Tooth Taken Too

Remember the tooth I broke on the garlic bread?? Well, 2 weeks ago, it broke in half. While it was still in my mouth. And the pain?? 21 outta 10, people!! No joke! My jaw swelled, and everything.

Is that the infection running down my face, and pooling there in my jaw?? It was an upper tooth, btw.

When I made an appt, the receptionist reminded me of the $300 balance, from my tooth trip in Nov. You’re kiddin me!! I’m almost in the grave, and I gotta pay NOW!! OR die?? Yup.

So, I got ahold of he who is now nameless, and told him to go pay, or he will die, right before me. He said, “I don’t have $300! I only have $8 in my checking account!”

Tersely, I answered, “March over to that cash box, in the corner, get out $300, go pay this dentist, or die!! Not even kiddin!”

Like a good, scared, little boy, he did exactly that. The next morning he called, and said, “It’s paid, your appt is at 10.” Thank you!! You saved your own life there, bud!!

I took 3 mg Xanax, and 1200 mg Gabapentin, so that I’d be able to endure the torture. But guess what?? Now they have nitrous!! Guess that was just invented last month, and wasn’t available in Nov., huh?? Yeah, apparently. GGRR!!

When I was in the chair, just before the dentist came in, the office manager came and said I’d have to pay the $200 that the insurance wouldn’t be paying. RIGHT NOW?? Disbelief in my voice. Yup, right now. Apparently the previous office manager had just been fired, for not making sure people pay their bills, and not making arrangements, at time of service. So, like I’m the one who got her fired?? That was certainly implied, yes.

I looked at him, the nameless one, and teared up. He went to the front desk, and ran his credit card, resignedly. Hmmm, so he was lying about only having 8 bucks in his checking account?? Imagine that, he lied. Who’d athunk??

2 hours, relatively painlessly went by. Nitrous is a miracle!! Can I sue the pants off the dentist, for not offering it back in Nov. when I had mini panic attacks, every 5 minutes, and made him wait till I could breath again??? I literally can NOT believe he made me suffer like that, knowing he had something, right at his elbow!! That would ease my sufferin!!

Oh yeah, the jaw swelling was from an infection, in the tooth. Penicillin took care of that thankfully. The reason it was so horridly painful- the roots were still alive, unlike the previous tooth, in Nov.

No more nasty infection!! YAY!!

You’ll be glad to know, no males were harmed in the making of this post. My pain?? Eh, it’s gone now.

See, Dolly?? I promised I’d smile more!!

All better!!