thegrimace
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- Joined
- May 21, 2007
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- 38
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- Arizona
This morning I had my dreaded first appointment with the periodontist for a comprehensive evaluation & consultation. It was even worse than I had expected.
My gum recession is very serious along with bone loss. There are three procedures I need to have done. 1) gum graft on several lower front teeth 2) gum graft on some upper right teeth 3) bone graft on my tooth in bottom lefthand corner. Needless to say, it cannot all be done in one day. The torture will be spread out over an undetermined amount of time.
To make matters worse, I need two crowns done that my regular dentist keeps getting on my case about. The periodontist stressed to me today that these need to be done very soon too.
The total cost of everything is extremely expensive. I have dental insurance, but am already near my calendar year maximum. If I could sell my soul at this point, I'm sure I would. I don't know what's upsetting me more at the moment: physically suffering through all of these procedures or financially suffering through all of these procedures.
As if all this weren't enough, an unknown driver hit my parked car in the last 24 hours and did some serious damage.
The expression is TRUE - when it rains, it pours!
My gum recession is very serious along with bone loss. There are three procedures I need to have done. 1) gum graft on several lower front teeth 2) gum graft on some upper right teeth 3) bone graft on my tooth in bottom lefthand corner. Needless to say, it cannot all be done in one day. The torture will be spread out over an undetermined amount of time.
To make matters worse, I need two crowns done that my regular dentist keeps getting on my case about. The periodontist stressed to me today that these need to be done very soon too.
The total cost of everything is extremely expensive. I have dental insurance, but am already near my calendar year maximum. If I could sell my soul at this point, I'm sure I would. I don't know what's upsetting me more at the moment: physically suffering through all of these procedures or financially suffering through all of these procedures.
As if all this weren't enough, an unknown driver hit my parked car in the last 24 hours and did some serious damage.
The expression is TRUE - when it rains, it pours!