So recently, the man has been trying to keep me down. By ‘the man’, I mean my dental insurance MetLife. By ‘keeping me down’, I mean not wanting to pay for anesthesia for the removal of my wisdom teeth. Their rejection letter summed up to ‘you’re a big girl, suck it up’.
So, for those of you who don’t know, I tend to be resistant to Novocain. For a filling on one tooth, it took 5 shots, and even then it didn’t numb all the way, but the dentist and I both got tired of waiting and just went with it.
So the prospect of having four wisdom teeth pulled (in such a tight, tiny area) with just Novocain, makes me a bit apprehensive.
What kind of rough and tumble girl do they think I am? “Hey doc, I brought the pliers’ fer ya, but can we hurry this along, I gotta horse to shoe in about an hour.”
Now, between you and me, if they don’t cover the anesthesia, I will, but that’s a $250 difference out of my pocket. So you best believe I will fight them on this. My surgery isn’t until the middle of May, so I have plenty of time, and I work for Medicaid for freakin’ sakes, I know a thing or two about medical terms, dental information, etc. I’ll fight it to the end! Power to the people! Don’t let whitey keep you down!
So, for those of you who don’t know, I tend to be resistant to Novocain. For a filling on one tooth, it took 5 shots, and even then it didn’t numb all the way, but the dentist and I both got tired of waiting and just went with it.
So the prospect of having four wisdom teeth pulled (in such a tight, tiny area) with just Novocain, makes me a bit apprehensive.
What kind of rough and tumble girl do they think I am? “Hey doc, I brought the pliers’ fer ya, but can we hurry this along, I gotta horse to shoe in about an hour.”
Now, between you and me, if they don’t cover the anesthesia, I will, but that’s a $250 difference out of my pocket. So you best believe I will fight them on this. My surgery isn’t until the middle of May, so I have plenty of time, and I work for Medicaid for freakin’ sakes, I know a thing or two about medical terms, dental information, etc. I’ll fight it to the end! Power to the people! Don’t let whitey keep you down!
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