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Woke up and finally had energy to eat a smoothie and ice cream. Not really nutritious but it’s atleast something. I’m gonna make a tomato basil parm soup later and try my best to eat it with bread. Might take a risk today and eat something semi-solid to get used to the feeling of chewing again.

The only thing thats setting me back is discomfort and bruising. Every time I try and open my mouth, that shit takes like years. Like sure, I can open it, but it feels like I’m gonna dislocate it. It just ACHES! It feels like I’m developing TMJ at this point (which I hope I’m not..)

I wonder if I’m okay enough to consume a fat burger tho. No crunchy stuff of course, but damn I need protein rather than eating scrambled eggs. I legit became immune to eggs and I cant stand thinking of it or eating it 🥲 I really miss fried chicken and steak with truffle fries.

With the rinses, I’m trying my best to not look at my extraction site because my anxiety just booosts up. It looks odd, but in a good, disgusting way. Salt water and chlorhexidine does such a great job tho! I’m hoping I get to eat solid foods by the time I reach week 2.

Alsooo, I’m gonna try my best to increase my bowel movement because what the fuck, this may be TMI but I haven’t took a solid shit in days.

I‘m now 3 days post-op. I woke up today feeling fine, but then after I came home from the mall I fell asleep then woke up feeling nauseous as hell. I just finished my antibiotics in the morning as well, and I haven’t took any pain meds yet! Any advice or recommendation of how to manage it? I have been feeling like this since the day after my wisdom tooth removal and I thought it was my final doses of antibiotics or my ibuprofen, but no I don’t think it is..

It’s been one day post op going into two, and I am already tired as fuck. I’m getting flashbacks from the surgery as I was AWAKE and my wisdom tooth was so fat. I just want to consume the sloppiest, tastiest burger, with cajun fries and sprite WITH a straw. But guess what! I can’t do that shit until week 2-3!

No, but seriously. What have you guys been consuming to increase your appetite? I can stand drinking pho broth and eggs everyday, but I just know I’m going to get sick of it.

And I don’t mind brushing and rinsing my mouth with saltwater 2838293 times a day, but the fear of dry socket lingers in my head! Every single time I cough, sneeze, talk, or burp, I keep thinking “oh shit, am I getting dry socket?..” like thats not something I want to do daily. Every single movement and I gotta be cautious and think if it’ll dislodge my blood clot or not. After reading so many horror stories on here of dry sockets and infections, my anxiety heightens to new levels! Like what the fuck, why is there so many ‘rules’ and why does every action lead to dry socket?

Anywho, that was my rant. I would like some reassurance that the possibility of dry socket is low and what I could do to lower the risk of getting it. Of course no sucking, spitting, or using straws. I also wanna know what you guys eat.