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These antibiotics are knocking my ass out
Sep. 19th, 2009 12:01 pm-And leaving a nasty taste in my mouth, but it's 100% better then not dying.
So! I did manage to get seen on Thursday, and they prescribed antibiotics, the strange thing is that the visual inspection didn't show any decay or abscess. She says it might be in the tooth, but she'll need to see about that with x-rays.
-in November. The upside is that because I went to the screening, I'm going to get a major discount and they're able to squeeze me in for November instead of December. The care I got at the two places (both times being supplied by the health center that turned me away) spread from one side of the scale to the other. At the free screening the care was gentle, understanding, and more then willing to answer any questions I had. That dentist there and her assistant? awesome. When I called on Friday to make the appointment, I apparently got the callous girl who I keep getting on Tuesdays, and it took a lot of hammering on her just to bring up the "wait a damn long time, but be seen earlier" option.
So while this isn't the end of my dental issues by a long shot (if I need more then a filling I'll be trying to get the Native American dental place to sign me up and put me on a payment plan, as they do root canals in-house), it's a temporary fix of the infection in my mouth.
So what is there to learn from this? Well, you CAN get dental care in California, but you'll have to hit the pavement quite a bit if you don't live in SF. For other people who are having these troubles right now, here's a bit of help: ( Read more... )
While I'm still thinking of putting these posts up in a off-lj blog (any suggestions guys?) Hopefully I won't need to use this tag until November. I hope this has helped a few people.
So! I did manage to get seen on Thursday, and they prescribed antibiotics, the strange thing is that the visual inspection didn't show any decay or abscess. She says it might be in the tooth, but she'll need to see about that with x-rays.
-in November. The upside is that because I went to the screening, I'm going to get a major discount and they're able to squeeze me in for November instead of December. The care I got at the two places (both times being supplied by the health center that turned me away) spread from one side of the scale to the other. At the free screening the care was gentle, understanding, and more then willing to answer any questions I had. That dentist there and her assistant? awesome. When I called on Friday to make the appointment, I apparently got the callous girl who I keep getting on Tuesdays, and it took a lot of hammering on her just to bring up the "wait a damn long time, but be seen earlier" option.
So while this isn't the end of my dental issues by a long shot (if I need more then a filling I'll be trying to get the Native American dental place to sign me up and put me on a payment plan, as they do root canals in-house), it's a temporary fix of the infection in my mouth.
So what is there to learn from this? Well, you CAN get dental care in California, but you'll have to hit the pavement quite a bit if you don't live in SF. For other people who are having these troubles right now, here's a bit of help: ( Read more... )
While I'm still thinking of putting these posts up in a off-lj blog (any suggestions guys?) Hopefully I won't need to use this tag until November. I hope this has helped a few people.