What's upsetting you today?

[infinite monkey]

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

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by monster

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]

Originally Posted by Cloud

went to the doctor this morning

[Clodfobble]

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]

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?

[casimendocina]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

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]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

no one wants to sedate a 2 year old in the first place...

Poor thing.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by casimendocina

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]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

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]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

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.

[casimendocina]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

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

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

[infinite monkey]

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]

I hate my life.

[monster]

wassup now?

[monster]

....why don't you jack it in, drive up here and come to Canada with us this weekend...looks like there'll be two spare seats in the car