Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Another Dental Update, Bad News

Now on antibiotics and Vicoprofen, but pain comes right back the moment I don't take enough of the pain med. Things took an unexpected turn for the worse. Originally I was supposed to have root canal for 2 teeth, but teeth seem too badly damaged and not save-able ( waiting for oral surgeon to confirm this after he speaks with some colleges). A normal extraction is dangerous because of my teeth/nerve positioning and other medical stuff. So they'd have to do some sort of different extraction which leaves part of root in place somehow, only removing portions of damaged teeth, and they also think it is a good idea to try and do same with wisdom tooth right there ( grown in sideways), to avoid it becoming an issue later on (as they expect it might ) and having to go through a second surgery for it. So it went from 2 root canals to 3 partial extractions under full sedation. Because of my Dysautonomia ( low blood pressure/rapid heart rate) it would be dangerous / potentially life threatening to not have sedation done by anesthesiologist under full hospital monitoring equipment. Independent oral surgery clinics will not take that risk.  Which means I will have no choice but to be referred to Mayo Clinic / St. Mary's Hospital, who I still owe money, and just like once before, they will want that money before they will do this procedure. And now that I am without insurance and unemployed, they will probably also want the cost of the procedure ( or part of it ) up front. Thus the price I was originally quoted just skyrocketed.

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