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Anyone else had any experience with this?
I just had my mouth wired shut today. For 6 weeks I will have to talk with teeth clenched and will be feeding myself liquid or blended meals through a syringe. So yeah I'm pretty bummed about this and I'm just looking for tips on getting through this from anyone who has gone through this, knows people who have gone through this, or just has some inspiring words of wisdom to share.
Thanks NS
What happened was me and my friends were trying this sortof assisted-backflip type trick where a friend grabs each arm at my hand and elbow and they toss me while i jump into a backflip, (I can post a vid of a successful one from my friends phone when i get it) I had done it 50 times before and had never fallen but something just went horrible wrong and i fell flat on my face, split my chin open, chipped a bunch of teeth and found out a day later that my jaw was broken.
Its a big plastic syringe with a rubber tube on the end that i put to the back of my cheek and suck the food through the hole behind my molars. I just had my first meal and tried it with mashed potatoes and gravy which actually tasted really good, but just drinking soup through my teeth was waay more convenient.
Thanks for the help i really really appreciate it
check my threads. I had mine broke on halloween and had it shut for 6 weeks. Im not going to lie, its miserable. However the first week is the worst. You will start to get used to it. I basically stuck with mashed potatoes and gravy. Instant breakfast, ensures, lots of juice. I found that blending food just tastes like shit. I dont know if they gave you a little cookbook but if they did, i wouldnt even waste my time. food is not the same when it is all blended together. Mashed potatoes and gravy was my breakfast lunch and dinner for 6 weeks. If i were you, just smoke a lot of weed and do things to keep your mind off of it. I was still skiing with mine wired shut. Good luck man. How did you break it??
Basically i was trying this trick with my friends and it went horribly wrong. I landed right on my face on a wood floor
I'm feeling pretty good actually. One week down, five more to go.
The first few days were pretty rough but its gotten alot better a week later. One of the most helpful things is just staying positive all the time, happiness is just a mindset, especially in this type of situation. At first I was pretty bummed/pissed and thats all I was really focusing on, but now i'm past that and realize that while it felt good to be pissed at the time, it wasn't helping my situation at all.
I tried blending a hamburger and that tasted like shit. The food i'm basically living off of is blended mashed potatoes and oatmeal, i also dump some spoonfuls of brown sugar in each of those, i highly recommend trying brown sugar on potatoes even for people without broken jaws because it is delicious. Also, alot of banana protein shakes are helping. Its tough not to lose weight though, even though ive been stuffing myself the past week when i really didnt feel like eating, i've still somehow managed to lose 5 pounds...
Also been smoking lots of weed, and thats helped too
