Teefs

[gwyn]

WTF? feochadn and I were watching a Damian Lewis movie (and the Chuck episode that has her great love, Arnold Vosloo, in it that I saved for her) and eating red beans and rice with andouille sausage when I crunched into this really hard thing. I fished it out of my mouth, and thought it was possibly a piece of bone from the sausage (gross, but yeah, not entirely unexpected). A bit later I realized it was part of my molar. I was eating red beans and rice! The only thing softer is gruel! It's a pretty hefty section of the crown on my left middle molar, and that crown caused me so much hideous pain and suffering that I can't believe I'm going to have to have it worked on again.

Also, I have no insurance, and no money. This will be lots of fun. Because it's also property tax month. I really do wonder why I chose to try freelancing sometimes. I fail at life and finding work. Gah.

The funny thing about all this is that I'm acutely conscious right now of my spending and lack of income. The other night I went over to jarrow's to have him do a budget spreadsheet for me, which he loves to do (you too can have one for the mere cost of $10! ask me how), and even though I thought my extremely peculiar situation would stump him completely, he still managed to put one together where I could at least track what I owe and what I'm paying out in bills and regular life expenses. It's really cool, but also for me a bit dispiriting because I have let myself get into a position of owing money on a credit card, and while it's not like what most people have in terms of debt, for me it seems impossible and untenable. I have never been one to accumulate debts and things. But he has encouraged me by telling me his budget helped him dig himself out of a big hole, so...

I just don't know exactly what I'm going to do about this freaking tooth. It feels really weird. Not painful yet, but if more comes off it, it'll be a bare stump of nerves. ::shudders::

We heard today that those of on the waiting list could register for VVC for realz, but now I just don't know what to do. I think I may finally have enough miles to fly Alaska for free, but... I just don't know.

Comments

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

It's possibly your tooth is falling apart *around* the crown. I believe you really can't decide on what to do until you know how much the repair on it will cost. You can't really ignore it either. OTOH, if it's really gone and done, they can simply pull the tooth, which is much cheaper. If the nerve has died, there's no pain whatever. However, they like to keep you teeth in your head as long as possible, it delays later osteoporosis/bone loss in your jawbone. Or so sayeth my own dentist, who was possibly fishing for more later repairs, instead of me with empty gaps all over.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I guess because the rest of my teefs are so healthy, they want to take the crown off and put a new one on. Oy. They were trying to calm me down, but he could tell I was freaking out. And the estimate just about knocked me on my ass. At least this guys is considered one of the best in Seattle.