So, after about 10 years of my dentist telling me that I have to get my wisdom teeth out, I finally decided to do it. I decided, like, two weeks ago that I should do it and I should do it soon as Alex is potentially going to be changing jobs – and therefore insurance – pretty soon. His current insurance plan covers 90% of wisdom teeth removal, which is pretty phenomenal from what I remember the last time I looked into it (like 5 years ago), so I figured that our coverage probably wouldn’t get better (and could possibly get worse) on a new plan so I might as well pull the trigger. That, and since I’m no longer pregnant but hoping to get pregnant again as soon as we can, I figured I should just get it done now. Also, my one tooth has started to come in on the front of my jaw and causes pain when I open my mouth really wide. I was prepared to ignore that (I mean, how often does one open their mouth really wide?), but then I saw the 90% coverage thing and I realized that I still had like $300 left in my flex spending account from last year (and my company gives me a grace period through March 15th to use it – rock!)… so the stars pretty much aligned for me having it done.
So yeah, I’m having my wisdom teeth ripped out of my head the day after tomorrow. I’m pretty much dreading this.
I mean, when you talk to people who’ve had their wisdom teeth out, they pretty much never have a happy story to share with you. It’s always, “I woke up!” or “I threw up for days!” or “I got dry socket and had to spray the holes in my mouth with saline!” What the hell, ew! By the way, “dry socket” is a combination of words that makes me immediately gag. EW.
I’m completely unprepared for this. I had to go to the dentist on Monday to get a panoramic xray and ended up getting a cleaning and a regular xray… which meant that they couldn’t do the pano-x-ray like I needed because insurance wouldn’t pay for 2 different kinds of x-rays done on the same day. Argh! What was annoying about that was I told the hygienist first thing that I needed the pano-x-ray and she then advised me to get the regular x-rays done because I was overdue and then at the end of the appointment she was the one that pointed out that the insurance wouldn’t pay for both done on one visit. Um… obnoxious. So now I have to go back to the dentist tomorrow and get a tiny filling done (uuuugh) and get the pano-x-ray. It’s kind of snowing hardcore right now and probably through the night, so I’m going to have to drive in snow on my lunch break to get this done tomorrow, which is super obnoxious. Hopefully the office won’t be closed because I need that x-ray, or I’m screwed. Oh, and also, it didn’t occur to me until today that I don’t have soft foods here for me to eat after the surgery is done and I really don’t want to have to run to Price Chopper in the snow. Yep, I’m screwed.
I’m pretty much dreading this.
I’m totally going to be this kid on Thursday:
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