"Dental update"

I found a place to go for "low income" people.  Although the bill will be about $120, the key thing is that they saw me without asking me to pay up front.

The medical assistant x ray-ed my left side and told me some 10x to relax my tongue!  I don't know how the hell ur supposed to do that, but she said that I should be more cooperative, so I told her to stop yelling at me!

She got the x ray but it was very painful.  The wait was almost 3 hours in a room that had a tv and a radio going at the same time.  I asked them if I could wait downstairs but they said no.  I told them that I'll go out of my mind listening to tv and radio!  I at least found a place to wait for the first 2 hours that was away from all the commotion.

I set most of my belongings on achair in the dental room but someone came in and took everything off saying that she needs the chair.  I asked the dentist where I should put my newspaper and he said: that paper your reading is just trash, so why don't you put it in the trash can!

The x ray showed that I have no cavities, he then did a manual exam.  He came to the conclusion that there may be a small opening near the older fillings and perhaps that is what is causing the pain.  He said we could remove the old fillings and put in new ones but there is no guarantee it will stop the pain.

I said "What's the worse that will happen if I don't take your advice."

"Because I don't have the financial means and I'm really not ready for all that"

He said that due to the fact that there is no decay the only problem is that it will keep hurting on the left side.

I told hiijm I have fibromyalgia and lyme and he said that so does his brother but not a very bad case.  He thought he was being funny and said "the bottom line you know with chronic fatigue syndrome is that he is just lazy!"

I didn't find it humorous and did not smile or say anything.

Anywho I'm just glad the exam is over with.

BTW, one of the questions on the paperwork I was given asked:

How do you feel about your smile?

I wrote

GORGEOUS!

So here's what's new"

I was talking with the secretary for a gastroenterologist who I met only once in summer 2011.  I described one of the chronic issues and she advised me to go to the e.r.  I won't go to the e.r. because as you can see from my posting "untold stories of the e.r." I am not going to be treated like that anymore.

The other thing is that I have severe pain in my teeth on the left upper side, sometimes excruciating.  I can't figure out what to do about it since neither my medicare nor my Medicaid cover dental.

Bought a space heater which helps but doesn't keep the room at a steady temp all night which does wake me.

"The health care situation is abonable"(sic)

Michael Moore, I need you!  (movie-sicko)  In the 14 months I have been here it has been a health care merry go round.  I was always under the impression that Medicare was excellent health insurance.  Yet, practically nobody in Mountain Town accepts it.  Couple it with fibromyalgia/chronic pain and nobody will touch you.

So, I have used the e.r., and urgent care clinics in a revolving door sort of way.  Actually I only used e.r. 2x because i learned years ago what a burden it puts on the system when standard uninsured over use the e.r.  So I use the urgent care, but again, only in urgent situations. 

These diseases are excruciating pain that never goes away.  The only people in town I know that get pain medication are lying about their situation.  Some lie and get the medical marijuana.  We live in a society that rewards lying and penalizes honesty.

I can in theory go hours away for my health care............everything in this broken society, everything is such a grueling struggle.