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Lockit -> RE: Should I have my wisdom teeth taken out? (3/30/2008 1:14:23 PM)
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dollparts, as you know you are stuck. When people are in a situation that sounds like your own, they really need to be in a bigger city to be able to deal with the life circumstances. Smaller communities might have nicer clinic's with less people, but they also might have less serivices. There are very few in any medical catagory that accept medicaid or medicare because they are not paid enough and besides being an insult to the professional, it doesn't pay for their employee's and insurance much less their services. Therefore it is hard to find someone. Those with lower incomes, chronic illness, on medicade or medicare, are often dependent upon clinic's often times created for the migrant worker that the poor can go to. It can take months to get an appointment and then good luck if it is a dental emergency!
dollparts you have multiple life issues and I do believe you could benefit from talking to a clinic social worker if they have one. They can often times tell you of services that might be there that you don't know about. I am not talking about social services, but an actual social worker at the clinic. But... many smaller clinics do not have them. Often times even in these clinics or social programs, no one will help you with the information you need to know what to do. But personally, I would suggest getting to know someone in a bigger city and move at least for a time and try to get to some better services. You don't seem to have the support systems you need to get unstuck.
It sounds like the dentist is able to get you hooked up in a way and you just need to decide what to do. Do it, it will be painful, it won't be easy, but you are having more serious problems that need attention. Also, I don't know what it is called, but there is a medication that is a pink liquid that numbs the gums that many don't seem to think about when you are asking for pain control and it is pretty good stuff. It might help before any work is able to be done. I wish you luck!
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