Its been a while, as usual. I broke my tooth a few weeks ago. I had been stressing out about the dentist for oh, I dont know, 15 years or so. I was waiting for something like this to happen. It did. I bit into a bagel when I was on the phone with a friend, spit out a large portion of a tooth. Great.
Called a dentist, I actually looked them up on city search and found they had some great reviews. I made an appointment. They agreed to see me that day. I came in covered in sweat, about to pass out. I stammered and stuttered and tried to tell them why I had such a phobia of dentists. I removed my own braces, etc. They put the kid gloves on. I have been back three times now. Still dont know about the crown or not. I have been in for a two part “deep cleaning” 12 shots of novacaine. When I filled out the paperwork I circled extreme 8 times when it came to the “how freaked out about dentists are you?” line.
I am never honest about the medication I am taking, I dont know why, Im just not. That may be my downfall at some point but I do try to keep track of it online to check for any adverse reactions. At any rate, the bill for the filling which was really more of a reconstruction of the tooth was only $38 after my insurance. The deep cleaning, well I dont know. I couldnt pay today so I deliberately forgot my check book. They said pay next time, because there will be a next time, and time after that, and time after that. This is going to cost a small fortune. I think they are breaking the bad news to me slowly, which is good and bad. Im paranoid by nature, and I HATE doctors. This dentist is actually fantastic and so are his “girls”, I dont call them that – they do.
As far as sleep apnea goes, nothing to report, actually its quite boring. I hacked the machine, lowered the pressure from an 18 to 14, now I get 0 AI’s most nights. I still feel like shit, and the machine has been clogging my ears so I stopped using it for a while. I think I have gone to collection for not paying the rest of the money I owe for the bipap. Oh well, its blood from a stone at this point.
If you’re in Milwaukee and you want a good dentist, call Dr. Zeeb on broadway. Tell them Ben the basket case sent you , maybe I’ll get a break on my bill.
I feel compelled to tell you that I don’t write this drivel because I think someone is interested. Im not that self absorbed. I am using this to test out some search engine stuff. If there is something here that is interesting to you, well then bonus – thats awesome. I placed an very similar post on my online confessions site to test some duplicate content theories.
