Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Lancaster, CA
Eating With Wired Jaw Posted: 01-01-05 06:16am
My friend had his jaw wired shut a few
days ago, broke it in two spots in a
skateboarding accident. I was wondering
what is the best thing for him to eat that
will help him keep his weight up? I
searched for answers on google and many of
the topics I found were for people who had
their jaw wired shut to lose weight. He's
already a pretty thin guy, he's 17 and has
a high metabolism. He eats like a lion,
so i'm worried that he'll lose weight he
doesn't have to lose if he doesn't eat
properly. Anything that will go through a
straw that's not too thick!
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josh121212
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1 Location: atlanta
Broken Jaw And Nutrition Posted: 03-24-05 17:14pm
Sounds like a bad deal... I know about it
too since ive had my jaw broken for over a
month now and most of it with my jaw wired
shut like your friend. Basically all ive
been eating are ensure drinks ( nutrition
supplement drink, boost and generic brands
also available) with a milk shake or two
mixed in whenever im out and hungry at any
particular moment. I was in formed by my
oral surgen that losing weight is going to
be a hard thing to avoid. Being an
athlete losing and gaining weight is
something ive studied for a while.
Protein drinks with ensure or boost should
provide the necessary nutrition for your
friend.
Also suggested to me was blending
different foods and obviously drinking
them. Depending on what kind of help your
friend has, parents friends etc. This
might be something he wants to look in to.
Personally ive stayed away from this
because picking up an already made drink
is much less time consuming.
Ive lost ten pounds since I broke my jaw
so tell your friend to be ready for some
weight loss. Tell him I hope he gets
better soon and to stay off his skate
board till he is well healed. He doesnt
want to mess with his face
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 03-24-05 17:54pm
Ensure, boost and many other of the store
branded nutrition drinks are an excellent
way to maintain a decent weight status.
They have super high calorie formulas and
I had to drink those along with the extra
protien drinks after back surgery because
for almost 7 weeks I was unable to eat due
to post anesthesia nausea.
I still lost weight but it could have been
much worse. Mixing those high calorie
drinks along with ice cream to make a high
calorie milk shake is fantastic and
addicting! 8)
good luck and I hope this helps.
P.S. Boost is less expensive at sams then
the ensure and is better in my opinion.
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srmoore89
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 1
Eating With Wired Jaw Posted: 05-28-06 17:22pm
I just had my jaw unwired a week ago and
was using these to eat baby food and other
puree'd things and such. Its called "zip
and squeeze."
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salsero
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 1 Location: New York, NY
Check Out Www.orthognathic.com Posted: 09-14-06 20:01pm
This website has all the information you
need. I had jaw surgery a year ago.
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midwest
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 96 Location: ,
jaw Posted: 02-05-08 23:35pm
I had jaw surgery last week & they
didnt wire my mouth shut. I Have a metal
pin in my jaw and cant chew anything. I
just been drinking the Cambells soups to
go. There made to drink out of. I can eat
pudding but, its too hard and hurts.
Anyone know any good things that I can
eat? I cant chew nothing for a month.
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Courtnee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Apr 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 04-03-08 17:32pm
my mouth is shut right now from playing
soccer.. he needs to be eating around 5 or
6 times a day, because the food doesn't
sit for very long. You would be suprised
at how much you really can blend. A really
good cereal to blend is special k cinnamon
pecan, and steak will even work if you put
enough beef broth. Just make sure he eats
plenty of fattening things, like butter,
cheese, milk, ice cream, etc. go to the
store and find a bunch of soups that look
good, and blend them up. Yogurt and
pudding work well, and carnation instant
breakfast is like a full meal, it tastes
good, and it comes in different flavors.
Oh yeah, you can blend pies too. I
understand how scary that situation can be
though...I only weigh about 105 pounds,
and I've only lost 5 pounds, which was in
the first week, the entire time I've been
wired shut. So just stick by some of those
rules and I bet he'll be fine =]
breathspray is nice too.
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roke36
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 2
You can eat lots of foods Posted: 08-08-08 23:03pm
Since my son has broken his jaw we have
tried many different foods. He tried the
ensure and hated the taste so he was not
fond of them.W e have tried a liquid diet
with lots of foods. I hope that it may be
helpful to someone.
