Today, I went to the dentist at 8:30 for a check up. I walked out at 2:00 with a root canal and several thousand dollars in debt. I guess I'm not having a wedding this year or quitting the job I hate. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had an appointment with my dentist to check for cavities. He told me that most of my teeth have cavities, and that I may need a root canal. In fact, I ended up actually getting a painful root canal. FML
Today, I canceled my dental check-up because I'm getting busy at work. Then, as I was flossing, my finger slipped, I heard a "crunch" from one of my fillings, and I now have a killer toothache. It's costing me double to go to the dentist because it's now an emergency call. FML
Today, it was the fourth time I've had major dental work done, because my dentist messed up my root canal. After almost a dozen needles, three missed work days, over $1,000, and 2 broken tools, I only have a tiny, barely-successful filling to show for it. FML
Today, I went to my new dentist and before he started looking at my teeth, I told him my previous dentist had never found a single thing wrong with my teeth. After looking around, he chuckled humourlessly and called my last dentist idiotic. I now have a $580 bill and a root canal next week. FML
Today, I went to the dentist after not being there for 3 years. I was told that I had loads of cavities and that I would need to pay $3,000 for a serious mouth surgery. The reason I hadn't been to the dentist in 3 years: I've been married to a dentist for 3 years that said my teeth were "perfect." FML
Today, I went to the dentist. Normally I walk out with no work to be done as he says my teeth are always great. I thought it was weird this time that he was scraping and pushing at my tooth when he usually doesn't. I'd walked in with a full set of teeth, walked out with a dentist-caused chipped tooth and a filling booked in. FML
Today, at the dentist, I was just supposed to get three small cavities filled. I walked out with a referral slip for the endodontist. Hello, root canal. Fuck you, genetics. FML
Today, after 6 dentist visits, 2 root canals, and $1,500 that I'll likely have to sell vital organs to pay, the agonizing tooth pain I've had for months is unrelenting. Apparently, shrugging and offering to experimentally yank all my bottom teeth is my smurf-shit of a dentist's actual plan. FML
Today, I went to the dentist after 24 hours of severe tooth pain. They did an emergency root canal. After the anesthesia wore off, within minutes, the pain returned only worse than before. Called the dentist, I had to return, only to find they had done the root canal on the wrong tooth. FML
Today, I got a root canal. It wouldn't have been that bad if the dentist hadn't performed it on the wrong tooth. FML
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INDYSTRUCTABLE 43
you could've spaced out the dental work accordingly. since you only went in for a check up it doesn't sound like it was an emergency.
thatslifeiguess7 16
Why does a wedding need to cost an arm and a leg? I had a simple garden wedding and spent $300.00. The person is the important thing . As for your job don't wait till you find something better. These are first world problems.
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thatslifeiguess7 16
Why does a wedding need to cost an arm and a leg? I had a simple garden wedding and spent $300.00. The person is the important thing . As for your job don't wait till you find something better. These are first world problems.
meisiemeisie 8
Actually, people having to go into massive debt and make painful sacrifices in their personal lives just to fix a basic healthcare problem sounds more like a third world problem to me. Third World or the United States, that is...
macone 30
Yeah, you should totally quit your job when you just are several thousand dollars in debt. Sounds like a great idea.
SauronsCataract 15
... or Australia.
SauronsCataract 15
... or Australia.
Cody Vertigo Bonthoux 15
Merican dentistry
blightsight 10
You're not supposed to quit your job before you have another one in place.
lexos 16
If you can't afford this bill than you should definitely not spend a lot of money on a wedding. You should only spend bit amounts of money on unnecessary things in live if you still have enough left for situations like this.
lexos 16
Big*
Isamermaid 17
You shouldn’t have been such a pushover at the dentist. By the way, I need to borrow about $2000. It’s really important.
Isamermaid 17
Like, if you weren’t having symptoms, you couldn’t have waited to get dental insurance?
INDYSTRUCTABLE 43
you could've spaced out the dental work accordingly. since you only went in for a check up it doesn't sound like it was an emergency.
RichardPencil 32
Weddings are overrated. They lead to divorces that are even more expensive and less pleasant than the root canal.
tounces7 28
You spent several thousand just for a root canal? It should have been around 700-1100 total, even including the X-rays and office visit. Where in the world was this?
real life problems 26
Did your dentist used to be a car salesman? He got you good
BeachMammal 8
Interesting. All the dentists I've seen have demanded insurance coverage and co-pays up front, or cash payments before they'd do any work.
alycion 39
Many work with Care Credit. And a lot of people already have credit cards.