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[coyotegoth]

editrx, with whom I've crossed paths here from time to time, could definitely use a hand:

"No, nobody died.

"Now that that's out of the way, here's where I make the post I've dreaded to make. But I have to make it. I have to ask. If I don't ask (and people do or don't respond), then I can't say I didn't try. Right?

"I have a medical emergency.

"It's not a pretty one. It's not even exotic. It's not a cute disease or something I'm in the ICU for (yet).

"I have a tooth that's abscessed. Badly. And another that's cracked and also needs repair (and is possibly dying, too).

"The abscessed one and the one that's cracked are upper molars that I knew were problems, but we started the moving process, I ignored them as best I could (I slept badly these last 3 months, sucking on my teeth as I slept, and eating soft food during days) and figured when the move was done I could find a local dentist to pick up where my old one left off -- and get these suckers drilled and new fillings put in.

"But they cracked. And the one is abscessing now (my face is swollen, painful, hot, and yes, it's going up the head and down the neck -- and YES, I'm on antibiotics and am scheduled to go for the root canal on Thursday, unless it gets even worse before then). The other cracked and clearly also needs a cap but also probably a root canal (they'll only know when they look closer on Thursday).

"I have no dental insurance."

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[jolefay.livejournal.com]

If you go to the hospital they will pull it and give you antibiotics...http://www.nyc.gov/html/hia/html/resources/services_dental.shtml