I'm not scared of the dentist...I just don't have the money

[simplyn2deep]

So, I just lost a filling in a broken tooth. Looks like it's time to make a dentist appointment.

It's been 4 or 5 years since I was last at the dentist, so I'm in definite need of a cleaning (at the least) and I have 4 or 5 broken or missing back teeth (how I'm still able to eat is a mystery to me!)

So long as the dental work I need to have done doesn't top $5000, I'll be okay to pay using my credit card (and adjust my spending yet again to cover those monthly payments) since I don't have insurance.

I just don't want to deal with the disapproving looks from the dentist and the assistant.

eta since it's been so long, I couldn't remember the name of my dentist, but by some sort of awesomeness, we had the magnet for the dental office on the fridge, so I look them up to see if it's the same location, and it is! So I made an online appointment and should hear back from then between 1 and 3 today (I hope).

this is me anxious again...

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[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

When I was last going, all of the work I needed to have done was something like $1370 and I asked my church if they could help me out. They did (giving me the full amount I needed), but wasn't able to finish all of the work. I felt bad because I only used half of that for treatments before they suddenly raised the amount that it would be for the work. It was still good work, but I couldn't afford the extra $200 for some additional work that needed to be done.