Post by Fishooked on May 21, 2015 16:33:35 GMT -5
Those of you who know me know I have no shortage of Marathon Man-type experiences with the dentist.
Bad habits, bad genes...and bad dentists...my past is festooned with them.
Had some problems dating back to last year due to my previous dentist, so they suggested looking into getting rid of these teefs and going full implants, top and bottom.
Sounded like a great idea at the time.
Until they told me how much is was going to cost.
They said I'd need 4 implants up top, 4 on the bottom.
$27,500 per jaw
And most insurance companies won't cover one cent.
I wasn't even concerned about the pain and recovery of getting these thinks yanked.
Could not afford this.
They said I could finance it...at 15% APR
So I did what comes naturally...blow it off.
Fast forward some months later, wife is really pushing this Disney trip hard. Plus we'd had this Disney card that we've been racking up points towards a trip....turns out they expire at the end of 2015. I knew how much dental work was going to cost, but I didn't want to be the reason we had to cancel our family vacation because of my stupid chucklehead ass needing dental work. So we forged ahead planning this trip, even though I know my mouth was a ticking time bomb.
My biggest fear is that something bad would happen whilst on vacation. Nothing did, but it's been on my mind a long time. Jaw just hasn't felt right.
Shit hit the fan the other day, face blew up, lower right jawbone is all infected. FML
Dentist extracted a root today that was causing the problem. When I got out of the chair, it looked like I was lying in a puddle.
Currently waiting for the wife to get home with my Vicodin Rx... img.pandawhale.com/post-19259-so-I-got-that-going-for-me-whi-CKYI.gif
Bad habits, bad genes...and bad dentists...my past is festooned with them.
Had some problems dating back to last year due to my previous dentist, so they suggested looking into getting rid of these teefs and going full implants, top and bottom.
Sounded like a great idea at the time.
Until they told me how much is was going to cost.
They said I'd need 4 implants up top, 4 on the bottom.
$27,500 per jaw
And most insurance companies won't cover one cent.
I wasn't even concerned about the pain and recovery of getting these thinks yanked.
Could not afford this.
They said I could finance it...at 15% APR
So I did what comes naturally...blow it off.
Fast forward some months later, wife is really pushing this Disney trip hard. Plus we'd had this Disney card that we've been racking up points towards a trip....turns out they expire at the end of 2015. I knew how much dental work was going to cost, but I didn't want to be the reason we had to cancel our family vacation because of my stupid chucklehead ass needing dental work. So we forged ahead planning this trip, even though I know my mouth was a ticking time bomb.
My biggest fear is that something bad would happen whilst on vacation. Nothing did, but it's been on my mind a long time. Jaw just hasn't felt right.
Shit hit the fan the other day, face blew up, lower right jawbone is all infected. FML
Dentist extracted a root today that was causing the problem. When I got out of the chair, it looked like I was lying in a puddle.
Currently waiting for the wife to get home with my Vicodin Rx... img.pandawhale.com/post-19259-so-I-got-that-going-for-me-whi-CKYI.gif
