to eat with your mouth wired shut?

Question

my boyfriend got his mouth wired shut last week and i was just wondering if anyone knows anything to make in the blender for him to eat, all hes been eating is ice cream and hes wanting other things..everything he eats, has to be through a straw ad very liquidy so it can get through his teeth, if anyone has any suggestions please let me know, thanks

Answer 1

aha. um spaghetti. beef.

Answer 2

Almost any food can be pureed in a blender to a consistency to go through a straw.

Suggestions:

1. One food try at a time...mixing too much is ad nauseum...such as some ground beef cooked well done and drained of fat...mix with beef boullion to a thin liquid.

2. Vegetable juices, i.e. carrot, green goodness, pomegranite, etc... are available in the refrigerated area of vegetable sections of grocery stores...ask the manager about stocking some while the boyfriend is 'wired'.

3. Soups...already liquidy...blend and serve.

4. Chili...blended with some extra tomato juice or left-over coffee is flavorful.

5. Remember that chicken boullion may be spiced up with a few flakes of cayenne pepper for a quick delicious treat.

There is more to a liquid diet than ice cream...I hope he gets his 'wires' off soon...

It is very good of you to help him while is he adjusting to his new diet. The excerpts below are from the source listed below:

A liquid diet is a diet containing no solid foods. It is usually used by people who have had oral surgery or have their jaws wired shut. As with any special diet, a liquid diet must take into account a person's nutritional needs.

Types of Liquid Diets
Whether on a liquid diet for surgical reasons or just for weight loss, there are a few different types of liquid diets. The following is a list of three different types of liquid diets.


[edit] Clear Liquid Diet
This is the diet doctors will assign for right after surgery. Its purpose is to start the digestive system out slowly after anesthesia and to reduce the risk of nausea and vomiting during the body’s recovery. This diet consists of anything that "you can see through." This diet is only required for a couple of days or until the doctor says otherwise.


[edit] Full Liquids (Strained)
This liquid diet is anything that can be blended and passed through a strainer to eat. This is the diet that follows the Clear Liquid Diet and will last until the wires come off. Typically that would be 4-6 weeks. This is a long time and creativity and imagination will be necessary to keep from becoming discouraged. This diet provides more calories than the previous but is still liquid and therefore easily digested. This is essential for patients who have their jaw wired shut and do not have the option to chew or swallow solid foods. This is the diet that patients on a liquid diet for their jaw being wired shut will become most familiar with.


[edit] Blended Liquid Diet (Thinned Foods)
These are meals that can be blended and do not need to be strained. This is the last step in the liquid diet and must be approved by the doctor. This is the type patients on a liquid diet for surgical reasons will go on directly after having the wires removed from their jaw. This is a time when the body is still healing and cannot tolerate solid food quite yet. An example of the texture of food allowed for this period would be soft foods such as mashed potatoes. This will last until solid foods can be eaten in a couple of weeks. This is the absolute last step on a liquid diet.


[edit] Thinning liquids
Various liquids can be used to make food thin enough to eat. These include, but are not limited to:

Milk or cream
Chicken broth
Vegetable broth
Gravy
Cream sauce
Fruit and vegetable juices

Answer 3

Danimals yogurt would work well. it's thinner than most other yogurts, so it should be pretty easy into the straw.
cream of wheat is a good source of iron and isn't too chunky.
it may sound disgusting, but honey nut cheerios blended with vanilla soymilk (or just normal milk.) is not all too bad...
depending on how he feels about it, you might consider buying baby food. all the vitamins & such, premashed and ready to serve. :D
how well these foods work really depends on how big the straw is... good luck & quick healing to the bf.

Answer 4

the key to recoverery is to keep his calorie count up. Dinner though a straw can be weird but yall need to try new different thing. Spag-Os and cream cheese blended sounds weird but good. Potato soup with cheese blended yum yum, Add pepper, salt to any blended meal and it will be okay. He needs to eat more then icecream if he won't back milkshakes with ensure.

Answer 5

Cook his favorite foods--then put in a
blender and liquify--thin down if necessary. Instead of having to suck
it thru a straw--he may be able to flow it into his mouth using something like a
plastic mustard jar with a pointed top.
What he really needs now are hi-energy drinks like found in a health food store.He needs to get some
BALANCED nutrition.

Answer 6

One of my former friends had chin reconstructive surgery years ago and went through what you're talking about. She used baby food and put it in a blender. I must tell a funny story about that: She said that she made some one day and the juiced carrots got on the ceiling. Her step dad got upset, but her mom understood. An accident is an accident, but I thought it was funny.

Answer 7

attempt mixing some chicken soup, make confident chicken is in there, it supply you protein. honestly you are able to consume something, yet be confident to mixture it with some broth to make a comfortable and a watery puree. The flavor would desire to be the comparable.

Answer 8

"Ensure" meal replacement drink. Comes in a can. Use a straw.

Answer 9

Soup, Smoothies and if you visit the Pharmacy they will have other options available

Answer 10

he can drink boost and ensure =they are liquid proteins =also if he has a blender ,he can make smoothies with milk and fruit

Answer 11

chicken broth, thin pudding, fruit juices