Teeth Update
Went to UCSF with Mel driving me and Raul. We made it just in time for her to drop us off and not be over five minutes behind schedule. It turned out to be a great visit. Well, in some ways. 30 teeth with need. The plan thus far: I'm losing all my top front teeth and getting a partial denture. We're aiming to try to save as many of the rest as possible.
Now I have my Medi-Cal card along with my COBRA insurance there's hope my part owed will not devastate my finances. First tooth comes out Friday. Hopefully Ms. Blau can drive but if Raul gets his permit, or Carl decides he'd like to hang with us in SF that would also work.
The interesting thing: I'm not being worked on by students. I'm instead in the adult residency program: My dentist has his degree and real world experience but has come to develop surgery skills - particularly surgery skills that can handle people in my "complicated medical history" situation. So the room is separate from the students area and is instead a fairly private area. I'm scared but my plant meds are helping.
We took a 15 minute stop for me to check the herb at The Apothocarium. Ended up leaving with two first time visitor gifts and an industry discount as speaking with my aide led to mutual high coincidences being learned.
We lived in the same building at one point and thus had the same landlord. She lived in my building (around the corner from my current one) before she relocated to Richmond. She was pretty, sweet, and very helpful in putting my order together. Lambs Bread and Jack Herer for our medicine cabinet. The former really made Raul's day!
Chip comes in a couple of weeks which is a huge hurrah so far as I'm concerned.
The rest of this week before the removal is all about resting, saving my body from too much stress, and informing all the medical billers that my Medi-Cal has kicked in, with a healthy chunk of retroactivity. Yay!