Learning to chew again

[Guest guest]

Hello -

I had a BSSO w/ split osteotomy on Aug 26th, and I got the green

light

yesterday to start chewing soft stuff. I just tried chewing for the

first time last night, and I was almost in tears because it feels so

awkward and wrong. I know my brain and muscles have to get used to

this modified arrangement but it's really weird and doesn't feel

natural at all.

When does this new bite it start to feel right?

Thanks....

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I just got the green light to chew also. While it does feel weird at first, it

gets better every time you chew. Now, I am not saying that it feels okay, but I

attribute that to the numbness. I have only been chewing since Saturday (my OS

told me 2 weeks ago that I could start chewing soft foods, but I just could not,

it did not feel okay). So it may take a couple of weeks for you to work your

way up to chewing things. And the things I chew right now are like Mc's

Cheesburgers. So soft it all basically melts in your mouth. It is okay to say

that you do not feel ready to chew. What matters is that you have been given

the go ahead for when you do feel ready.

Let me know if you have any questions. I hope this helps.

Austria

letterer2 wrote:

Hello -

I had a BSSO w/ split osteotomy on Aug 26th, and I got the green

light

yesterday to start chewing soft stuff. I just tried chewing for the

first time last night, and I was almost in tears because it feels so

awkward and wrong. I know my brain and muscles have to get used to

this modified arrangement but it's really weird and doesn't feel

natural at all.

When does this new bite it start to feel right?

Thanks....

[Guest guest]

Hi - I'm new here and six weeks post op - bilateral saggiatal split -

my lower jaw was lengthened. The new position of the teet in my mouth

also really feels akward - not necessarily bad, just still very new.

I started chewing yesterday (and yes, the first thing I chewed was a

mcD junior cheeseburger!)and especially the left-hand side of my

lower jaw feels quite strange when i try to chew - kind of out of

sync. It's also still a bit numb, so I can't really blame the poor

jaw for not firing away and chewing without any strangeness. It

helps to know that i'm not alone, though! good luck to my fellow new

chewers... ;-) susan from south africa

> Hello -

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> I had a BSSO w/ split osteotomy on Aug 26th, and I got the green

> light

> yesterday to start chewing soft stuff. I just tried chewing for the

> first time last night, and I was almost in tears because it feels

so

> awkward and wrong. I know my brain and muscles have to get used to

> this modified arrangement but it's really weird and doesn't feel

> natural at all.

>

> When does this new bite it start to feel right?

>

> Thanks....

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[Guest guest]

Thanks & Austria -

It's so good to know that this feeling is normal! I guess I'll just have to

force myself

through the strangeness of it all in order to adjust, same as the first part of

the recovery

process. It's funny how you both are going for the McD's cheeseburgers! I know

what to

go for next

Thanks for your words of encouragement, it's helped to lighten my gloomy mood.

One day

at a time, right?

Libby

> > Hello -

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> > I had a BSSO w/ split osteotomy on Aug 26th, and I got the green

> > light

> > yesterday to start chewing soft stuff. I just tried chewing for the

> > first time last night, and I was almost in tears because it feels

> so

> > awkward and wrong. I know my brain and muscles have to get used to

> > this modified arrangement but it's really weird and doesn't feel

> > natural at all.

> >

> > When does this new bite it start to feel right?

> >

> > Thanks....

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