My Tooth Woes...

Dentists are the bane of my existence... As of about 3 weeks ago, I hadn't been to the dentist in approx. 6 years... Number 1: I hate them. Number 2: I didn't have insurance. Number 3: I hate them. Number 4:  Even when I had insurance I always found an excuse not to make an appt. Number 5: I hate them.

So, FINALLY I decided it was time to go. The first appt was terrible, but they told me I needed a root canal. They told me a little bit about it and told me that it will cost close to $700. Ouch.  I don't know about you but I don't have $700 lying around to be spent on a stupid tooth. To be spent on anything for that matter....  I borrowed some money and made the appt for the root canal.

I go to my appt, and everything is going great! Or, so I thought. The dentist (who by the way is approx. my age and now know is inexperienced) sat me up and said, "I can't find your 3rd canal in your tooth. I'm gonna have to send you to the endodontist that is across the hall, but he is not much more money and does this all the time. Let me go see if he can fit you in now, or if you need to come back next week."  at that point I thought uh... ok... I guess... but come to find out the stupid endodontist is $500 EXTRA. $500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But at this point I am completely and utterly stuck. I really have no choice and am stuck with a giant hole for a tooth.

The icing on the cake is that by the time the endo could get me in, the numbing had worn off and it was starting to hurt pretty bad. I told him and asked him to give me more numbing medicine, which he did, but started drilling immediately after. Even a guy in the waiting room could have told you it wasn't gonna be numb yet. It hurt so bad that I started crying, which cause my nose to start running, which meant I could no longer breathe through my nose and I had a rubber sheet covering my mouth. Cue Hyperventilation.... It took me a good 15-20 minutes to be breathing normally again so that they could finish. I spent like 5 hours at the dentist when all was said and done. Yuck. And I thought I hated dentists BEFORE....

Two dentists, and $1200 later..... That dang tooth better last me a lifetime.