Sunday, February 12, 2012

Three + months later...

... and I finally have new teeth!  I got a snazzy new bridge put in on Thursday and no longer scare people (too much) with my smile :) 

What I have learned? Dental care is expensive!  I waited until we'd worked a couple weeks before calling places to get estimates ... when I did start calling. I was VERY discouraged to find that a new bridge is over $3,000.  Not good when you're working for minimum wage and don't have dental coverage.  It did make me do a lot of thinking - about life and choices and consequencs of those choices.  We all do it -- make choices (some good, some bad) and even though we know choices have consequences, sometime those consequences can still catch us by surprise. 

2 comments:

Shan in Japan said...

Your smile looks lovely! I was just talking with my Bible student last week about how our choices affect not only ourselves, but also those around us. Good reminder!

Molly W. said...

Oh friend, I totally hear you on this one. I'm SO sorry for the cost, but I'm so glad you got it fixed! Adam had a tooth pulled years ago and we still haven't gotten it "fixed" b/c of the outrageous cost. Sigh. SO painful to spend money on something like that!! (but also important I guess?). sigh.