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Nov. 24th, 2008 04:25 pmWell.... damnit. I called the dentist this morning, and guess what? Apparently, I'm no longer a "current patient" of theirs, and would therefore have to come in to fill out a new set of forms and leave a deposit. They can fit me in for that at the end of January. Great! When I asked them how come I hadn't had a notification that I should make an appointment to keep me "current" (like I get from the optician, for example), they told me it's the patient's responsibility to keep track of that. *sigh* Unfortunately for me, my brane can't really cope with that kind of thing these days: it's a cause for celebration if I make it to my doctors or psychiatrist appointments. I've been trying to get up to the hospital for a simple blood test for the last four months or so and haven't made it yet. And my mother is actually going to come and get me and shepherd me to my upcoming optician and med exam appointments to make sure I don't have an "omg cannot leave house" moment. Keeping track of time (especially considering that I'm tending to lose months here and there when I get low) to know that I even should be making an appointment is highly unlikely to happen. *siiiiigh* I suck.
Anyway, I'm told that all I can do is either wait til January (or try a different dentist and see if they'd take me on, I spose), or call the emergency service. Which, had I known all this, I could have done on bloody Friday when this happened. Gah. But anyway, I'm only sposed to do it if I'm "in pain". Um. Well, my tongue is certainly painful, and I can't eat or speak without plenty of difficulty and discomfort. Do you think that counts? The tooth itself doesn't hurt though. I spose the only thing I can do is call when they open at 6:30pm and find out. And sincerely hope that they aren't in some out of the way place that I can't get to. Because of course most of the buses stop after 6:30, too. This should be fun.
ETA: At suggestion of The Mother, I called my old (her current) dentist, who hadn't been accepting 'new' patients when I moved back to town. But now they are, and lo! Despite there being some weird computer thing that needs a senior receptionist to sort out in the morning due to my having been on the old system, they can probably take me back on to their books and fit me in for an emergency appt tomorrow. I think I'd rather do that than try the out of hours clinic, which covers the whole of this area and so might not even be based in this town tonight! If I was still allowed to drive it'd be one thing, but no: too mad! Oh well.
Anyway, I'm told that all I can do is either wait til January (or try a different dentist and see if they'd take me on, I spose), or call the emergency service. Which, had I known all this, I could have done on bloody Friday when this happened. Gah. But anyway, I'm only sposed to do it if I'm "in pain". Um. Well, my tongue is certainly painful, and I can't eat or speak without plenty of difficulty and discomfort. Do you think that counts? The tooth itself doesn't hurt though. I spose the only thing I can do is call when they open at 6:30pm and find out. And sincerely hope that they aren't in some out of the way place that I can't get to. Because of course most of the buses stop after 6:30, too. This should be fun.
ETA: At suggestion of The Mother, I called my old (her current) dentist, who hadn't been accepting 'new' patients when I moved back to town. But now they are, and lo! Despite there being some weird computer thing that needs a senior receptionist to sort out in the morning due to my having been on the old system, they can probably take me back on to their books and fit me in for an emergency appt tomorrow. I think I'd rather do that than try the out of hours clinic, which covers the whole of this area and so might not even be based in this town tonight! If I was still allowed to drive it'd be one thing, but no: too mad! Oh well.
