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Hey ,

Isn't it exciting to get the go-ahead to eat real food? " Anything

you want " is one of those relative concepts since what I *really*

want is a carrot stick. :-)

I'm not a fried-rice fan, but I've done steamed rice lots of times

since the surgery. (especially with Indian food--lots of nice soft

foods available on the lunch buffets!)

In the eating schedule that my surgeon gave me, it says that you can

start eating " soft rice dishes " between days 10 & 28. Sounds like

fried rice to me.

For 4 to 8 weeks postop, it says (in part) that " chewing can be

attempted. The food must be initially soft, progressing into softer

meats such as hamburger and soft chicken....Soft fish dishes are

also excellent. "

I was at the hamburger stage right at about the 4-week point (cut

with a knife and fork of course). These days I'm eating lettuce-and-

tomato salads (carefully of course) and last night I snacked on raw

snap peas (broken into teeny tiny small pieces). Eating those

veggies was so very satisfying! Another thing I'm enjoying is all

that nice summer fruit we've been having. Fresh raspberries and

blueberries, cherries, nectarines... So good and I know it's soft

enough to be " safe. "

As for whether my surgeon would think I was being smart by eating

the snap pea pieces? I dunno. I didn't ask. My jaw didn't hurt

afterward, nor the next morning. I don't see him again until 7/23

and I'll ask him then.

Rhonda

> > Hi,

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> > i'm 18 days post op from lower/genio. My surgeon put 2 bands on

> > because my mid-line was off 1 week post op.

> > One side of my face (right) is sorer than the other, this side

was

> > advanced 5mm while the left only 2mm.

> > Now when i clench (gentley) my left teeth meet at the back and

> sides

> > and my right don't- i think this is because i have been

favouring

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> > left because my right hurts too much.

> > Does this make sense???

> > has anyone else had this?

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> > i also sleep on my left side, because i cannot sleep on my back

> > because it makes my right side hurt too much- could this be a

> problem?

> >

> > sorry if this is confusing

> > please help if you can

> >

> > jaimi

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