How to Prepare Meals After Jaw Surgery

Jaw surgery most likely will leave your jaw wired or rubber-banded shut, making consumption of food rather difficult. It is important to keep your stomach full to ensure a speedy recovery.

Instructions

Grocery Shopping

• 1

  Look for items that contain lots of nutrients that already come in liquid form such as milk, soup broth, and smoothies.

• 2

  Purchase items that can be pureed easily so that they can be sipped through a straw. Items like soups with meat in them don't blend well enough to be consumed through a straw and can actually cause problems as they can build up a blockage making it difficult to consume something as thin as a milkshake.

• 3

  Stock up on plain ice creams, juices, and soft fruits that can be easily blended into milkshakes and smoothies.

• 4

  Look for items that aren't milky in taste, such as tomato soup so that the diet isn't too bland. Making smoothies with pulp free orange juice rather than with yogurt make them easier to consume through a straw and more flavorful.

Preparing the Food

• 5

  Avoid trying to blend up foods that you would normally eat so that they can be consumed through a straw. You will rarely find a pasta that can be blended well enough so that it can be eaten through a straw, you are better off sticking to things that are normally consumed in liquid form.

• 6

  Remove the flavor packets from Ramen Noodles and prepare this is warm water so give the patient burst of flavors that differ from milkshakes and other dairy products.

• 7

  Order thin soups and milkshakes when eating out.