Last Meal....

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Sun May 11, 2008 6:47 pm

browneyedgrl wrote:Thai peanut chicken wings, YUM!!! I've eaten them once since I've been braced and it's no fun cutting them off the bone.

B

totally agree with you when you say its no fun cutting chicken wings off the bone. Just for fun, i attempted to eat chicken wings week 4 into having braces. I wasn't really sure how it would go but i decided to try it cuz i had a massive craving. oh man big mistake. It was so hard to chew the chicken off the bone. I actually ended up getting sores afterwards which i then vowed to always take the chicken off the bone before eating it!!

#17 Post by **browneyedgrl** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:49 pm

Hi blindboarder2008,

Chicken wings were definitely not meant to be cut off the bone. I've been craving them for months and I'm dying to try and eat it off the bone, but I fear the worst. Picking them out of the brackets is bad enough, but with my luck, I'd probably break something.

B

Sun May 11, 2008 10:33 pm

for those of you craving chicken wings -- you could always go for the boneless kind! i actually always preferred these.

and as for a last meal -- i'd go for a nice hearty burger. i did have one burger since been braced 7 weeks ago, but cutting it up with knife and fork is not the same. i second nachos, or chips of any kind.

also -- i have yet to bite down on anything so I'm amazed blindboarder2008, that you were able to have a chicken wing of all things at week 4!

Mon May 12, 2008 7:56 am

i was pretty well surprised myself that i was actually able to bite down on it. Mind you I only had 2 and I had to stop eating them cuz it wasn't going so hot. i ended up with massive amounts of soars in about an hour or 2 and vowed i'd never eat chicken off the bone anymore. I never thought about the boneless ones. that would probably work nicely!

#20 Post by **Nervous** » Mon May 12, 2008 1:14 pm

It's not a meal...but it's bubble gum! I haven't had it in almost four years, and I am dieing to take a big piece of gum, chew it in my mouth and blow a few bubbles

Tue May 13, 2008 5:39 pm

Nervous wrote:It's not a meal...but it's bubble gum! I haven't had it in almost four years, and I am dieing to take a big piece of gum, chew it in my mouth and blow a few bubbles

omg yes definetly bubble gum, that was definetly something i practically chewed every day leading up to brace day! I also bought starburst and ate them the entire night leading up to brace day! It was amazing!!! How I wish I could eat starburst and bubble gum!! ah well 1 year and 4 months left!!

#22 Post by **fluffybottom** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:57 pm

I am craving chocolate covered gummi bears SO BAD.

#23 Post by **pearls** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:37 am

you guys have chocolate covered gummi bears?!! how bizarre! I can't imagine that. I would love to just go lollie crazy if I ever went to the U.S.

#24 Post by **macfancier** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:44 pm

ArchAngle wrote:Similarly, while everything seems to be able to be cut and eaten, there isn't quite like anything else: biting into a fresh ripe juicy apple.

Agreed!

For me, my first - albeit strange - meal might consist of chewy taffy, bubble gum, ribs *on* the bone and corn *on* the cob!

#25 Post by **PARR** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:28 am

Not having a really big sweet tooth, the gooey candies etc don't tempt me.
Cutting food off bones etc is a norm for me for the next year or so. Don't mind cutting sandwiches either. Crusty bread gets dunked in soup or sauce. What I miss because it just doesn't feel or taste right: apples (I need to cut the skin off and sorry...not right!) and popcorn is just too messy to bother with.

Sun May 18, 2008 5:54 pm

PARR wrote:Not having a really big sweet tooth, the gooey candies etc don't tempt me.
Cutting food off bones etc is a norm for me for the next year or so. Don't mind cutting sandwiches either. Crusty bread gets dunked in soup or sauce. What I miss because it just doesn't feel or taste right: apples (I need to cut the skin off and sorry...not right!) and popcorn is just too messy to bother with.

Oh how I would love to chew into a nice juicy apple right now. But even a few months before i got my braces i had trouble bitting into an apple. I had to cut it up in order to chew it. I had tried to bite in a apple *before my braces, but it just hurt his jaw soooo bad. now i cut apples up in a fruit salad and have that. Mind you i have to take the skins off of the apples cuz no matter how hard i try i can't chew the skins!
I was bad and ate popcorn about a week ago. I just made sure to clean my braces really good afterwards to make sure all the kerrnels were out inbetween the wires and stuff.

#27 Post by **LaLaDee** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:00 am

*bump*

#28 Post by **sparkles** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:22 am

I would have

an apple (I've never been a big apple fan, would prefer other fruits) but since being braced...mmmm apples smell lovely! But probably just cause I can't eat them

Nachos toppped with melted cheese, sour cream, jalapenos, salsa etc. I know I can eat them now but just not quite the same eating so much slower and with the worry that they will do damage.

Fajitas or anything that comes in a tortilla wrap...I've just avoided them cause of their thinness and my molar buildups

Spare ribs from the chinese takeaway

chewing gum (again never a big chewing gum chewer but my husband has had a packet in the house and I've been tempted)

Fudge

I don't think there is anything else I've missed since being able to eat normally again after being braced.