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OldBaldy1701E

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18. Still waiting to get approval to get the front tooth removed.
Sun Mar 2, 2025, 02:16 PM
Mar 2

In the meantime, I get to suffer intense pain because the antibiotics are making me throw up. Of course, there is nothing to be done for it (because I am not in that class that can afford to actually get proper dental help), so I just get to eat OraGel all day along with handfuls of ibuprofen. This doesn't really work, but it takes the edge off. I suppose this will be my life for the next few weeks, as they said it could take four to six to get approval. Wonderful.

We just can't get a break, can we?

I feel that the pain is to be expected from such a surgery and it should not last too long. I can't wait to feel the pain from this extraction because that will mean I am on the healing road for this situation. Oh, how the dentists and orthodontists were trying to convince me to save it! Yeah, save it so you can charge me massive amounts to try and keep on saving it! They just don't get that I am not able to afford this crap. They keep on trying to milk that dry teat for those past few drops. It makes me want to vomit.

Well, that and the pain.

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