1. To protect extensive dental work I had done in 2018, I wear a mouth guard at night. Because of my transplant, I've had to put dental cleanings on hold. Recently, I've had some minor discomfort in a couple of areas in my mouth, but, luckily, if I wear my mouth guard during the day, it relieves me of the discomfort.
From the outset, since I enrolled in the transplant program at Sacred Heart, my care team has always been concerned about infections post-transplant with some special emphasis on dental infections.
I want to make sure that the occasional and minor discomfort I've experienced lately isn't tooth infection, so today I made an appointment to see the dentist on Monday -- the soonest I could get in.
I had a good online conversation today with Nurse Jenn about my upcoming dental appointment and I'm going to write to her again on Friday and see if, with the help of taking an antibiotic before the appointment, it might be safe at this point, nearly eight months after the transplant, to schedule a dental cleaning.
It might not be.
Some post-transplant literature recommends waiting a year before having a cleaning done.
2. I purchased an electric milk steamer in November. It comes with two tiny whisks that snap into the bottom of the steamer. One froths milk. The other creates a small amount of foam while the milk heats. Somehow I lost the attachment I used most often, the small amount of foam whisk. I ordered another pair of attachments and they arrived today.
I paid heed to the warning that accompanied my order that these could be the wrong sized attachments, but upon examining pictures of the whisks I bought, I was about 95% confident that I'd bought the right ones.
They arrived today.
They were the right ones.
I'm happy they were the right ones and happy that I can make both lattes and cappuccinos, depending on which whisking attachment I snap into my milk steamer!
3. I had a dinner tonight made possible by the gallivanting I do after visiting Sacred Heart for blood work.
A while back, I bought a package of Colby Jack slices at Trader Joe's.
Tuesday of this week, I bought a loaf of Great Harvest's incomparable white bread and then when I went to Trader Joe's, I bought bacon.
Tonight, I got out my electric frying pan and made a toasted Colby Jack cheese sandwich with bacon on Great Harvest white bread.
My only regret is that I forgot we had the dill pickle chips Zoe made and gave us as a Christmas gift.
Next time.
Those dill pickle chips would round out the perfection of this divinely delicious sandwich.
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