes.

Between the natural appetite suppression of a mostly-protein diet and the
nausea and appetite suppression of narcotics and antibiotics, my calorie
intake dipped to around 600 calories per day. When we decided it was the
wisdom tooth and that I would have another week before the tooth could be
removed I tried adding carbs back to my diet to get my calories up. That
was a lousy idea and I promptly felt terrible. I'm back to trying to choke
down protein shakes and lunchmeat and upping the calories by adding more
heavy cream to the shakes and more mayo to the lunchmeat.

Next Tuesday the oral surgeon will remove my remaining wisdom tooth. It's
considered a complicated extraction and he expects that it will be at
least 3 days before I can move from pudding and ice cream to applesauce
and overcooked pasta. I'm not willing to eat pudding and ice cream for 3
days because it's going to make me feel worse and worse. I can eat
low-carb cheesecake (whipped cream, cream cheese, splenda, flavorings) but
I'm very, very averse to sweet flavors right now and that aversion gets
stronger with every protein shake I force myself to drink.

Any suggestions for non-sweet-tasting post-extraction foods? They need to
be absolutely smooth - like baby food smooth and require no to very
minimal chewing. Ideally they'd be high protein and contain no soy, too.
:> Suggestions for food for the few days before surgery or step-up foods
once I can handle some texture/chewing would be appreciated too. I'm not
going to count carbs during recovery (with the narcotics I'll be lucky to
count my own toes) - but I can't eat starch and sugar and I'm already
craving protein.

Oh, and I can't cook for beans when I'm doped up, so anything that
requires minimal cooking or can be cooked in advance and reheated would be
a major plus. I think I'll ask for some smooth broccoli cheese soup
today - not very high in protein, but calorie dense, not sweet and can be
sipped from a cup.

(sorry about the long post, vicodin makes me ramble even more than usual)

Baby food, a bit pricey but tasty and good for you. Anything you would
usually eat run through the blender with a bit of liquid. Cheese warmed up
in the microwave till it's runny. Why do protein shakes have to be choked
down? You can make them very tasty with a handful of berries or any other
flavor that appeals to you. You don't have to get premixed shakes, make
your own with protein powder and cream and flavoring of choice.

Dawn wrote:
| It hadn't occurred to me to ask here until I read the IV thread. I
| have a wisdom tooth that's trying (unsuccessfully) to erupt and
| causing problems. Currently I can't bite down at all on one side of
| my mouth and chewing on the other side causes a moderate to severe
| ache that lasts for a couple of hours. While we figured out that it
| was the wisdom tooth (which took about a week) I survived on
| processed lunchmeat and protein shakes.
|
| Between the natural appetite suppression of a mostly-protein diet and
| the nausea and appetite suppression of narcotics and antibiotics, my
| calorie intake dipped to around 600 calories per day. When we decided
| it was the wisdom tooth and that I would have another week before the
| tooth could be removed I tried adding carbs back to my diet to get my
| calories up. That was a lousy idea and I promptly felt terrible. I'm
| back to trying to choke down protein shakes and lunchmeat and upping
| the calories by adding more heavy cream to the shakes and more mayo
| to the lunchmeat.
|
| Next Tuesday the oral surgeon will remove my remaining wisdom tooth.
| It's considered a complicated extraction and he expects that it will
| be at least 3 days before I can move from pudding and ice cream to
| applesauce and overcooked pasta. I'm not willing to eat pudding and
| ice cream for 3 days because it's going to make me feel worse and
| worse. I can eat low-carb cheesecake (whipped cream, cream cheese,
| splenda, flavorings) but I'm very, very averse to sweet flavors right
| now and that aversion gets stronger with every protein shake I force
| myself to drink.
|
| Any suggestions for non-sweet-tasting post-extraction foods? They
| need to be absolutely smooth - like baby food smooth and require no
| to very minimal chewing. Ideally they'd be high protein and contain
| no soy, too. :> Suggestions for food for the few days before surgery
| or step-up foods once I can handle some texture/chewing would be
| appreciated too. I'm not going to count carbs during recovery (with
| the narcotics I'll be lucky to count my own toes) - but I can't eat
| starch and sugar and I'm already craving protein.
|
| Oh, and I can't cook for beans when I'm doped up, so anything that
| requires minimal cooking or can be cooked in advance and reheated
| would be a major plus. I think I'll ask for some smooth broccoli
| cheese soup today - not very high in protein, but calorie dense, not
| sweet and can be sipped from a cup.
|
| (sorry about the long post, vicodin makes me ramble even more than
| usual)

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Baby food, a bit pricey but tasty and good for you. Anything you would
usually eat run through the blender with a bit of liquid. Cheese warmed
up
in the microwave till it's runny. Why do protein shakes have to be choked
down? You can make them very tasty with a handful of berries or any other
flavor that appeals to you. You don't have to get premixed shakes, make
your own with protein powder and cream and flavoring of choice.

Yeah-- get some frozen fruit, mix together maybe with yoghurt or even sour
cream and blend it up.

FOB said:

Why do protein shakes have to be choked
down? You can make them very tasty with a handful of berries or any other
flavor that appeals to you. You don't have to get premixed shakes, make
your own with protein powder and cream and flavoring of choice.

Because I've yet to come up with a savory flavor of protein shake and I
developed a strong aversion to sweet-tasting foods. Protein shakes (even with
greek yogurt and no sweetener) were just too sweet for me.

We made cream of broccoli and cream of cauliflower soup yesterday. I'm doing
much, much better with less sugar in my system and more protein. Of course,
restarting the abx may be helping too. 😉 We might try some cream of chicken if
we can get the chicken tender enough.

Dawn said:

We made cream of broccoli and cream of cauliflower soup yesterday. I'm doing
much, much better with less sugar in my system and more protein. Of course,
restarting the abx may be helping too. 😉 We might try some cream of chicken if
we can get the chicken tender enough.

If a food processor can reduce dried peanuts into peanut butter,
the machine can sure reduce cooked chicken into a paste thin
enough for your current status. Chicken ultra-puree isn't on
any adult's normal menu that I've ever heard of but it seems
your option at the moment.

Doug Freyburger said:

If a food processor can reduce dried peanuts into peanut butter,
the machine can sure reduce cooked chicken into a paste thin
enough for your current status. Chicken ultra-puree isn't on
any adult's normal menu that I've ever heard of but it seems
your option at the moment.

I was skeptical, but sure enough. Our machine can't make peanuts into peanut
butter - it leaves little crunchy bits. However, it blends rotisserie chicken
into cream of chicken soup just fine. We did make it a little thicker so that
any chicken shreds would be easier to swallow.

I never thought I'd look forward to oral surgery, but I'm counting down the
hours. It has to get better once the tooth is out.

Dawn said:

Doug Freyburger said:

If a food processor can reduce dried peanuts into peanut butter,

... Our machine can't make peanuts into peanut
butter - it leaves little crunchy bits ...

Sure it can. Grind a LOT longer. Turn it on. Grind until your ears
hurt from the noise. That's the half way point. Keep griding
until you wonder if the neighbors have called the police to get
you to stop the noise. But if you forgot to put in earplugs you
can no longer hear if anyone is knocking on the door. Then you
have peanut butter. Or butter of any other type of nut - brazil nut
butter and almond butter is SO good. Even just from peanuts,
the resulting butter so so much better. Think of how good is
whipped cream from a can then how much better whipping your
own cream is.