What food is good with a broken jaw?

[PaRaDoX]

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last monday i went into hospital for what may call a crazy operation, had my jaw broken in 6 places and repositioned , got 7 plates and 3 bone graphts with some large gaps that need bone to grow back over..


i was in hospital for 5 days on morphine (I HAD A BUTTON!!!!!!!WOOOOO) anyway that was fun especially when they told me they were upping my dosage to 20x per 4 hours lol anyway back on track

my jaws bolted together and i have elastics on my braces (yes i had to get braces to go with the operation)

anyway i can open my mouth a good 1.5cm enough to get things in but im struggling to find tastey things to eat


like seriously im living on jelly, mash potoato and now rice because u dont have to chew it..

i tried pasta but it hurts to swollow, see i cant even chew soft things pains too bad

anyone been through this? its like having wisomds done except it lasts for a good 5-6 weeks before u can even chew soft things 8 weeks ive been told till i can chew things like chicken

[Troy711]

how did the other bloke end up?

[sircruisealotVS]

when i had all my wisdoms ripped out i lived off thickshakes pretty much for the next couple of days, they're always good and fill you up.
i also managed mince (like spag bol mince) too when i needed a meat fix.
i think you should just have fun with the blender and come up with stuff, lol, fruit is always easy to work with, blend a bunch of different fruit together and drink that.
i cant imagine going 5-6 weeks without any real food...i feel for you mate, a couple of days is bad enough.

[Boonz]

the blender is your friend.... mash potato, alfredo noodles and chicken schnitzel blended together tastes pretty good and is mush so you dont have to chew

[VNexecutive]

heinz big and chunky? itll make a man out of ya.

[J_D]

Ouch. I feel sorry for you. It was bad enough when I got one of my molars out a couple of months ago. I was eating custard, yoghurt, jelly, ice cream, mash potato, milk. Kept me going OK.

[R0d]

when i had my wisdom teeth take out, the same day i had steak and ripped the stiches but it was worth it

[1vngal]

CHOCOLATE CUSTARD is the best

Or like peanut head said, get inventive with a blender! If it's crap, throw it out and start again. Maybe even write your own receipe book for people with a broken jaw and then become rich!

[Troy711]

do a homer

snort steak

[PaRaDoX]

ahahhahah

it was a planned dental operation...

im not into eating solids as liquids... fruit is ok... well juice has been sustaining me

when i first had the operation i didnt have a appetite what so ever for 10 days i didnt know when i was hungry and forgot to eat frequently forgot to eat for 3 days... on the third day i was like hrmmm i feel really sick... i wonder why... ohhh crap i havnt eaten

had heaps of milkshakes till i started feeling sick from them, been on juice and jelly lately the milk products dont like me if i drink too much

i went to maccas 15 mins after discharge having 4 wisoms pulled, eatin chicken nuggets but this is 100000x worse

i want to eat all these crazy foods but i cant... i tried eating a cake the other day, choc mum cooked it for my birthday and i couldnt eat it... made me sad

anyway ive tried most of the stuff,, i was dieing for chicken the other day soo i ate fryed chicken... without chewing.. that hurt and its not as good cuz u dont taste it

[VNexecutive]

can you still do quarter runs down the strip though? thats the main part.. lol

[minux]

Soup, spaghetti in a tin e tc, thats what i ate while my jaw was wired up after a motox accident

It sucks bad, i know exactly how you feel.

[NORTI]

Seriously as people have said, Blender is your friend.


I know some people that have had radical stomach surgery too, & had to have a liquid, followed by 'mushies' diet for months. The only way to get thru it, is to blend stuff together lol.

[Patrio7]

Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec ;D

[NORTI]

lol I was waiting for someone to bring that up! lmao

[matty88]

*eats big steak in front of Gordon*

Soup mate

[AirStrike]

Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec
Mmmmmm it's you Gordon!!

[Emackulation]

Ive seriously got to try that......

[NORTI]

They can blend anything except Chuck Norris.........

[Patrio7]

They can blend anything except Chuck Norris.........

yeah that was a classic, all mooshed up and lo and behold, he rises from the rubble unscathed XD

i like the bic lighters one the most through

[BANKS]

I had a really bad case of glandular fever a couple of years ago. Put me on my arse for 1 and half months. Worst time of my whole life. Anyway I didn’t eat for 1 WHOLE month. Now I know many will say that’s not physically possible but I did, I lived on my fat reserves, as I was a bit tubby at the time.

I couldn’t swallow cus my glads had swollen up to a little bit bigger then golf balls. I lived on red myzone and good old English breakfast tea. Dead set I would have been seriously rooted if I didn’t drink those 2 things. I would spew every night cus I had nothing in my stomach, at one period I didn’t sleep for a whole week, I was hallucinating constantly and everything was GREEN insanely trippy lol. I had the constant fear of my appendix bursting, thank god it didn’t.

Spewed that much that I had destroyed my throat and blood was draining into my lungs. Then the rash omg, you think chicken pox is bad.... The funny thing was I basically recovered in 2 days. I remember one day I passed out then woke up covered in blood, I had thrown up on myself and I couldn’t move, dad drove me to the doctors which seemed like 2 hrs, but was only 5 minutes down the road. He wanted to put me in hospital but I didn’t want to go cus I thought I would get worse from having no immune system. That next night I ate dinner… random.

Was off work for another couple of weeks then went onto light duties for about a month. So all up I was out of action for about 3 months...

Id stick to liquid diets from experience lol if you have to chew it dont bother.

[Full Spectrum]

Blender foods, Ice cream but not to cold was good for me as it was the only thing i could get in my throat until i worked it up..
Up and go drinks are nice.

[matty88]

Youghurt also.... yummy

[MasterOfReality]

My sister went though this.

Got all of her wisdom teeth ripped out, had braces for the next 2 years and then got her jaw broken and repositioned with plates and screws.

I remember it was just a lot of soups for over a month, until she could very carefully start trying to eat proper food.

[PaRaDoX]

man you guys suck!!!!!

i laughed soo hard i ripped a stich...

bahahahahah
still waiting to get feeling back in my face, been 2 weeks and doctors dont reckon i will for another 2

yes i can still drive and theoretically race... however i dont trust me reaction time........


at the drags that could cost me the race!!!! haha nah im still bit slow because of the meds im on so i dont want to go driving for a few more weeks

i ate chicken today..... without chewing....