The return of the Mump

Stupid dental issues.  I know the first major issue that I need to deal with is the tooth that broke.  It's completely broken off, so it'll have to be a surgical removal.  I called to make an appointment with an oral surgeon, just to find out that insurance would pay nothing!  NOTHING!  If it were a simple extraction, they would pay 100%. HUH?

Now, plan B.  I have a list of several dentists taking new patients, and I'll see who can get me in first.  It's going to be the long, drawn-out approach, but I gotta start somewhere.  The worst part is, I know the dentist will say, "that needs to be removed."  DUH.  Then what?  Will insurance pay if the dentists says it needs removed?  If so, that means they get to pay an oral surgeon as well as a dentist.

I need a ton of dental work, anyway, so I may as well get started, but I really can't afford over $500 out of pocket, which is what it looks like I'll have to pay at this point.  I'm trying to buy a house, for pity's sake.  I guess I'll just do what I can do, ask to make payments, and get it started.  It'll be nice to eat a meal without discomfort.  It's been a long time.

I haven't taken care of my oral health like I should, and I know that.  We spent a lot of years without dental insurance, and when we DO have it (we do now) I always make sure the kids are taken care of, first.  We all need to go, but I guess I get to be first, since I'm the one with the swollen jaw.  I'm scared to death of this mess, even though I've never had a bad experience at the dentist.  The smell of the office turns my stomach.

Hopefully, by day's end, I'll have an appointment.  I gotta get some relief.  It woke me up at 3:30 this morning, and that's the last straw!  I NEVER want to get up at 3:30, especially on a Monday morning.  You win, Mump, you win.