High protein - soft foods — Popular Cooking

Hi everyone, (Mods please delete it not allowed) I (28f) had botched wisdom teeth surgery last year. I experienced complications, mainly nerve damage. That nerve damage caused everything in my lower left jaw to be numb. Teeth, gums, even my lip and actual skin on my face. The nerve damage resulted in three main issues 1) my recovery has taken so long I’m still on it. 2) I really struggled with things that were too hot to too cold 3) I also really struggled to have my full bite force for at least a month. Before my surgery I bought all of the regular jello, pudding, ice cream blah blah that people recommend. However I ran into two main issues. The first issue was that I couldn’t eat things that were super cold so basically anything in the freezer was a no go. And the second issue was that with my bite force issues, it was hard to eat more solid foods even when I “should have” been able to. For doe the first month after my surgery I was basically living off of protein smoothies and oatmeal for breakfasts and then for lunches and dinners, I was eating canned soup, stuffing, mashed potatoes and mac and cheese. And when I say living, I mean barely surviving. Anything that required water was being cooked with bouillon to try and add some extra value. And anything that could get protein powder was getting that. All of these dieting restrictions last about 8-12 weeks after my surgery until I could finally eat more solid foods but I lost 20 pounds and was constantly hungry. A full year later and I am still experiencing complications. I have met with a new oral surgeon and am having surgery next week to hopefully help the nerve damage and other issues that were messed up with the first surgery. I am hoping for suggestions for meals that will help me with my recovery this time. Think like an elderly persons diet that needs really soft foods but hopefully are flavorful and maybe have protein that’s not just like straight up meat I have to chew??? I don’t know I’m just so scared to be hungry for 4-6 weeks again. Every time I look for recipes to eat after oral surgery it’s all the same stuff I got burnt out on last year. I’m still planning on eating all of those things, I’m just looking for some other suggestions. Thank you in advance! Edit: Idk how but I forgot to say that eggs are my favorite food. Those were also my safe haven!!! I eat them every single day and will continue to eat them!! submitted by /u/madelinebuns30 [link] [comments]