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footfootfoot 03-24-2011 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by casimendocina (Post 718296)
I keep on forgetting about the difference in the cost of dental/medical care. In Oz, if you've got private medical which doesn't usually break the bank (although I have been known to complain long and hard about the cost of mine), these things are affordable if you have a decent salary. I'm guessing that's not the case in the US?

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infinite monkey 03-24-2011 09:27 AM

Yeah. I've still not caught back up. WITH insurance. :(

Cloud 03-24-2011 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by monster (Post 717673)
OR, you get yourself to a doctor and see if it's something that can be fixed quite simply.

an update--went to the doctor this morning. Touch of arthritis, probably more bursitis. No damage to the joint, yay! So, lose weight, take anti-inflammatories, yadda, which is what I was doing anyway.

glatt 03-24-2011 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 718405)
went to the doctor this morning

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Clodfobble 03-24-2011 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by casimendocina
I keep on forgetting about the difference in the cost of dental/medical care. In Oz, if you've got private medical which doesn't usually break the bank (although I have been known to complain long and hard about the cost of mine), these things are affordable if you have a decent salary. I'm guessing that's not the case in the US?

We actually have fantastic medical coverage, and average dental. But our dental insurance says that sedation in particular isn't necessary, it's a convenience. Because normal people ought to be able to just take the shot of novocaine and then lay still while it happens (and I agree, normal people should.) And sedation also ought to be at least somewhat cheaper than that, but the malpractice insurance rates for anesthesiologists are some of the highest in the medical profession, and no one wants to sedate a 2 year old in the first place, so there are only a couple of locations that will do it. And they're the expensive ones.

Nirvana 03-25-2011 11:59 AM

I sent my SIL an email this am and she wrote back saying she was in Cairo! WTF! She goes to Egypt often but WTF NOW? :neutral:

casimendocina 03-26-2011 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 718321)
We should compare dental records.

This and the dislike of brussel sprouts in common too! But, thank god, I've never had a root canal.

casimendocina 03-26-2011 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 718409)
no one wants to sedate a 2 year old in the first place...

Poor thing.

footfootfoot 03-26-2011 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by casimendocina (Post 718790)
This and the dislike of brussel sprouts in common too! But, thank god, I've never had a root canal.

root canals are more tedious than painful, they take a long time. put on some tunes, close your eyes, keep your mouth open...

casimendocina 03-26-2011 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 718799)
root canals are more tedious than painful, they take a long time. put on some tunes, close your eyes, keep your mouth open...

I hope that I never, ever have to have one, but if I do, I'll follow your advice.

infinite monkey 03-28-2011 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 718799)
root canals are more tedious than painful, they take a long time. put on some tunes, close your eyes, keep your mouth open...

Puh. Typically. However, the other front tooth (the one that didn't end up in my skull) was supposed to have "died." Well, it wasn't "dead" so they were drilling up into a raw nerve. A couple years after the accident, too, they had to drill a hole in the back and leave it open so all the infection stuff could drain out.

My other ones hurt a bit I think because my dentist was quite amazed at how long the roots on my teeth are. It was no small task. The tugging and stuff, that's what's sore later.

It all started with a frenectomy, which I barely even remember. Weirdly, both my brothers had to have that done too.

But, I'm probably playing the "more dentalled than anyone else" card. :rolleyes:

casimendocina 03-28-2011 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 718968)
But, I'm probably playing the "more dentalled than anyone else" card. :rolleyes:

Hey, if you are "more dentalled than anyone else", absolutely fair enough. I say, go for it.

infinite monkey 03-28-2011 08:09 AM

Heh. My mom and I talked about this yesterday. She remembers Dr S calling my house after I'd left a particularly painful appt (I was in HS and was in the habit of driving myself) because he was worried about me driving home. It was just what I did. Go to school, go to practice, go to the dentist/orthodontist. :)

infinite monkey 03-28-2011 09:13 AM

I hate my life.

monster 03-28-2011 09:14 AM

wassup now?


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