On 7/20/2014 10:23 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>> eb.com...
>>> On 7/20/2014 1:52 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
>>>> In article om>,
>>>> Cheryl > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm so sorry to vent and the OT but I'm going out of my skin. I had a
>>>>> back molar extracted the other day and it was a deep root so the
>>>>> extraction site is still in a lot of pain despite the painkillers,
>>>>> which
>>>>> I don't think I can take anymore. Making my face and nose itch too
>>>>> much.
>>>>> Now I keep biting the inside of my cheek on the other side of my
>>>>> mouth,
>>>>> I guess trying to keep anything from touching the painful side. I
>>>>> can't
>>>>> stand this! OUCH and OUCH OUCH.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, I'm done now.
>>>>
>>>> I found that taking ibuprofen in addition to the pain killers
>>>> prescribed
>>>> to me helped greatly
>>>>
>>>
>>> Will rinsing your mouth with warm water help?
>>>
>>> When I had terrible mouth pain from radiation, my doctors prescribed
>>> rinsing with warm water mixed with baking soda and, if you'd like, a
>>> bit of salt.
>>
>> When I had my impacted wisdom tooth pulled the dentist didn't want me
>> to rinse on that side for several days due to disturbing the clot.
>> Things might have changed since then though.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I seem to remember something like that too but that was back in the
> 70's. Someone here said to avoid straws but I thought I was only to
> drink from a straw. I could be confused though. I just remember my mom
> making me a lot of soup and Jell-O. I hate Jell-O and I never did
> figure out why both of my parents thought that soup was a good idea
> after having dental work done. But they did.
>
> I find that as my mouth is waking up, drinking is very difficult and
> thus the broth from the soup is hard to get down. And it takes forever
> for me to eat a both of brothy soup unless I pick it up and drink it
> which I simply can not do with a numb and sore mouth. I also find it
> difficult to slurp up the noodles and one of my mom's favorite soups to
> serve was the Campbell's Chicken and Noodle, perhaps because it was cheap.
>
> I would much rather have something that can be eaten quickly and that
> will fill me up pretty fast when I am suffering with dental stuff.
> Something like a little cottage cheese. No real need to chew it and can
> be easily swallowed. Refried beans are good too. Or perhaps if a soup,
> then a thick one like bean. At least if you can only manage to few
> bites of that you feel like you have had some substance. It's not like
> chicken broth that leave you still hungry.

One of the few things I was able to eat, other than drinking a Boost,
when my mouth was burned up from the radiation was (don't gag) Kraft
macaroni and cheese in the easy package that you microwaved. I would add
some heavy cream to make it looser and add calories. At 98 pounds I
needed the extra calories.

It took very little chewing as the macaroni was mushy and the mouth-feel
of the cheese was soothing.

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