This afternoon I have to get the broken bridge taken out of my mouth and then get a root canal on the back tooth to which the bridge is attached.
I have purchased several ramen noodle soups/cup-a-soups for meals until my mouth feels better. Not that I dislike these soups but the variety available around here wasn't all that good and I'm sure I'll get tired of them quickly.
Can't you just plug it with a temporary filling, take some tramadol and soldier on with your normal diet?
Ouch. But reading this advice from webmd site makes it sound like you'll be able to eat soft foods tomorrow, and control the pain with over the count meds.
Scrambled eggs or mashed potatoes with various herbs/spices may be good ideas for the next few days.
Unfortunately Donkey, because the back tooth needs a root canal they can't. It's been patched up once which only last about a year so I would probably want to do something more anyway.
Thanks Midwesterner! I've already told my daughter that I would be eating her banana bread for breakfast tomorrow. Maybe I'll be able to have a hard boiled egg with my soup for lunch tomorrow.
I've been through a similar experience and lived on:
I was still perpetually hungry and lost a few kilos though.
Before my uncle died he was unable to eat even small pieces of food. But he came to a family picnic where my aunt prepared his penne and sauce by putting it in a blender. It looked like hell, had the consistency of baby food but tasted like what everyone else was eating. Befriend your blender (or processor.) And remember to rinse!
Here are a couple of suggestions from someone who has just been through something similar, the extraction of a lower wisdom tooth. The extraction was an emergency procedure, so I didn't have the luxury of shopping ahead for foods that would be acceptable, but I was lucky enough to have a decent stock of things that worked.
The first day: scrambled eggs with buttered bread. I wanted toast, but the sharp edges would have been dangerous. What I did was place one slice of bread on top of another, butter the upper slice generously, then pour about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of milk slowly over the bread so that it would soak in and soften it. When the eggs were ready, I turned them out of the pan onto the bread so that the heat of the eggs would melt the butter. Not bad. I also had ice cream and yogurt in the house, both of which the oral surgeon said would be O.K. as long as I made sure not to let any seeds or fruit bits migrate to the affected side of my mouth. Also, some juice. Tea.
The second day: I had a stuffed bell pepper (the filling was rice, onion, tomato, and bits of Italian sausage). I was careful to chew only on the other side of my mouth. More yogurt, more ice cream. How nice to have an excuse to eat more ice cream! Juice and tea.
Good luck! I feel your pain!
In a oven proof tureen/large soup bowl add the following:
Two or three heaped tablespoons of rolled oats.
Two cups of chicken/fish/seafood/vegetable stock or even plain hot water.
A shake or three of any bottled commercial brands of dried herbs and spices of your choice.
A dash of soy sauce,saseme seed oil,balsamic vinegar,dry sherry/brandy/rice wine.
A handfull mixture of defrosted/fresh green peas,corn kernal,roughly diced tomatoes/onions.(or any other mix of veg)
A rash of finely diced grilled/pan fried bacon(for flavour).
Mix quickly with spoon.
Zap in microwave oven at max for five/six minutes(or simmer over stove) until cooked.
I had gum surgery once. The oran surgeon wanted to schedule it a couple of days before Thanksgiving (the big American feast day), but I vehemently vetoed that.
He told me I'd be fine after a couple of days. He was wrong. It was more painful than I expected. I am allergic to codeine, so he gave me percocet. It just knocked me out, so the dentist suggested I try a combination of two Tylenol (paracetamol) and two ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) I was amazed at how well it worked, so you might want to keep that in mind. No aspirin, as that can promote bleeding.
I also found that a banana was too crunchy. Scrambled eggs were good. Anything too hot or too cold didn't work, but lukewarm liquids were great. Very soothing. Cream soups or other soups pureed. Scrambled eggs. Oatmeal. Yogurt or cottage cheese at room temperature. Applesauce.
my aunt prepared his penne and sauce by putting it in a blender.
I knew someone who took a baseball to the face and had her jaw broken & lost a tooth. He jaws were wired together, but she could stick a straw through where the tooth had been. She said that on her birthday, her office mates brought in a chocolate cake--and put her portion in the blender.
