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Aug 25, 2012 11:48

feeling like the groggiest, grossest human being. root canal plus tooth extraction plus poverty-shaming lecture from dentist and terrifying scare-tactic of "you're going to get meningitis unless i operate" at my dental spa (if you sign up as a patient you get free use of the tanning beds eh eh?) where i went because the dentist i want to see, the ( Read more... )

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manateematinee August 25 2012, 17:35:02 UTC

This makes me so sad. I have had two teeth removed because the pain became too excruciating and i could not afford a root canal. I had a lot of feelings about the idea of losing teeth and how that sort of thing is tied in to poverty and how unhelpful our healthcare system can be. i felt incredibly ashamed to sit in a fancy dentist office while they took out my teeth and lectured me about coming in for check ups that i could never afford. I know the pain very well that you are in. Its one of the worst physical pains i've ever known and it is relentless. it makes your whole body ache. Oh Siobhan :(

Is there anything at all that i can do for you? Anything at all?

move_them_bones August 25 2012, 21:00:21 UTC

it is actually just so infuriating to me that it costs money for this kind of thing. at the dentist's they told me to save up so i could come back and get a crown and i was like save up? really?

i'm so sorry you went through this too, it makes me so angry that we get lectured like we aren't very well aware- more aware than people with money- how many problems can happen when you can't afford to see a dentist or when you have to wait till it is an emergency to get medical care. the guy they brought in to lecture me was all "a visit to the dentist is about $160 a year, it's worth saving for." putting aside $10/month seems simple in practice but i'm pretty sure everyone who is low-income knows that that $10 is going to end up going to buy food when yr budget is over or pay an unexpected bill more than once. being poor means having no safety net despite your best intentions. raaargh. sorry, ranting to someone who knows what i'm talking about, i know. i think my diet of smoothies and pasta is making me grumpy ( ... )