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May 19, 2009 15:39:34 GMT -5
Post by omieka on May 19, 2009 15:39:34 GMT -5
Good rainy then sunny afternoon from Portland!! My mouth is getting better every day. The periodontist took gum from the roof of my mouth on the right side. He put a kind of retainer in right away and I had to keep it in for 24 hours. It really helped. This is the first time the roof of my mouth wasn't so sore. Then he attached that gum to the lower right. He told me to keep talking to a minimum (and you can imagine how hard the was for me) for at least 24 hours. The whole thing took about an hour. I came home and took a pain pill because the numbness was wearing off. I slept most of the afternoon. I am on a soft food diet and it is hard to find things to eat. I have had mashed potatoes, yogurt, cottage cheese, jello, ice cream and oatmeal. I have lost 3 pounds. I do not recommend this as a way to lose weight. I can't have nuts, popcorn, chips, anything spicy or hard to chew. I also made us milkshakes. I love bread and haven't had any since Wednesday morning. Tom found me some soft cookies and I dunked one in milk and was able to eat it. He feels bad eating stuff in front of me. but I told him it takes me forever to eat so that is okay. When you have to stop between bites it takes a long while to eat and you fill up fast. I basically slept, watched DVDs, read and then slept some more until Saturday. I did take a short walk then and a longer one on Sunday. We had some gorgeous weather and I sat on my front porch. It was in the low 80s for three days.
I go back to see the periodontist tomorrow and maybe he will allow me to eat something besides all this soft food. I love popcorn and will not be able to have that for a while. It is funny the things we miss when we can't have them.
I will never catch up on all I missed so will just go from today. I really missed my computer since it wasn't on for days and of course I missed all of you.
I go back to see the periodontist tomorrow and maybe he will allow me to eat something besides all this soft food. I love popcorn and will not be able to have that for a while. It is funny the things we miss when we can't have them.
I will never catch up on all I missed so will just go from today. I really missed my computer since it wasn't on for days and of course I missed all of you.