Having to wear a removable retainer at night means I wake up with congealed spit stuck to my gums and teeth. The visceral ick of swallowing that is indescribable, so I will brush my teeth first thing, then eat breakfast.

It's okay to make mistakes. Learn from them and move on. Don't let your fear of criticism stop you from trying new things.

Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". After that, I plan to read "The Dark Edge of Night" by Mark Pryor, a mystery novel that follows a French detective's investigations in Nazi-occupied Paris during the Second World War.

I think "health risky" is acceptable. You can also hyphenate it, so it follows the pattern of terms like health-adverse, health-hazardous, etc.