I had an impacted wisdom tooth out a week or so ago. I had been reluctant to have it done, since it had never hurt at all. But dentists kept telling me it was going to cause trouble one day, and having pursued the assessment far enough it seemed like I may as well get it done before I have to go start negotiating a whole other health system.
I was pretty trepidatious about how it was going to affect me - this was the only surgery I'd ever had, almost the only time I'd been in a hospital apart from being born. A bit about the pain. But mainly about eating - would I be unable to eat afterwards? That would suck. I tried to think of soft foods. These were all useful, especially the savoury ones - sweet things were relatively easy.
Breakfast:
Porridge / instant oatmeal
Banana smoothie
Açaí bowl (made with added oat yoghurt / without granola)
Real food (lunch / dinner):
Yellow split pea dal
Avenotto
Pudding / snacks:
Chocolate tofu pudding
Oat yoghurt
Sorbet / frozen yoghurt
So, I ate a lot of dal and a lot of sorbet. I don't feel like I've really cracked avenotto taste-wise, but it cooks up quickly and was a good way of getting some greens in (spinach, salad leaves or alfalfa/clover sprouts soften up nicely and become edible). I'd forgotten how delicious that chocolate pudding is.
Actually, it was not as bad as I feared. I could still chew perfectly well on one side since I only had one tooth out. And it was not that painful - after the painkillers wore off I was surprised by the lack of pain. Still a bit achey, especially when I open my mouth wide-ish, though. And I am a little paranoid about stuff getting stuck in the hole.
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