Re: What's the first thing you ate

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I'm only 4 days post op and am already dreaming of marie calendar's

chicken pot pies! I think my surgeon will clear me after 4 weeks to

soft food and I'm going to my fav Italian place and getting pesto

sauce over angel hair! I cannot wait.

> when you were cleared to chew? For four months after my TMJ

> surgery I dreamt of pizza, sandwiches, and hamburgers,

> basically junk food. First thing after I was cleared to chew I

> headed to Mickey D's, got a double cheeseburger meal and a

> fish filet and the very first thing I chewed was a french fry -

pure

> ecstasy!!! Nothing every tasted so good as those darn fries. The

> burgers were another story though, hadn't had bread in four

> months so they tasted really dry and were kinda hard to chew.

> After that I went to the races, anything and everything was fair

> game, everything I couldn't eat for those four months!