Breakfast: This lockjaw thing is a pain in the neck, no the jaw! I am committed to healing and that means eating soft foods. We’ve been doing minimal cooking while on the road and I decided to “go to the trouble” of cooking our morning oats so that breakfast would be super soft. It was no trouble at all. I also chopped the Walnuts up into tiny pieces to simplify chewing and added Blueberries on top. It was served with Teeccino and Soy Milk.
Lunch: We had some leftover Tofu Rolls from Khanh’s. They seem soft but I had to cut them in pieces to get them in my mouth. With lockjaw it’s hard to open the mouth very wide.
Dinner: After our rehearsal for The Music Man, Gary and I were both very hungry. The theme was soft, but a lot. I mashed up Tofu and mixed it with Tahini Dressing and Nutritional Yeast. It was like a soft cheese. I also mashed up an Avocado and cooked some Sweet Potatoes. We warmed up some Tortillas too. Gary had a Mixed Green Salad and I chose Arugula, wilting it a little, to make it easier to chew. We took our time and ate it all up.
Evening: To finish off the evening I made some Italian Chamomile Tea for me and Gary had more Teeccino.
Hi Karen, I had the same issue, some years back, after a dental ptrocedure. It was a pain and frustrating when eating! Alas, it eventually got better! I seem to remember being given some jaw exercises to do… might be something to look into.
Loving, as always, all you do!
Do you remember how long it took to heal? I am almost all better, a month in to it. Funny, I found some exercises on YouTube when I first noticed the problem. One recommended an exercise using a stack of tongue depressors. I couldn’t find tongue depressors anywhere, so I gave up. I just stretched my mouth on my own. Thanks for the input and your kind words.