yes it is an irrational fear

[threeplusfire]

Hell and damnation.

I've cracked a tooth, somehow. It must have had a cavity lurking under the surface to be so fragile. It's freaking me out, and not just because I have no dental insurance and no money. This makes me feel somehow unclean, awful, and I'm developing morbid fantasies of infection and pain. It does not hurt much, except when I push on it. Which I probably shouldn't be doing. Even though I'm sure it would be excessive, a nightmare, I want to rip it out.

I want to scream.

Comments

[fauxfille.livejournal.com]

Don't push on it (you know that, I know), but if you can wait until the morning hours, can you see an after hours clinic? I don't know if it is a big crack in your tooth or the degree of pain...but I would check with a dentist for advice.

I don't have dental insurance either and today I had a cavity filled...but I needed to do it.

Hope you take care...

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go home and ask my mother who her dentist is, or if there is somewhere I can go. It's not serious pain, not right now. So I won't die right away. ;)

Oh the evil. I feel guilty.

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[fauxfille.livejournal.com]

Also, if you are near a university, they often have a dental clinic (graduate students working towards their dentistry degree), that provides free or low cost dental care. Just a thought.

I might go back into the dentist on Monday, because the filling is in between two teeth and he asked me to floss, but I can't possibly floss there - tried it once, but I think a piece of floss became stuck/or embedded in it! Ugh. :)

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

That is a good idea. Thank you. I will have to poke around the university.

Oh no! I hope the floss does not torment you any further. When my mom tried to get me to floss, she bought the cinnamony flavored kind. I was much more interested in just chewing on it. Heh.

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[fauxfille.livejournal.com]

The floss is out of my tooth, thankfully. I think they can just sand if off the gap. Sounds bad, eh? :) Doesn't really hurt.

[multifoiled.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my world. :)

I hope you feel better soon. :/

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Heh.
Welcome to hell Morpheus.

Yeah, I hope I can come up with a good plan.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Yikes- wishing you the best.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It is looking much better in the morning. I have stopped freaking out and started contemplating possibilities for fixing it.

[mayzie.livejournal.com]

i wish i could help.

teeth things freak me out lots, too. some of my teeth have been hurting like hell for a few days, too. :( it's hard to get dental insurance, i think.
let me know if you need to know anything about getting enamel repainted on (because you can't afford caps). that's all i know about.

i am so not helpful today.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

It is okay. I have not fallen over from the wrath of the tooth demons, so I'm going to make some phone calls and see what can be done. I'm much calmer this morning.

ugh. teeth.

how are things with your phone?

[mayzie.livejournal.com]

the phone is going to be okay.
i guess.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

phone companies are evil. one of the girls at Metro got a phone bill like yours one day. they wanted $600 for a collect call from Japan. weird.

[neflhim.livejournal.com]

But then again, not so irrational. I broke a tooth in November. As the break was small, and I am poor, it still sits there, painless, taunting me.

Of course, it does have a sharp edge, and my new thinking thing is to run my tounge over it and scratch the tounge. Odd, but there you go.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know that feeling. I think because I can't see it, it's weird and I poke it with my tongue. Like worrying at a splinter stuck in the skin.

[zombiechu.livejournal.com]

Manos De Cristo (http://www.main.org/manos/Dental.htm)
Manos de Cristo operates the only low cost dental clinic in Austin for the working poor and other medically indigent people.
Patients pay $10-$45 depending on the treatment but nobody is turned away for lack of money.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Oh Miss Rio, your crack verification skills are still top notch! Thank you! Would you like a cookie? :D

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Ugh, teeth are so fraught with guilt, hygeine and desirability issues in our culture.
I feel for you.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Teeth. Eee.
I have this whole morbid fear of teeth, internal organs, veins, etc. I try to pretend I am a robot most of the time.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Yesyesyes. Metoo.
And don't talk to me about veins- I watched Titus last night.
Eeeeee indeed.