How long after surgery was it before you didn't think about biting into food?

[Nozzelnut]

How long after surgery was it before you didn't think about it when you bite into food or chew? When was it "normal" for you to eat?

6 months? A year? A couple years?

Just curious if or when this will ever go away. Before surgery; I thought about it because of the braces. Not enough to really deter me from biting into or chewing normal stuff; hard fruits and veggies are the exception of course.

[ExpanderGirl]

It took me 4 weeks, but during that time I just ate yogurt and soup, I hope it goes well!

[gutsygumshoe]

I'm nearly a year post op now. I'd say it was only really when my braces came off at 9 months that eating really started to become 'normal' again and I stopped thinking too much about it. I still haven't attempted biting into an apple though (too scared!) and I try to avoid chewing anything too hard, although that might be because I worry about the fillings in my back teeth!! And plus after years of treatment it's just sort of ingrained in me that hard food = no. Need to break that habit!

[Tgirl22]

Good question... I wonder that same thing

[EWUgal15]

First thing I bit into was a French dip at about 10 weeks post op. The meat was very tender and the aujus made the bread very soft.

[snapdresser]

For me it was probably 7 months post-op when I stopped thinking about eating, so about 4 months after getting out of my archbars. I still can't open 100% but I don't think about it.

[Nozzelnut]

I'm starting to get there. It's been about 8 months. Opening amount is good; but still have some slight numbness on the left side of my chin and lip.

[aubreyskingdom]

I'm almost 5 months post surgery, I'll be getting my braces off in a few weeks. I'm eating more but still not eating crunchy things. Ice Cream is even a bit weird because of how cold it is.. not really sure why that bothers me. I'm still doing opening jaw exercises too, not sure when that stops.