[OT] Dreamboats and root canals

[Shari]

Oh I'd still say it.  Dreamboats always come inside out.

You don't supposed it will be the dreaded Root Canal?  I'm overly 
familiar with those buggers.  I actually had two that weren't any 
worse than a filling.  But the last one... oh it made up for it!

I could so regale you with dental stories... right now I don't have a 
dentist because I can't find a Cigna dentist that isn't a crook in my 
neck of the woods.  Signed up with a new one and attempted to get my 
teeth cleaned.

The hygienist said I needed a bunch of extra stuff and I'd have to 
pay out of pocket.  I was agreeable to all the extra dental work such 
as deep cleaning.  But when she told me it was MANDATORY to have 
tobacco counseling for $40 when I don't smoke or chew tobacco, and 
MANDATORY to take home a tube of fluoride for another $40 even though 
I have a full tube, and that they absolutely would not clean my teeth 
without my full agreement to all these things that I'd have to pay 
for to the tune of $400 out of pocket, well... at the moment I'm in 
desperate need of a cleaning.

My husband thought I should have just paid them and then found 
another dentist but I couldn't do it.  I couldn't reward such 
crookedness.  We called Cigna to report it but apparently it is not 
illegal.  Just immoral and downright rotten.

So be happy to have a dentist, missy.  Just demand gas on top of the 
novacaine and enjoy the ride :-)

May your day be easy breezy and bring great relief.

Shari


>You wouldn't say that if you saw me now, sitting here with an 
>abcessed tooth, glazed eyes, popping Aleve, my hair like a wild 
>woman's, waiting for tomorrow's dental appointment where there will 
>no doubt be excavations. I'm more of a nightmare than a dreamboat 
>right now. My husband came in to say hello, took one look, and fled.
>
>Sometimes other people's problems are a relief.


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