I had a phone call from the transplant co-ordinator on Friday asking if I could go down today (Sunday) for all my assessments as someone else had to drop out, therefore leaving the place open for me. Annoyingly I couldn't take them up on that offer because I'm getting a wisdom tooth surgically removed on Tuesday instead. I asked whether it would be better to get that postponed and take the slot but the transplant co-ordinator was adamant I should go and get it done.
One of the first things the transplant team wanted of me was a clean dental bill of health so I can understand why they wanted me to go ahead with that. This is all down to the fact that your mouth is one of the major sources of infection and minimising that gives me a better chance of remaining infection free post transplant. I've heard tales of some people having to have all their teeth removed prior to transplant so I'm considering this a minor inconvenience.
The good thing is that now I know it should only be a matter of weeks rather than months before I do actually go down so I'm getting my stuff ready should I need to go at short notice. I suppose it's my equivalent of a pregnancy bag.
Keep us posted!
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