Eating liquid

When I had this years ago, I had it quite bad to the point where my throat was starting to close. The only things I could swallow was milk (it stopped the pain), oatmeal, and ice cream. Have you tried any of those?

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Originally Posted by CrimsonSerenade

I second that. After having gone through 4 seperate wisdom teeth removals instead of having them all taken out at once, I know that milkshakes come quite useful.

Having all four out at the same time was enough. Ice cream, soups, fruit drinks (no soda), and water was all I could have for two weeks.

I'm glad to hear you're feeling better, Mucknuggle. Exactly how bad was it before you went to the doctor? I was misdiagnosed as having strep throat and a week later, I ended up in the emergency room because it was kinda getting hard to breathe. I hope yours wasn't that bad.

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Originally Posted by kat

Get some soy milk. You might as well be drinking tofu, it's a good source of protein and tastes better than a liquified steak.

Quoted for truth. There's different flavors as well, but my favorite is Silk's Very Vanilla soymilk. They have chocolate and I think strawberry, too.

Also, have you tried eating yogurt as well?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

Well, the 1st time I went to the doctor my tonsils were just a little swollen. The 2nd time I went (after my mono test came back positive) they were about 3 times the previous size, just about touching the thing that hangs down in the middle (the soft palate?) and covered with a fair bit of green/grey nastyness. I'd post pics if I had some....but it was gross. We also did a strep throat test because apparently mono + strep throat simultaneously is pretty common. Anyhow, both strep tests came back negative. I figure I should have been given the steroids on trip #2 because the next day I could barely eat. Basically, by trip #3 my tonsils were squishing that hanging thing in the middle and pushing it up - so I was on the verge of having trouble breathing. The steroids are truly wonderful though, I feel SOOO much better. But when I wake up in the morning and they aren't in full swing, it sucks.

I've attempted to eat some solids today and it was a success! I'm still going to go mostly liquid from now on because I don't want to aggravate the tonsils and make them swell more, but, you know, it was good to be able to eat solid.

So far, things that go down easily are: yogourt, meal replacement milkshakes (e.g. Ensure, but they have HORRIBLE after-taste...), oatmeal (add brown sugar + cinnamon FTW), milkshakes, juice, water, popsicles, and small purple, seedless grapes have gone down pretty ok.

For protein I could always add some of my whey protein powder to some milk . . . but using it when I'm not hitting the gym just seems like such a waste. Speaking of which, I'm not allowed any sports for another 5 weeks.

Wow, so yours was about the same as mine, pretty bad. When I went the first time, the doctors said I had strep and gave me pencillin. A week went by and I started choking in my sleep a lot (drooling too). Sometimes my fam would have to come and wake me up because there were times I actually stopped breathing. My family decided to take me to the emergency room because they say I kept having too many periods of not breathing (I was very sluggish, too).

I grossed out the doctor and the nurse when they looked down my throat, ha. The steroids helped quite a bit. I found that drinking milk right before I ate anything helped because the milk coated my throat and the pain disappeared.

I'm glad you see you're feeling better!

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