Re: How long until I can open?

[Guest guest]

Your muscles are still getting used to being in their new positions.

At about 5 or 6 weeks, my surgeon said I could " eat anything I

wanted " . Reality was quite different. I suggest going slow, being

patient with yourself. I had no biting strength for awhile. It will

come back gradually. Test yourself each week with something that you

couldn't manage the previous week and you'll likely find improvement.

Today I can eat just about anything, although I definitely do not do

the tall burgers for two reasons: [1] I'm a vegetarian now and [2]

it's not good for your joints to open really wide. I'm much more

careful about what and how I eat these days.

Happy healing,

>

> Hi all, I am 5 weeks post-op and got my splint and rubber bands

removed today. It's

> very exciting to be able to speak a little clearer. I was super

disappointed when I

> discovered I can't really eat that well. I thought eggs and oatmeal

would be no big

> deal, but they were--super messy and not very satisfying. So, how

long after being

> unbanded did it take you to be able to eat normally? How long until

you could get a

> toothbrush in there? The surgeon said it should take 2 weeks for me

to work my

> way up to normal food, but am I really going to be able to eat a

cheeseburger in 2

> weeks?

[Guest guest]

After 6 weeks I was unwired, I ate mashed potatoes, jello, soft ice

cream, pudding, soft runny cheesecake, for two weeks with a baby

spoon. I would have eaten more but I had a splint still in) I could

open a cm the first day unwired and about three days later 2 cm now

one week later an inch! It is so gradual it is like watching the

clock it appears to be stand still then before you know it an hour

has passed. I couldn't fit a baby toothbrush in until a week after

being unwired.

Jane

> >

> > Hi all, I am 5 weeks post-op and got my splint and rubber bands

> removed today. It's

> > very exciting to be able to speak a little clearer. I was super

> disappointed when I

> > discovered I can't really eat that well. I thought eggs and

oatmeal

> would be no big

> > deal, but they were--super messy and not very satisfying. So,

how

> long after being

> > unbanded did it take you to be able to eat normally? How long

until

> you could get a

> > toothbrush in there? The surgeon said it should take 2 weeks

for me

> to work my

> > way up to normal food, but am I really going to be able to eat a

> cheeseburger in 2

> > weeks?