important, but annoying, realization
Apr. 12th, 2004 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsukikageDoctor said I could now eat foods that required significant chewing, such as hamburgers and pizza; not only that, but he said it was important to practice my new mad chopper skillz (not in those words, unfortunately). It's actually not that bad at all - I can chew VERY well. I was chewing the hamburger and fries (note the high calorie and fat content, plus I had coke and 2%) I bought at the Big 10 in Dinky Dome. Yep, great chewing.
Chewing isn't eating.
A major realization I had today: right now I simply do not have the motor skills to guide the food to my esophagus. My tongue can move the food pretty damn well, but my ability to sense where in my mouth the food is is too weak to consistently keep the food out of my windpipe, and even then I have to use my fingers to pick up the little chunks sitting in random locations in my mouth so I can try again.
So, if I need to practice chewing, buy me gum. Until the sense of touch in my mouth develops greater accuracy, all forms of nutrition are basically useless to me unless it's fluid enough for gravity to take care of it's delivery to my esophagus.
Chewing isn't eating.
A major realization I had today: right now I simply do not have the motor skills to guide the food to my esophagus. My tongue can move the food pretty damn well, but my ability to sense where in my mouth the food is is too weak to consistently keep the food out of my windpipe, and even then I have to use my fingers to pick up the little chunks sitting in random locations in my mouth so I can try again.
So, if I need to practice chewing, buy me gum. Until the sense of touch in my mouth develops greater accuracy, all forms of nutrition are basically useless to me unless it's fluid enough for gravity to take care of it's delivery to my esophagus.
