Pig and farm report
At night my teeth transmit the truth of small emperors and exploded planets
Hello Darklings. I have not felt this new since I started work at m$ twenty and two years ago where my brain promptly turned inward and began devouring itself. If you are new here and are actually expecting a pig and farm report with actual pig and farm info I apologize for misleading you. Otherwise carry on like nothing happened.
Yesterday I wrote a lengthy post about my awful teeth and my year long saga to secure enough money to get all my teeth extracted and buy myself a pair of dentures. I have no idea where that post went or if you can see it. I saw it for a minute yesterday but I don’t know how to get back to it. I’m going to write a bit about what the whole denture process is like.
So far I’ve seen the denturist (an actual word) twice. The first time last week was pretty straightforward. I bit into a mold and he removed the mold and I picked plaster out of my teeth for three days after. This morning’s visit was different. Once again I bit into a mold but this time it was filled with some kind of green rubber or plastic goo and he pulled it out of my mouth three times and I honestly thought he was going to extract my remaining teeth there on the spot. It was extremely painful. I go back again next Monday.
My mouth now feels like it’s been punched. A lot. And now I’m waiting for a call back from my dentist so I can go in on September 16 with my sparkly new oddly pristine teeth and get a full mouth extraction which is precisely what it sounds like. I’m excited to get on with it. And also horrified. The whole thing dentures plus extractions will cost me $10,000.00 with my insurance.
Medicare doesn’t cover any dental work at all because apparently teeth are just for looks! They are our little show ponies dancing around in our heads to bring out like the good china when we have company. But I feel that it’s important to let you know the magical inner workings of the wretched mouth in case you might have to go through the same some fine day. I would have loved to have seen a solid tutorial on What To Expect When You’re Expecting Severe Dental Work. As it is you can’t even google the basic cost of dentures at. all. All that comes up are thousands of dental plans and dentists in your area call now! What a racket.
So that is what’s foremost on my mind these days. I’m already in bed today curled up with a cat or two feeling smacked down sorry for myself and in debt. But we do what we must to survive. I’m crone age now I cried hard the day before my birthday ate some cake the next day and didn’t go out.
The island is as beautiful as ever we had about a week of hot days then it stayed at 70° and I’m okay with it though I feel autumn creeping up like my underwear. Oh and I fell off my goddamned porch and massively sprained my ankle the same ankle I sprained in 1971 when I stepped off a curb in my wooden platform shoes. I loved those damn shoes. They made me almost seven feet tall.
well it's all shit to walls of shit these last few days. but glad you are back on and writing for us again. as it should be. you are a tonic. i am sore sorry about your teeth. it's a painful process, but when you're through it you'll be glad you did it. xxxx
Oh my god. I’m thrilled to be reading about pigs and farms and especially teeth. Your teeth. No one writes like you. I wonder if you need to floss when you get dentures?