How I posted January 16th on my intro page but wrote January 10th on my calendar is beyond me... I can only blame the fog of quit. Speaking of which, I can only blame my rash of recent crazy posts on the nervousness of today's appointment with the periodontist, because since I showed up at the dentist last Thursday all worked up in a lather and being told it was "next wednesday", I've had to get nervous for this fucking thing twice!!
So bottom line is... 4 gum grafts, two on each side right where I put those little soul-sucking parasite devils, and one biopsy. That's right. Now this doctor said it looked "better in there" than what the dentist described, that my tongue looked ok, but on the inside cheek there was a white spot that was worrisome, that he thinks is ok but "we should get it checked out just to be sure". I specifically asked if the biopsy is because he saw something or if it's my history of chewing tobacco use, and he said it's because of the tobacco use, that we should make sure it's nothing, that if I didn't have the tobacco use he wouldn't be worried. Well saying sure let's do it is easy, but that fucker's $500!! And not covered by insurance (checking on that). And the gum grafts are another $2,300!!! Fucking asshole nicotine. All that goddamn savings $4/day for 171 days pays for the biopsy and I have another couple of years to recognize the graft costs. I'm so fucking pissed. Sure cut my mouth up and patch my gum at my tooth, that's fine, but now the bitch is gonna have my wife worried about cancer until the biopsy is done. I'm debating if I should go it alone and not tell her until we get the test done. Like all well made decisions, I will be sleeping on it.
Kubiak Out.