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[Tooth Update] Not bad, not great either
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First of all: the ordeal of finding a dentist was SIGNIFICANTLY more terrible than I expected, featuring (in no particular order): a medicaid line that told me it was experiencing technical difficulties and automatically disconnected, a medicaid line that informed me they did not have a list of dentists who took their coverage, and
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Two other, different forms of medicaid/state-supported insurance that took multiple channels to reach before telling me I had (other kind of coverage... one to the other to regular medicaid to the two outcomes above.)
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It also turns out that searching for dentists that take medicaid in my area on Google will first give you five dentists (not ad results! actual search outcomes!) that don't take fucking medicaid
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I did not have a very nice morning
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Anyway
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It turns out that what I lose wasn't enamel at all. It was the filling covering a deep root canal. Which is why it's so FUCKING big and temperature sensitive, but also why I'm not in EXCRUCIATING PAIN EVERY SECOND
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Which also means........ after an actual full on breakdown and more phone calls in one hour than I make in an above-average month
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I went to a walk in appointment at the first dentist that would take me... only to be inspected, told it was a lost filling, given an appointment for Monday the 13th and some sensitive tooth toothpaste and "idk just be careful with it" wrt eating or literally anything in the meantime
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I HURT when I laugh, because the inhale of breath passes cool air over the open portal in my tooth, I hurt when I rinse my mouth out after brushing my teeth, and I have no IDEA how I'm going to floss without wanting to knock my tooth out with a rock
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But I have 7 days before I can have anything done about it
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The one upside is that Medicaid DOES cover it all, so at least there's that
Haunted Boobs
Oh man, I am sorry, what a headache
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IT IS... I'm glad I did finally find a dentist, at least, and I know it won't... like, break more to expose a nerve (because root canal)
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So I just gotta deal with some pain for a week, and I already have joint point, this is just.... uh, you know, a new and exciting location for it
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(That sounds rly pessimistic now I've typed it out but what I mean is I'm good at dealing with this kind of thing)
Haunted Boobs
No I know exactly what you mean
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