Re:Nice Guy, post surgery.... -- Tonia

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Hi Tonia,

I certainly know how you're feeling. I'm almost 11 weeks post-op and

was wired shut w/a splint for the first 5 weeks and had the internal

wires removed at week 7. I'm currently wearing elastic bands, but

that may change today as I have an ortho appointment this morning.

Since I'm a picky eater, having blended foods didn't appeal to me, so

I lived on Ensure, high protein/high calorie/low carb shake mix (from

GNC - health food store), and vanilla ice cream/orange juice shakes.

I found the high protein/high calorie shake was very filling and with

the Ensure, I had to develop a taste for it. In fact, due to that I

had TMJ arthroplasty in July '02, I've been living on Ensure since

then.

I know right now you probably feel like all you're going through is

never going to end, but I amongst others who have been there will

tell you it does.

Take it one day at a time. I hope it gets easier for you.

Jane

> Nice guy,

>

> I agree with you 100%. I am always so hungry for the foods that I

can't eat.

> The liquid food just doesn't fill me up. Do you get your

rubberbands taken

> off anytime soon? I have 1 week and 2 days left before I get the

wires taken

> off and the splint. I know of a few people that were able to get

some of the

> rubberbands off during there 6 weeks so that they were able to eat

more and

> clean inside there mouth.

>

> For me ensure does help me a little, but I really hate the taste.

It is the

> only thing that I can say makes me feel a little bit full. I am a

very

> cranky person without food let me tell you. Don't think I will

have that

> many friends at the end of this..lol

>

> I totally understand the part about getting depressed. My mother

made this

> great big Easter Dinner on Last Sunday and it smelled so good, and

all I

> heard from everyone is how bad they felt for me that I couldn't

eat. I was

> so mad, I wanted to eat the real food so bad it hurt. So how I

got over

> that part was I went in my room and started talking online, while

they were

> enjoying there delicious Easter Dinner. lol

>

> Well, thanks for letting me share with you the pain of not being

able to eat,

> I totally feel for you and I hope that we both have a speedy

recovery so

> that we can return to normal.

>

> Tonia

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