Re: Soft foods--finally:)

[Guest guest]

Well, your teeth actually aren't " there " any more. They're somewhere

else, in their new positions, and it will probably take you a while

to get used to where they are now.

I remember asking my surgeon at one point, " Will this ever feel like

my mouth again? "

" Nope, " he said, with one of his big evil grins! " It's MY mouth now. "

To a certain extent, he was right. It doesnt fit the way it did

before. But I think it does work better.

Cammie

>

> Hi everyone--

> Everybody seems to have great advice in here. I'm at 5 weeks post-

op

> and can start to eat soft foods. Did anyone have any problems when

> they started to eat again?? It feels like I'm doing it all wrong

and

> like me teeth aren't there???? Is this weird or has anyone else had

> similair feelings? I know part of it is because for the first time

my

> teeth line up--WOOOHOOOO:) Keep up the great advice everbody--I'm

so

> glad I was told about this site!

[Guest guest]

Hi Lila,

I went back on soft foods last week and it was completely unsettling -

- it felt like my teeth and tongue and lips had all never met before,

but were now being expected to perform a very elaborate dance. It

kind of dashed my spirits for a couple of days, because I had no

expectation that eating would feel so completely foreign. (I'm not

entirely sure that my teeth are even lining up exactly right, either -

- I think my ortho is *still* going to have to pull my bite further

into place.) So no, you're not alone in feeling weird.

>

> Hi everyone--

> Everybody seems to have great advice in here. I'm at 5 weeks post-

op

> and can start to eat soft foods. Did anyone have any problems when

> they started to eat again?? It feels like I'm doing it all wrong

and

> like me teeth aren't there???? Is this weird or has anyone else had

> similair feelings? I know part of it is because for the first time

my

> teeth line up--WOOOHOOOO:) Keep up the great advice everbody--I'm

so

> glad I was told about this site!