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1. I got![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lasultrix's beta back this morning and am slowly editing ch. 13 in response. As with snaegl, scene 1 caused the most trouble and commentary. I am not hugely surprised, since that one is most tightly interwoven with actual canon and is also the potentially hideously melodramatic immediate aftermath of a year of trauma. Scene 2 is also interwoven with canon, but there I at least had the freedom to make up 80% of my own dialogue, since Rowling declined to write her own.
2. I made a dental appointment for April 8th. It's my first in over three years, because dentists are expensive! Since it's been such a long time, they want to do a full set of x-rays as well as the basic cleaning and checkup. That's probably for the best, as I am not entirely sure what's become of my old dental records, so it's not as if I could provide detailed explanations of my past medical history.
And on that note, I am very glad that the strong recommendation for people with mitral valve prolapses to take antibiotics before going to the dentist has apparently been dropped as stupid, pointless, and likely to increase bacterial resistance. Because I am allergic to penicillin, which meant I was stuck with these massive horse-sized lozenge things of some exotic origin that cost at least three times what standard amoxicillin does. Bah. (I'd actually stopped taking them of my own volition, and just told my old dentist, "Yes, of course I took the antibiotic an hour ago, don't worry, would I lie to you?" but it's nice not to have to pretend anymore.)
3. I dusted my bookcases, coffee table, and knick-knack shelves (but not the windowsills, because it was raining). My apartment smelled very strongly of lemon and ammonia for a couple hours.
4. We're having the first thunderstorm of the year! Granted, it's more of a 'flat gray sky with medium rain, plus isolated rumbles of thunder, each separated by at least fifteen minutes,' than a proper storm, but still. Thunder! And at least one actual flash of lightning! Now I know spring is here.
1. I got
lasultrix's beta back this morning and am slowly editing ch. 13 in response. As with snaegl, scene 1 caused the most trouble and commentary. I am not hugely surprised, since that one is most tightly interwoven with actual canon and is also the potentially hideously melodramatic immediate aftermath of a year of trauma. Scene 2 is also interwoven with canon, but there I at least had the freedom to make up 80% of my own dialogue, since Rowling declined to write her own.2. I made a dental appointment for April 8th. It's my first in over three years, because dentists are expensive! Since it's been such a long time, they want to do a full set of x-rays as well as the basic cleaning and checkup. That's probably for the best, as I am not entirely sure what's become of my old dental records, so it's not as if I could provide detailed explanations of my past medical history.
And on that note, I am very glad that the strong recommendation for people with mitral valve prolapses to take antibiotics before going to the dentist has apparently been dropped as stupid, pointless, and likely to increase bacterial resistance. Because I am allergic to penicillin, which meant I was stuck with these massive horse-sized lozenge things of some exotic origin that cost at least three times what standard amoxicillin does. Bah. (I'd actually stopped taking them of my own volition, and just told my old dentist, "Yes, of course I took the antibiotic an hour ago, don't worry, would I lie to you?" but it's nice not to have to pretend anymore.)
3. I dusted my bookcases, coffee table, and knick-knack shelves (but not the windowsills, because it was raining). My apartment smelled very strongly of lemon and ammonia for a couple hours.
4. We're having the first thunderstorm of the year! Granted, it's more of a 'flat gray sky with medium rain, plus isolated rumbles of thunder, each separated by at least fifteen minutes,' than a proper storm, but still. Thunder! And at least one actual flash of lightning! Now I know spring is here.
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Date: 2009-03-19 01:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-03-19 02:03 am (UTC)The thing is, there was a theory that IF bacteria got into my bloodstream, they might colonize around the leaky valve and cause a nasty hidden infection. And one way bacteria could get into my bloodstream is via a cut in my mouth, since human mouths are hideously unsanitary places. Therefore, when going to the dentist (which often involves some bleeding in the mouth, especially if you're lax about flossing), I was told to take antibiotics as a precaution.
This is utterly ridiculous, of course -- on that theory, I should have been taking antibiotics every time I ate (in case I bit my tongue) and every time I flossed at night (in case I opened my gums) -- but my doctor and dentist were very serious about this for a few years. It was a stupid waste of money, if you ask me!