Well, so much for that fucking idea.
Apr. 22nd, 2021 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreEveryone knows that I haven't had any natural teeth for well over a decade. most of you know I don't wear my dentures because they are useless when it comes time to chew things, due to the amount of bone mass I lost in my jaw during chemotherapy. The lower plate just floats free.
I kept wearing them when I was still driving a truck and then through my time as a limo dispatcher, but after the stroke, I just stopped. There's no need. I'm not out to impress people with my smile, I can eat well enough, why spend spoons on the daily ritual of inserting, removing, and cleaning the teeth?
My feelings started to change when I started work as a crossing guard. It'd be nice to be able to smile at the kids. Hope for actual working dentures rose when Kirsten's insurance changed, and I was able to get covered under her dental plan. We knew it'd still be expensive, but with insurance and Go Fund Me, we could at least ask.
I'm just back from the dentist. $27,000 for each arch and the doctor wasn't sure if she'd even be able to do the lower jaw. Just for the record, we'd be able to fly back to Istanbul for another week, fly home, buy the custom Hiker trailer we wanted cash on the barrelhead, and still be able to afford season tickets to the San Jose Giants.
Healthcare in this nation is outrageous.
I kept wearing them when I was still driving a truck and then through my time as a limo dispatcher, but after the stroke, I just stopped. There's no need. I'm not out to impress people with my smile, I can eat well enough, why spend spoons on the daily ritual of inserting, removing, and cleaning the teeth?
My feelings started to change when I started work as a crossing guard. It'd be nice to be able to smile at the kids. Hope for actual working dentures rose when Kirsten's insurance changed, and I was able to get covered under her dental plan. We knew it'd still be expensive, but with insurance and Go Fund Me, we could at least ask.
I'm just back from the dentist. $27,000 for each arch and the doctor wasn't sure if she'd even be able to do the lower jaw. Just for the record, we'd be able to fly back to Istanbul for another week, fly home, buy the custom Hiker trailer we wanted cash on the barrelhead, and still be able to afford season tickets to the San Jose Giants.
Healthcare in this nation is outrageous.
