I almost wondered how I'd look without teeth...
I suppose the good news is my molars aren't as bad as I thought. They can save 2 of them. However, 17 cavities, one impacted canine, and deep cleaning and scaling to the tune of almost $2400 is enough to make me want to cry.
that doesn't factor in what it's going to cost to have my wisdoms and 2 molars extracted.. and that's going to be actual oral surgery, complete with full sedation. I'll be lucky to get away with a $5k total for all of this.
No insurance to take the sting out of it means I get to pay for what I can as I go. Cavities are going to be done one at a time until such time as I have the money to do more. Luckily, tax return season isn't too far off.
but.. looks like my divorce is going to wait another year.. maybe the money I need for my own apartment, too. Priorities have to go on this one. I can't deal with the pain, and if I don't get the work done, I'm going to end up with more of an infection than I have right now. And that's bad enough as it is.
They were reluctant to give me more antibiotics just now, since I've been through 2 courses in the last six weeks of very strong 'biotics, anyway. The infection is down.. but.. the teeth have to come out. Which means, I'm still playing the Hold Out Til February game to do so.
However, the dentist that will be doing the surgery is going to look at the x-rays and figure up the cost.. and then, the office staff said that we should be able to work something out. I sure as hell hope we can.. because I wasn't kidding when I said I'd rather be in labor. I really would rather be dealing with giving birth than this. It hurt less, on all occasions that I've had to remember what it felt like.
in the very least, they wrote me a 'script for pain killers. Thirty tablets.. I can cut them in half for the same effect and make them last twice as long.. and still eat ibuprofen like candy when I can't take them because of driving and work.
So, for now, I would like to make known my wish for a faery godmother... or a sugar daddy...
*smirks*.. any takers?
that doesn't factor in what it's going to cost to have my wisdoms and 2 molars extracted.. and that's going to be actual oral surgery, complete with full sedation. I'll be lucky to get away with a $5k total for all of this.
No insurance to take the sting out of it means I get to pay for what I can as I go. Cavities are going to be done one at a time until such time as I have the money to do more. Luckily, tax return season isn't too far off.
but.. looks like my divorce is going to wait another year.. maybe the money I need for my own apartment, too. Priorities have to go on this one. I can't deal with the pain, and if I don't get the work done, I'm going to end up with more of an infection than I have right now. And that's bad enough as it is.
They were reluctant to give me more antibiotics just now, since I've been through 2 courses in the last six weeks of very strong 'biotics, anyway. The infection is down.. but.. the teeth have to come out. Which means, I'm still playing the Hold Out Til February game to do so.
However, the dentist that will be doing the surgery is going to look at the x-rays and figure up the cost.. and then, the office staff said that we should be able to work something out. I sure as hell hope we can.. because I wasn't kidding when I said I'd rather be in labor. I really would rather be dealing with giving birth than this. It hurt less, on all occasions that I've had to remember what it felt like.
in the very least, they wrote me a 'script for pain killers. Thirty tablets.. I can cut them in half for the same effect and make them last twice as long.. and still eat ibuprofen like candy when I can't take them because of driving and work.
So, for now, I would like to make known my wish for a faery godmother... or a sugar daddy...
*smirks*.. any takers?