I've never been so excited to visit the dentist in all my life.
I've been cleared to have my teeth cleaned, something I usually forget to do, but in this case it was a highly speculative appointment set back in January. I'd always thought I'd have to cancel it--dental work has a lot of opportunity for infection if you're immuno-compromised, and they generally say "not in the first year"
Also, I was cleared to swim. This happened before I went to the beach, actually, and forgot to blog about it. There were two precautions: 1) a belly-shot of neupogen (boosting stem cell production, and ultimately the whole white-cell family) and 2) no bare feet on deck
Basically, they worry about cuts in the mouth and cuts on the feet as being in places where there are a lot of bacteria, and slightly different ways the body heals things.
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