I was a little desperate for solid food this morning so I thought I would give scrambled eggs a try. Have you ever fed a baby who has just transitioned from milk to food? They have no idea how to get food into their mouths from the spoon and haven't coordinating opening lips & gums -> closing -> swallowing. Well that's about how I looked this morning! I even had a mirror so that I could aim for the tiny opening my teeth could make, but most of the eggs ended up mashed on the outside of my braces, all over my lips, and of course on the floor. (My dog loved the food on the floor and I think he may have actually eaten more of the eggs than I did.) Of the little bit that I managed to get inside my mouth, I swallowed it whole, no chewing yet (!). Overall I probably ate somewhere between 0.5 -1 whole egg and it took me about 25 mins to manage that much! So it wasn't much a nutritional win and it made my jaw really sore to fight against those rubber bands for that long, but I feel like it was a psychological win. I won't try that again for a few days at least, but it made me feel better knowing that I could manage a little something semi-solid.
I am still making it through the work week. One of the hardest things is still the amount of talking I do. I knew I talked a lot, but I REALLY talk a lot. I am so happy when I get 5 mins between patients and can just sit and be quiet. I am also finding it difficult to eat at work. I have been drinking about 3 protein shakes throughout the day, but I always feel hungry. Yesterday I brought in a pre-blended soup and sat in one of our back treatment rooms and syringed it into my mouth (that's something no one wants to see or hear!). I felt a little more satisfied, but unfortunately having that time and space is not always an option. One more day until the weekend!
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