Today wasn't a good day

[simplyn2deep]

Yesterday morning/afternoon I started to have a toothache. As the night went on, it got to the point where I could chew on the other side of my mouth because that was putting pressure on the side that hurts.

Then, holy crap, overnight, I was up every 3 hours it seemed because of the pain. I was restless to say the least.

I'm pretty certain that the toothache is really an infection of a broken tooth I need to have removed.

I thought I'd be able to go to the dentist today because on their website they have that they're open on the weekends. However when I called, the recording said they weren't open. I don't know if that was for today only or the weekend in general. But I guess it doesn't matter in the long run. This dentist charges like $275 for a damn extraction! No telling if it would be more than that since it's broken/just the root or whatever. I was going to ask my mom if she could cover it until I got my check in November, but she has her own medical bills to deal with now that she's going to the dr weekly for shots and there's an out-of-pocket expense for it.

In somewhat other related news, I heard on the news a few days ago about the open enrollment period for Cover California or something like that. Getting uninsured people health insurance at low to no cost. I put in my information to see what I would qualify for and they say according to my income, I might qualify for medi-cal. Hmm okay. I go to the medi-cal site and they want all this information about my parents (since I live with them) that I don't have...but as it looks, I might qualify for that. I need to speak with an actual person to see if I really need to give my parents income information since they already have health insurance. I also don't know if medi-cal has dental because that's what I really need at this point.

Time to find something to eat and fold up my clothes.

Comments

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I've been there with that kind of toothache.

[soul4poetry.livejournal.com]

Rinse the affected area with warm salt water 2-3 times a day - this will fight off infection - keep your teeth clean and rinse with a mouthwash with alcohol before bed as well if you have it. Then you can get Tylenol 1's over the counter. This should help till you get to a Dentist.

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

Did you follow up about Medi-cal and Covered California?

I'm a little nervous about this whole thing. Using CC's shop and compare tool, it says that combined with my dad's income, I'm not eligible for premium assistance, but if I just enter my own income, I may be. Also, my income pretty much comes as a beneficiary of my mom's disability pension something that was passed onto me when she died. So I don't know how that changes my income exactly. Argh! (Plus, I hate filling out forms. BORING.)