31
Jan

Well they were right about not remembering the surgery. The last thing I remember is a small cut from the IV. After that I remember being in bed, rolling over a few times and thinking that I wouldn’t have to worry about the alarm clock. There’s a lot of swelling left and I have to […]

You know things are bad when you’re actually looking forward to a trip to the dentist. I spent most of the day at the dentist’s today too, for x-rays and consultation. There are only two wisdom teeth, but one is completely embedded in the bone and they’re both right up against the major nerve. The […]

27
Jan

Elegant simplicity: Take a glass, and fill it 2/3 with chocolate (or vanilla or strawberry or whatever ice-cream you like.)  I’ll pick a nice, safely gluten-free flavor like good-ole chocolate. Now fill it up with milk. Wait. Wait a little more. Are you waiting? Stir it a little bit.  There you go!  You have a […]

27
Jan

Gluten is completely off-limits.  A crumb or cross-contaminated spoon is way too much for me to handle.  Soy is OK, I can tolerate it so long as it isn’t a lot of protein isolate like the type you find in vegan meat & cheese imitations.  I’m not a big fan of beans, either. This brings […]

24
Jan

As soon as my wisdom teeth popped up on the x-rays, we knew they were coming in completely wrong.  Not quite horizontal, they pointed right at my other molars and threatened to disrupt the entire row. Luckily (I guess), they stopped moving for many many years.  They just sat there.  Maybe it was complications of […]