Definitely stay away from crisps. I have a nightmare story with a Ruffles rippled potato chip after oral surgery.
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I had my two bottom wisdom teeth removed as a young adult. I think I was 19 or 20. Any who, I couldn’t afford to have “dental surgery”, so my dentist (begrudging) agreed to remove them in his office. Long story, short… it didn’t go well - but he got them out. I had scheduled this procedure for a Friday afternoon, so I would miss minimal time from work and have time to recuperate over the weekend.
Over the weekend, my face swelled up and huge bruises formed. I looked horrible. I went back to work Monday morning as usual and started my day. About an hour into my shift, my boss called me into her office and started to berate me about getting into a bar fight and coming to work looking like that.
Being so young, I was really confused – the first thing I said was “Bar fight?? I wasn’t in a bar fight over the weekend.” I further told her I pretty much stayed on the couch and recuperated from having my two bottom wisdom teeth pulled. Her jaw dropped, she said “Your dentist did that to you??” I said “Yes, he had some problems getting them out, but eventually got them out” I then opened my mouth and showed her the carnage.
At that point, she believed me and sent me back to my desk.
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My lord I’m so sorry that happened to you.
Oh no. I’m sorry you had such a painful experience. And then your boss suspecting you of having been in a bar fight!
It’s my sense that oral surgery has come a very long way since some of these horror stories. While no picnic, you shouldn’t be in great pain. Discuss all options with your practitioner and DON’T BE A HERO! Take whatever pain relief you are offered. Just use common sense with food: nothing that needs chewing, avoid hot and cold food. I am a big advocate of custard, the baked kind. Super easy and full f eggs and milk. Main caviats: NO SUCKING, NO SPITTING.
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A humor break: Husband was having 2 wisdom teeth extracted. We farmed out the toddler for a sleepover; kitchen crammed with appropriate food. All good until the sleepover mother called around 7pm saying that husband had hit the wall and could I please collect the kid. Okay. Drive across the bridge to Marin and bring home the rejected guest. Get home and get kid settled in his own bed. Go into the bathroom to find mouse in the bathtub. Debate, then advise husband who had considerable trouble pronouncing his expletives of choice with his limited mouth and jaw. But hero came through and dispatched the mini-rodent albeit not in his usual elegance.
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Do you mean the husband of this “sleepover mother” actually took his fist and hit the drywall?? The husband couldn’t act like an adult for one night and help you out while you took care of your husband??
The mouse thing I understand, just caught another mouse in my garage. All winter – nothing then one lone mouse found his way into the garage. Sometimes they just find a way in.
No, " hit a wall. to come to a point beyond which there is no further progress. He was a stern taskmaster, and his boy, our boy’s age, used his guest as an excuse to break standing rules. So ours had to go.
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OK… I understand.
In my youth, I repaired rental units (side hustle)… Every time I heard my boyfriend/husband “hit the wall”. I reached for a partial sheet of drywall and some joint compound.
I can’t tell you the number of walls I repaired with “fist shaped” holes.
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To be fair, dry wall is pretty wimpy 
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I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed at the same time (doctor said…better once, than twice). Food doesn’t have to be liquid, but just soft and not crusty. For me, I couldn’t open my mouth fully, and that was more of an impediment to eating than having enough soft foods.
I ate eggs, soups and soup noodles, congee for the first two weeks or so. The only hiccup really was not being able to fully extend my jaw until a good 3-4 weeks later. That meant even as I started eating regular foods again, I had to cut things up into small sizes. Certain foods were out of the question more because of being a pain in the ass to cut up or shred.
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Cream of mushroom soup (and plenty of Sherry). White Castle burgers. Cacio e pepe. Jellied consommé Madrilene.
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Think of the softest, mushiest, barely warm food stuffs you like. Make them ahead of time to reheat or bring to room temp, if there is no one to help you. I was 14 when mine were taken out. Mother made Tapioca pudding, mashed potatoes, beef consomme with lemon, slurpy black cherry jello, bread pudding, cream of wheat, mac and cheese without the mac…some things I really liked. I think the butterscotch pudding was my favorite. It was only for a few days and I only missed one day of school. There was a PE restriction for a week, otherwise no complications.
I don’t remember the pain meds, only the ‘drink’ I took to knock me out for the surgery.
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14 seems awfully young to get your wisdom teeth out!
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I was 15. Had they not been removed, years of wearing braces would’ve been for zilch.
Wow, I had no idea people’s wisdom teeth came in so early. Pretty sure I was over 21.
They had to be sawed out of my jaw, so — no, they hadn’t come in yet. But they would’ve wreaked havoc if we’d let them.
I was also extraordinarily wise for my age, of course.
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^^ Same. I was only able to open my mouth slightly for the first week, due to intensive swelling that started the day after the procedure. The oral surgeon hadn’t told me that was even a possibility, so I was taken by surprise.
Foods that I could easily get into my mouth on the front part of a spoon were my staples. Mostly mashed potatoes and yogurt (eaten separately) got me through. Ice cream was my treat.
All good after that. Once was definitely better than twice.
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I had an odd craving for buttered corn with salt. Obviously, there was no way I was going to be able to chew it, so my mom pureed it for me.
Taste = a solid 10
Texture = edible in the truest sense of the word, but not something I ever care to repeat 
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