Hey everyone, in a couple of days im going to have my wisdom teeth pulled out. From previous experience, i found that i lost alot of weight due to not being able to eat. Now that i have actually put some honest effort and achieved decent muscle and strenght, i would hate to see it all gone.
do any of you have tips in keeping my muscle mass during the time i cant eat?
Thanks!
You should be able to eat. Just make sure you don’t any hard food. Eat foods that are soft and tender. Eggs would be good choices as would tender cuts of meat or chicken. Homade protien/weightgain shakes would also be beneficial.
[quote]Xfactor88 wrote:
Hey everyone, in a couple of days im going to have my wisdom teeth pulled out. From previous experience, i found that i lost alot of weight due to not being able to eat. Now that i have actually put some honest effort and achieved decent muscle and strenght, i would hate to see it all gone.
do any of you have tips in keeping my muscle mass during the time i cant eat?
Thanks![/quote]
There is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to eat at all. That is what pain medication is for. Obviously, recovery would be based on how easy the teeth are to remove, which is based on location and position.
Beyond that, going two days with mostly protein shakes with added carbs wouldn’t add up to much weight loss at all (if any). This isn’t food poisoning we are talking about and most people don’t have to avoid food for days due to a normal extraction.
It sounds like you lost weight before because you didn’t plan ahead. There are too many food supplements available now for that to be much of an issue.
[quote]gmantheman wrote:
You should be able to eat. Just make sure you don’t any hard food. Eat foods that are soft and tender. Eggs would be good choices as would tender cuts of meat or chicken. Homade protien/weightgain shakes would also be beneficial.[/quote]
Hey, thanks for the suggestion. i think ill stick with yogurt, alot of milk, and maybe some eggs. last time i lost like 5 pounds
I ate when I had my wisdom teeth removed, about 1 1/2 months ago. It was in the middle of my latest bulk. True, I drank a lot of shakes, but hey what do you expect.
I stayed away from most hard, crunchy things, but wasn’t deathly afraid of them. 75% of the time I wasn’t using my pain meds anyway, I was hoarding them (unless the pain woke me up when sleeping.) So if you say you can’t eat cuz of the pain, I’m gonna have to call you a pussy and tell you to buck up 
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Xfactor88 wrote:
Hey everyone, in a couple of days im going to have my wisdom teeth pulled out. From previous experience, i found that i lost alot of weight due to not being able to eat. Now that i have actually put some honest effort and achieved decent muscle and strenght, i would hate to see it all gone.
do any of you have tips in keeping my muscle mass during the time i cant eat?
Thanks!
There is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to eat at all. That is what pain medication is for. Obviously, recovery would be based on how easy the teeth are to remove, which is based on location and position.
Beyond that, going two days with mostly protein shakes with added carbs wouldn’t add up to much weight loss at all (if any). This isn’t food poisoning we are talking about and most people don’t have to avoid food for days due to a normal extraction.
It sounds like you lost weight before because you didn’t plan ahead. There are too many food supplements available now for that to be much of an issue.[/quote]
Thanks for your input. The thing is, my two top teeth were relativley easy to pull it, yet it took me like 2-3 days b4 i could eat solid food. now the bottom is a different story. one of them is a crooked, and can be tough to take out.
I never really used supplements as im still young. i was thinking i should drink a ton of milk and eat alot of pudding and yogurt.
Just a tip
Be sure to clean any food u see in the big holes that will be left where your wisdom teeth use to be.Food gets stuck there very easily and u could get a nasty infection.
Also stay away from hot foods and drinks for atleast a week.This will help control bleeding.i woke up every morning with blood on my pillow and a mouth tasting of blood because i ate to much hot food.NOT NICE!
Good luck anyway mate.getting them out doesnt hurt at all its the days after which suck ass.
Peace
I had all 4 removed at once and was eating oatmeal that night, and more solid food the next day. Just load up on protein shakes and attempt to eat solid foods to see how you feel. And remember to rinse your mouth out after anything you eat or drink.
[quote]King of Kings wrote:
Just a tip
Be sure to clean any food u see in the big holes that will be left where your wisdom teeth use to be.Food gets stuck there very easily and u could get a nasty infection.
Also stay away from hot foods and drinks for atleast a week.This will help control bleeding.i woke up every morning with blood on my pillow and a mouth tasting of blood because i ate to much hot food.NOT NICE!
Good luck anyway mate.getting them out doesnt hurt at all its the days after which suck ass.
Peace
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Actually, blood on your pillow is normal as the socket weeps blood in an effort to form a sufficient clot in the area. This is why you are told to avoid sucking through straws or even spitting as this action could cause the removal of the clot resulting in a dry socket.
A dry socket is when a clot is somehow removed from the extraction site leaving bare bone to react with the elements of the oral cavity. This usually results in severe pain and may need healing dressing placed in the site to aid in pain control.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
King of Kings wrote:
Just a tip
Be sure to clean any food u see in the big holes that will be left where your wisdom teeth use to be.Food gets stuck there very easily and u could get a nasty infection.
Also stay away from hot foods and drinks for atleast a week.This will help control bleeding.i woke up every morning with blood on my pillow and a mouth tasting of blood because i ate to much hot food.NOT NICE!
Good luck anyway mate.getting them out doesnt hurt at all its the days after which suck ass.
Peace
Actually, blood on your pillow is normal as the socket weeps blood in an effort to form a sufficient clot in the area. This is why you are told to avoid sucking through straws or even spitting as this action could cause the removal of the clot resulting in a dry socket.
A dry socket is when a clot is somehow removed from the extraction site leaving bare bone to react with the elements of the oral cavity. This usually results in severe pain and may need healing dressing placed in the site to aid in pain control.
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Ah, I just can?t help it…
A friend of mine just told me that he nearly had one of his wisdom teeth exracted even though it is intertwined with the main nerve controlling his lower jaw…
If it had been extracted by this butcher of former dentist of his he would have been permanently damaged…
No, I am not making shit up…
Like Professor X said, avoid dry sockets!
King of Kings also has a good point about having food trapped in the open holes where your teeth were. When you go to the dentist, ask for a syringe that has a curved tip. I got one and it’s been great for cleaning out debris when rinsing doesn’t work.
I had my four wisdom teeth yanked last week (Monday) and have only lost about 6 pounds. My strength levels stayed the same.
I doubt you’ll seriously lose anything while you’re out for a few days.
[quote]orion wrote:
Professor X wrote:
King of Kings wrote:
Just a tip
Be sure to clean any food u see in the big holes that will be left where your wisdom teeth use to be.Food gets stuck there very easily and u could get a nasty infection.
Also stay away from hot foods and drinks for atleast a week.This will help control bleeding.i woke up every morning with blood on my pillow and a mouth tasting of blood because i ate to much hot food.NOT NICE!
Good luck anyway mate.getting them out doesnt hurt at all its the days after which suck ass.
Peace
Actually, blood on your pillow is normal as the socket weeps blood in an effort to form a sufficient clot in the area. This is why you are told to avoid sucking through straws or even spitting as this action could cause the removal of the clot resulting in a dry socket.
A dry socket is when a clot is somehow removed from the extraction site leaving bare bone to react with the elements of the oral cavity. This usually results in severe pain and may need healing dressing placed in the site to aid in pain control.
Ah, I just can?t help it…
A friend of mine just told me that he nearly had one of his wisdom teeth exracted even though it is intertwined with the main nerve controlling his lower jaw…
If it had been extracted by this butcher of former dentist of his he would have been permanently damaged…
No, I am not making shit up…[/quote]
It sounds like he is (and I personally don’t believe most second hand accounts of what a doctor says because most patients don’t understand the complete situation to begin with). With just an x-ray (a 2 dimensional image) it would be a little difficult to assess before operating at all whether his tooth was actually “intertwined” with his mandibular nerve. How many x-rays were taken to come to that conclusion? That should answer that.
Do not do blood lab work to soon afterwards. Some of the immune and inflammatory markers, such as CRP, will be weird.
[quote]alownage wrote:
75% of the time I wasn’t using my pain meds anyway, I was hoarding them (unless the pain woke me up when sleeping.)[/quote]
Hell yeah. I wish I could grow new ones and have them removed again, just for the vicodin prescription. I stopped taking meds after the first day. I do like oral pain, but there wasn’t really any pain anyway. Having my first bicuspids removed was worse, just because of the location.