When it Rains...

Some of you caught wind on Facebook that I had an unpleasant weekend. On Saturday, I developed a uncomfortable pain in my lower jaw. For the past couple of months, I had experienced some cold sensitivity with a rear molar and I was hoping that it would last me up to my regular cleaning appointment at the end of the month. Nope. This was painful and sleeping was not really an option.

I was able to get in touch with my dentist on Sunday and he squeezed me in for a quick lookover and x-ray on Monda morning. The proof is in in the picture. (No...this is not a baby ultrasound.)

In a nutshell, I have a wisdom tooth that was never taken care of. While I was in college, the dentist was not high on my "to-do list." Even though I brushed regulary, I never bothered with check-ups until I moved to Indiana.

The wisdom tooth is impacted and pressing against my rear molar. Because of its angle and location, it is very difficult to brush and clean, even when I am consciously thinking about it. The tooth is starting to decay and because of its proximity to the molar, the backside of the mloar is decaying as well.

The fix? Extract the wisdom tooth and then do a root canal on the molar. The extraction will be next week; the root canal is two weeks later (with my regularl scheduled claning in between...weird).

They dropped the bomb in the cost of these procedures. Even with the insurance, my part of the cost will total over $1,000. I mean, after $11,000 for the IVF and another $300 to fix my car (twice), this is just a drop in the bucket.

Now I am headd to bed. With two straight night of worthless, or non-existent, sleep, I'm going to see if I can pass out for the night. So much for paying off our debts anytime soon...and we were so close.