suggestions for what to eat? i'm rocking the ensure right now, along with pudding, oatmeal, grits, v8 fusion (for my vegetable and fruit servings), ice cream and jell-o

also, i got blood pretty much everywhere, and i'm playing oddworld: abe's oddysee. awesome times.

5/7/2008 6:51:10 PM

i recommend you eat painkillers

5/7/2008 6:52:29 PM

yes, i'm a bit dopey right now from the anaesthesia and possibly the vicodin

5/7/2008 6:53:11 PM

eat more painkillers and worry about food when you run out

5/7/2008 6:55:15 PM

hmmm, i'm not so sure about that

5/7/2008 6:56:16 PM

Been there, done that: more painkillers, dude.

5/7/2008 6:57:19 PM

Whatever it is you eat make sure it's nutritional and won't aggravate your inflamed gum tissue. When I had mine out I tried to drink those single serve Muscle Milk-type protein drinks at the grocery store as well as Ensure for the added nutrients. Remember that your body is trying to heal and doesn't have access to the food it would normally use for self-repair, so don't eat shit like pudding and jello because there's not much nutritional value for your body to use.

5/7/2008 6:58:07 PM

i never had any pain at all when I got my wisdom teeth out

i got a whole bottle of vicodin and only took a couple pills

I was going to take the rest of the bottle back to North Carolina but my mom stole it from my luggage before I left home

that woman knows me all too well

5/7/2008 7:00:21 PM

how long from when you scheduled the appointment did the dentist/surgeon see you? I have to get this done sometime this month.

5/7/2008 7:10:06 PM

applesauce, broth-type soups with soft veggies, nothing with a lot of spices. you'll be able to eat basically anything soft in a few days.

5/7/2008 7:11:29 PM

i scheduled a consultation first and the earliest they had was a month away

and then the appointment for the actual surgery was about another month apart

so it took me nearly two months

5/7/2008 8:02:04 PM

i was able to eat solid food 12 hours after i got mine out

you just gotta go with what doesn't hurt and make sure you clean out your sockets well after you eat

5/7/2008 8:04:38 PM

MASHED POTATOES

5/7/2008 8:25:12 PM

I have never have any to be taken out

5/7/2008 8:26:24 PM

YOU POST TOO MUCH AMBROSIA

5/7/2008 8:27:07 PM

save as many pain killers as you can, they will be useful when you feel like relaxing. when i had mine out recently i had jellow and stouffers mac. and cheese

5/7/2008 8:37:30 PM

yuck i couldn't eat for like days when i got mine out. i ate soup broth and applesauce i think. the standard. smoothies. milkshakes.

5/7/2008 9:04:50 PM

UPDATE: my gf rocks

but my jaw hurts like hell

5/8/2008 12:35:38 AM

I had mine out a few years ago. I LIVED on KFC mashed potatoes.

I think I was pretty lucky; I had no swelling, no nausea and next to no pain. Mostly, I was just frustrated not being able to eat what I wanted to eat.

5/8/2008 9:26:11 AM

i remember taking lots and lots of pain relievers, and then sleeping through the whole next day.

5/8/2008 9:28:47 AM

popcorn

5/8/2008 9:32:40 AM

You aren't supposed to eat things like oatmeal and grits because the particles get stuck and make very bad things happen. But if they gave you the squirty thing to clean out the wounds (and you actually use it) then I guess it isn't the end of the world.

5/8/2008 9:41:04 AM

Don't drink through a straw, you can get dry sockets and I hear that hurts like hell.

5/8/2008 9:41:49 AM

i was eating salad and bowling two days later. I quit taking the pills about a week later

5/8/2008 9:46:34 AM