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Can you smoke and drink coffee still?
I had stopped smoking for over 20 years. I had two deaths in my family very close together and started smoking again. I’ve been smoking for about 6-8 months now. I don’t want to quit but know that I probably need to. Can you even smoke with dentures?
Im getting 19 extractions and immediate dentures in one appointment. Tentatively, I believe this Friday. So, I want to be as prepared as I can be. What about coffee? Can I still drink coffee? Is carbonated diet drinks bad?
I have a lot of diseases. Diabetes being one of them. I keep my sugar controlled by what I eat. So, eating mashed potatoes will probably be out of the question. Could I eat runny scrambled eggs? I found Slim Fast Keto vanilla cake batter shakes, I’m hoping that I will be able to at least drink that. I had read that protein is good when healing. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
I have to say that I’ve had panic attacks over this. I’m not sure how to get my emotions under control. It’s been brutal. If anyone wants to give me any tips, I would definitely appreciate it.
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1spicy
240 Messages
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4.5K Points
21 d ago
Yes, this is HUGE! When you're in the "now" of it, it will suck rocks no matter how relatively great you do. When you're "now", in the "before" of it, you truly cannot imagine how much on the sucky scale you will be and that cause anxiety. In Spanish, there's a saying that goes "Tienes razon"; "You have reason". I can tell you that my "now" is SO MUCH BETTER and I hardly remember all of the details anymore and it's just been a few years and mine was on the top side of the sucky scale with a little psychoticness of "omg, why me" thrown in.
When I hear, on here, a lot of people say they have a lot of illnesses I'm like whaaaaatttt???? I'm no doctor and I'm no judge, life is short and you should do whatever you want.
I can tell you, from my experience, you won't want to do any of those things during the first week to a month; I don't think that I actually ate any food for 4 or 5 days. However, and especially if you are going to be smoking, I would recommend getting the immediate dentures; eating, drinking etc sucks less IN THE LONG RUN with immediates that are then replaced by permanents. For me, well, listen, no one in their right mind wants to be experience the "me" without coffee, no one! Also, and I assume especially if you are diabetic or for whatever reason you need to avoid magic sugars like potatoes, a blender is your very best friend. Just about any vegetable with the right spices, Hello Mrs. Dash or nice to meet ya Bay seasoning, all pureed and heated in the microwave is a blessing during the first few months to a year or so. For me, it was absolutely incredible to start adding hamburger or chicken in the blender after a couple of weeks, so satisfying to have protein.
For me, it really helped to know what others were going through, what they had gone through and what their plans for the future were. That's the thing that helped me the most, I planned incremental rewards for myself, like I used to do when my kids were growing up for them. Also, although I didn't need to use many of them, I demanded a prescription for pain killers that I could fill before the extraction date so that I'd have them if I needed them after. Boy am I glad I did because I was so dang tired but I couldn't sleep for the pain, the sadness and the crazyness that I felt for the first few days realizing that I had not taken care of myself enough to have let this happen. That goes away in a few days, the post surgery sadness with any surgery and it's nice to have a way to sleep.
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jayme
46 Messages
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766 Points
18 d ago
I ate a lot of mashed potatoes, soups of every kind - lots of ice cream.. mind you since you have to watch your sugars there is still so much you can eat. Yes, coffee is fine - tea too! and of course.. wine!!!!
Protein shakes for sure or smoothies but watch the seeds from your fruits.. they are the devil with recent extractions and with dentures!!!!
You will lose weight and you will get tired of eating soft foods but in the end, it will all be worth it!!! Promise!!!
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