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Most of my swelling went down after 2 months. There is some residual swelling around the cheekbone/nose area that takes a LONG time to go. Like 6 months+. But that isn't very noticeable.

If that's what your doctor says, I'd trust him/her. Though personally, that's quite early. My doctors were very ambitious and still required me to wait six weeks before chewing. If it doesn't bother you, I'd wait. It won't do any harm waiting to start chewing. The risk is of course using too much fo...

#1 most important: does insurance cover this doctor AND the hospital. Then, 2. Google reviews, patient reviews on forums (though they usually skew negative) 3. Quality of consultation. How thorough are they? Do they seem honest? 4. Questions about their stats... what percentage of patients relapse, ...

HarryGray, Protein powder is of course the easiest way. But when I had surgery, I was blending up all kinds of meat as well. Pulled pork with barbecue sauce is really good blended up. I'd eat that with some congee or sweet potato. I can also recommend soft tofu. Really easy to eat- you can put some ...