Dental Doom
Jun. 30th, 2005 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisSo... finally I get a call from the dentist office.
When I was there - what was that, 6 weeks ago? - I asked for:
- a cost estimate
- a list of any medication and/or anything else that would require me to go to the drug store afterwards
Since then I have sent two emails re-requesting the same information.
Today I finally get a call and Devon who is the one I have always talked to before now is very hesitant and turns me over to Casey. I have no clue who Casey is but it is also very clear that she has no clue who I am and if she has talked to anyone there that I've talked to, there has been precious little swapping of info. The first thing she asks is if I am an anxious dental patient. WTF??!! Then when I allow as how I am she says that maybe she thinks that valium night not be enough... Doh! Are they nuts??? I'm not a drug expert but I have had valium before - once and it did nothing. I felt no different with than without.
I told her that I did not consider valium sedation and I had used the word sedation in every sentence in every email and every sentence spoken in the the office. I want to be unconscious - stupid - out of it.
Then she starts explaining that if I am sedated I need someone to come get me - meet me in the office and take me home and stay with me an hour. Nope, I explained. That ain't going to happen. Devon had said she would call Kieran 45 mins before I was ready to go and he could pick me up at the curb and drop me off at home. No, I do not have anyone who can stay with me at home.
And I explained that I have explained all of this before and am more than a little concerned that I have been ignored up to now. I told her that I was also interested in a cost estimate that I had requested several times and never got.
Then she says that I have to come in ahead of time to get my blood pressure checked. This is the first time I have heard this.
Now she has gone back to investigate and get some answers. I told her that if I had to have someone stay with me or if I had to take antibiotics, all bets were off. And I wanted to know before I wasted anyone's time coming in to get blood pressure checked. She said she would get everything to me within the hour. I'm not holding my breath.
My real concern at this point is turning my mouth over to people who are so disorganized. By the time I get there and all stupid, I'm afraid they might forget why I was there and give me a fucking pedicure or something.
Sheesh. Crap. Looks like it might be time for the Plan B after all. Or just wait until all my teeth fall out and get dentures.
When I was there - what was that, 6 weeks ago? - I asked for:
- a cost estimate
- a list of any medication and/or anything else that would require me to go to the drug store afterwards
Since then I have sent two emails re-requesting the same information.
Today I finally get a call and Devon who is the one I have always talked to before now is very hesitant and turns me over to Casey. I have no clue who Casey is but it is also very clear that she has no clue who I am and if she has talked to anyone there that I've talked to, there has been precious little swapping of info. The first thing she asks is if I am an anxious dental patient. WTF??!! Then when I allow as how I am she says that maybe she thinks that valium night not be enough... Doh! Are they nuts??? I'm not a drug expert but I have had valium before - once and it did nothing. I felt no different with than without.
I told her that I did not consider valium sedation and I had used the word sedation in every sentence in every email and every sentence spoken in the the office. I want to be unconscious - stupid - out of it.
Then she starts explaining that if I am sedated I need someone to come get me - meet me in the office and take me home and stay with me an hour. Nope, I explained. That ain't going to happen. Devon had said she would call Kieran 45 mins before I was ready to go and he could pick me up at the curb and drop me off at home. No, I do not have anyone who can stay with me at home.
And I explained that I have explained all of this before and am more than a little concerned that I have been ignored up to now. I told her that I was also interested in a cost estimate that I had requested several times and never got.
Then she says that I have to come in ahead of time to get my blood pressure checked. This is the first time I have heard this.
Now she has gone back to investigate and get some answers. I told her that if I had to have someone stay with me or if I had to take antibiotics, all bets were off. And I wanted to know before I wasted anyone's time coming in to get blood pressure checked. She said she would get everything to me within the hour. I'm not holding my breath.
My real concern at this point is turning my mouth over to people who are so disorganized. By the time I get there and all stupid, I'm afraid they might forget why I was there and give me a fucking pedicure or something.
Sheesh. Crap. Looks like it might be time for the Plan B after all. Or just wait until all my teeth fall out and get dentures.
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Date: 2005-06-30 07:03 pm (UTC)And they did want someone to stay with me all afternoon, but I explained that wasn't possible, so they were ok with it. :)
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Date: 2005-06-30 07:12 pm (UTC)I don't mind getting my blood pressure checked. Even coming in before hand - like next week to do it - is fine. What I mind is that even after I've been asking for 6 weeks, this only comes to light now? What other tricks do they have up their sleeve???
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Date: 2005-06-30 07:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-06-30 07:28 pm (UTC)He wants to do a deep cleaning - with some gum cutting to get at the bad bits, remove a wisdom tooth that is already way loose, file down a rough edge and fix a broken tooth.
He said that with sedation, he could do it all in one 4 hour session and I said great. But, that was six weeks ago... And apparently we're now changing our mind? Well, they might be. I sure am not. The good news is that I am not in pain. I don't have to do this.
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Date: 2005-06-30 07:30 pm (UTC)Yeah, and I was in pain, so I couldn't wait. :)
This is a good time to find alternatives, in case you ever are in pain!
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Date: 2005-06-30 07:47 pm (UTC)I had two wisdom teeth out a few years ago - someone picked me up, then dropped me off home; they told me to have someone with me, but I couldn't so I just lied *grin*
I hate that chasing people thing, especially when it's for something you don't want done.
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Date: 2005-06-30 07:53 pm (UTC)I didn't even think about lying. And that usually comes so naturally to me! ARUGH!
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Date: 2005-06-30 08:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-06-30 08:27 pm (UTC)Antibiotics give me raging crotch rot. I mean really painful and long lasting crotch rot. There is medication I can take for it, but I have to go to a doctor to get that and I don't do doctors. Plus, they won't write you a prescription until you have started to rot. So, I go, have my mouth sliced and diced and feel like crap and then have to go find a doctor and get an internal exam and then go find a drug store to get the prescription filed - all while both ends are very painful.
I have lots of Listerine.
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Date: 2005-06-30 08:32 pm (UTC)The risk isn't directly to the mouth, though. The stuff that's scraped off the root can hit the bloodstream pretty easily, and the risk of heart-related infection is non-trivial.
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Date: 2005-06-30 08:44 pm (UTC)I actually do plan to explain the situation to Casey next Wednesday. If she and/or the dentist can write the crotch rot presription ahead of time, I'm game to antibiotic. I may give it up without anyway. There are over the counter things that just take forever to clear it up but it is better than nothing.
And I do appreciate the warning. Much as I hate to hear it, I need to.