Ha ha ha!!! Well that would explain the “deserted town in Texas” issue
Today it kind of felt like that, actually. It was not fun day. EVERYONE told me to go to the emergency dentist from FRIDAY onward. So, I did because I am still all swole up like a whale.
And seriously, thanks to my confusion and a change in generis, last night I made the kind of med error that like makes you SHIVER with terror, when you (luckily) figure it out. I mean, if I did not die of something, I would have had a VERY not fun time.
So, I made an "emergency" dental appointment because "THEY" all said to from day one... I was like, "I am being clear about my ISSUE, my implants EVERYTHING."
So I went... It was an hour late... My innocent query regarding the fact that they didn't have a 360 degree scanner was bit odd... I did not think they would see much was met with "OH EVERYONE says that." I was like, "Holy jesus Christ, someone should have SAID something. In between almost poisoning myself with meds, I could have found the right kind of dentist that took my insurance but NO everyone waxed lyrical about Dental in Douglas (at my job).
After they jammed about FIVE of those "x ray things" in my mouth, the LAST time the chick did not take her FINGERS out, she was jamming it so hard. Somewhere, is a an X ray of my jaws..... With fingers in it. I was also crying by then.
The dentist was mean. She was like, "I can't do anything for you." I was like, "Blah blah blah THESE are the things you CAN actually do for me and she was like "Whatevers." She said she was gonna refer me. No thanks. I can look up dentists that aren't well, mean and rude." I explained my 30K thus far dilemma as far s like being in NEED of like, preserving my insurance. She actually tried to prescribe antibiotics that were LESS strong than the ones I had.
She said, "I'm sure you don't want to see your LAST oral surgeon." I was like "Um actually I could have been there ALREADY like TODAY." She acted like he was evil and he wasn't. I was just trying to explain to her t hat I was DONE with surgery and needed the implants I had.
By the end of the visit, they handed me this... Bill. The only person who had ANY
sense at all was the dental hygienist who set me up with an implant guy in Sierra Vista on Wed. Behind my dentist's back. She was all, "Oh he's never available" like jealousy or something. My implants all seem fine by the way. I just have some nasty infection in my jaw, like I thought. I suppose that was good news.
But the bill... I scrawled on it "please feel free to bill my insurance but I am afraid I wrote on there, "Bill away. I will be talking to my insurance company about information given and services rendered, etc."
The oral hygienist snuck me out at that point. I think that was probably sensible. She was all like "yes but your insurance will pay it." I was like, "Yes, I know and I only have SO MANY insurance DOLLARS to spend, and I am not spending it on THIS."
That was when I quietly exited. I bet my boss got called. Probably. I'll probably get in trouble tomorrow, but I am supposed to get the SAME care as any patient, and if that was IT, that place should be shut down (only they move the dental MA somewhere else) or BOMBED even.
It was worse than the Mexican dentist BY FAR. I mean, yeah, my dentist used gloves but you don't JAM an xray film so far down someone's throat (I assume they GET that they don't get good coverage) that the person CRIES.
Sigh. Kinda nervous, but I'm sorry I do NOT let that stuff slide. Maybe I am hypervigilant but if your emergency dentistry consists of a good scolding if you have implants…. TELL me that. NO one did, not dire ER doc not anyone they were all like, "go to the dentists here they are so AWESOME."
Maybe compared to "Bite down on a leather strap and have a belt of whisky while I pull this tooth." But only MILDLY better.
Am very nervous.
Anna