So it's the beginning of my birthday month! I was hoping to plan a small trip to celebrate but guess what? Dental drama strikes again! Remember the tooth I had surgically removed in January? Now it's time to have the empty spot filled with a porcelain bridge. They're going to attach it to the crown that the tooth behind it needs, and they have to crown one extra tooth for added strength. My out of pocket deposit for all this work will be $800....the week before my birthday. Damn it.
There goes the trip I had hoped to take! But at least I'll be able to smile comfortably again....I've been self conscious about the empty space behind my right eye tooth and have tried not to smile too big for fear of looking like a jack o lantern. Everyone says it's not noticeable but I feel like it's glaringly obvious. So at least my smile will be fixed for my birthday.
Happy March, everyone. Did it come in like a lamb or a lion for you?
I adore this dande-lion, he is so cute. Is he from a children's book? I hope this dental odyssey wraps up for you with this one more expensive problem being the last this year. You will be enjoying a big smile for your birthday, the one good point.
ReplyDeleteIsn't he cute? I'm not sure where I found this picture but I had downloaded it to my phone a while back. It seemed appropriate for March 1st!
ReplyDeleteI hope this is the end of this dental odyssey for me. It all started last summer with two fillings that led to two root canals and an out of pocket payment of $1000....which meant canceling the trip Gregg and I had planned for our wedding anniversary. It's been expensive and painful and it's spoiled more than one special occasion!
Dentistry! Thank god for it and curse the gods for our need for it.
ReplyDeleteSo far March is looking just like February here. Too warm, a bit breezy, gray clouds above.
Same here...too warm, windy, overcast.
DeleteGreat picture, I agree!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you can't go on a trip but will have to fork out the money for more dental work. But as you say, your beautiful smile will be back to 100 % in time for your birthday :-)
Mine is in March, too.
It's our birthday month!!! Yay for the March kids!!
DeleteA beautiful smile and confidence in yourself is worth putting off a trip. You can take it another time and will like the pictures better.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I don't really mind. :)
DeleteA beautiful smile for your birthday. You will have your special trip soon I'm sure. Love the lion.
ReplyDeleteIf no other calamity befalls us, we're thinking in June for our anniversary!
DeleteI was just told that I will have my fourth surgery on the ninth so mine was a lion as well. Happy birthday dear lady, some would say a beautiful smile is everything.
ReplyDeleteOh no! I'm so sorry that you have to endure another surgery. That really puts my whining about my dental procedures in perspective. Please keep us updated on your progress. I'll be sending you healing thoughts and wishes!
DeleteWhat a gorgeous prancing beast. That liony smile! And your smile is priceless. But I am sorry you've had to fork out so much, I don't know why dentistry has to be so expensive. And happy birthday month!
ReplyDeleteDentistry is RIDICULOUSLY expensive. I hate it and I hate my need for it.
DeleteCold and damp for March 1st here. No smiling prancing Lions to be seen anywhere.
ReplyDeleteAt least you're having seasonally appropriate weather. We've already been battling mosquitoes...starting in February! I'm dreading the summer to come.
DeleteSo sorry about the dental damages. That's the pits. But, happy birthday month anyway. It has come in like a lamb for us.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mitchell! I'm still determined to enjoy my birthday...even if I'm broke!
DeleteHappy birthday month,i hope you also will make the trip that you planed.
ReplyDeleteReally sorry. This dental nightmare just doesn't seem to end, does it? Maybe this will be the last of it for a long time.
ReplyDeleteLove the lion. If two lions such as that one were in the neighbour's garden everything would be alright.
ReplyDeleteAlphie
Like a lamb.
ReplyDeleteLast night I dreamed of maps - flying above them like a drone and quickly noticing the names of rivers.
One of my mum's friends had a tooth missing in the same spot, and growing up I always thought it made her look like a total bad ass. To be honest I still do...
ReplyDeleteLast night I dreamed one of our clients was unhappy with the injury settlement we just got her and attacked our office with an army of Greyjoys.
I hope the dentist bill doesn't hurt your finances too much. There is a reason I have not been to a dentist in over 10 years.