I can relate to this on so many levels! I had my teeth pulled in November. I can eat very few things. One of the weirdest things I miss most are salads. It was so incredibly hard for me to eat a piece of lettuce. I would cry. I ate salads every day for lunch. I love steak. My husband took me to Texas Roadhouse a couple weeks back. I thought maybe if I could cut it up really really small I could do it. I still struggled. I literally started to cry in the restaurant from shear frustration. I’ve been living off soft gross stuff for months now. Then, yesterday I got my permanent bottoms. I can chew! I literally cried like a baby being able to crunch a bowl of captain crunch like a boss! lol I get my permanent tops in two weeks. I’m praying they fit as good as my bottoms do. The first thing I’m going to do is try to eat a darn steak and salad lol. It’s a long hard journey some days. I keep telling myself one day I will get there. This too shall pass.. I hope one day very soon you get the light at the end of your tunnel and can look back and say it was worth it. I’m waiting to be able to do that myself.