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Dental pain
Jul. 23rd, 2014 02:10 pmTooth aches suck in a bad way, mmmkay?
Last Friday morning, after getting home from work (I work graveyard shift and get home around 6:00-6:30 a.m.) I started developing a minor but frustrating tooth ache that grew in intensity. By 9 a.m. or so when I typically go to bed, I found I could not sleep. I lay awake in increasing agony until 1 p.m. or so at which point I gave up and was forced to acknowledge I needed an emergency visit to the dentist.
My tooth was badly infected and swelling was setting in so badly that the dentist couldn't do the full examination she needed to, so she prescribed Vicodin for pain relief and so I could sleep in the short term, and Augmentin to knock down the swelling and the pain in the long term. I scheduled to come in this morning for a more thorough checkup with the swelling knocked down, which gives the rundown for everything needed ...
Cost for dental surgery not much more pleasant than the pain, sharp and terrible as tooth ache pain is. :/ I just got the bad news, for the work I need, it will cost $4500. My remaining savings after having recently bought a car won't fully cover this, so its going to get split in half, half this year and half next (after my dental coverage limit refreshes and I have had time to regain savings). I am not in dire financial straits, this isn't a 'please gimme 'mergency monies' but it is going to completely wipe out everything I have saved up thus far and will gobble up a huge chunk of my future income for awhile. :/
Rainfurrest is definitely out for me this year, I just can't take the time off work and even if I could, I wouldn't be able to spend hardly anything at all. And trying to find a new place to live is also out. I am going to go with a payment plan with the dentist even for just the first half, so I can maintain a basic emergency fund in case my new car goes out (I actually need to get a new battery and a few new tires for it) or something else blows up, but its rather shocking this pile of money I have managed to accumulate over the past year is utterly gone. :/
Last Friday morning, after getting home from work (I work graveyard shift and get home around 6:00-6:30 a.m.) I started developing a minor but frustrating tooth ache that grew in intensity. By 9 a.m. or so when I typically go to bed, I found I could not sleep. I lay awake in increasing agony until 1 p.m. or so at which point I gave up and was forced to acknowledge I needed an emergency visit to the dentist.
My tooth was badly infected and swelling was setting in so badly that the dentist couldn't do the full examination she needed to, so she prescribed Vicodin for pain relief and so I could sleep in the short term, and Augmentin to knock down the swelling and the pain in the long term. I scheduled to come in this morning for a more thorough checkup with the swelling knocked down, which gives the rundown for everything needed ...
Cost for dental surgery not much more pleasant than the pain, sharp and terrible as tooth ache pain is. :/ I just got the bad news, for the work I need, it will cost $4500. My remaining savings after having recently bought a car won't fully cover this, so its going to get split in half, half this year and half next (after my dental coverage limit refreshes and I have had time to regain savings). I am not in dire financial straits, this isn't a 'please gimme 'mergency monies' but it is going to completely wipe out everything I have saved up thus far and will gobble up a huge chunk of my future income for awhile. :/
Rainfurrest is definitely out for me this year, I just can't take the time off work and even if I could, I wouldn't be able to spend hardly anything at all. And trying to find a new place to live is also out. I am going to go with a payment plan with the dentist even for just the first half, so I can maintain a basic emergency fund in case my new car goes out (I actually need to get a new battery and a few new tires for it) or something else blows up, but its rather shocking this pile of money I have managed to accumulate over the past year is utterly gone. :/
