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I have a stupid toothache.

I have been trying to get into the dentist for a freaking year.

Every time I call to schedule, they are so booked that I cannot even get an appointment.

Finally, I called the other day and got one for the end of June, but apparently I jinxed myself because yesterday my tooth started hurting.

Fantastic.

The problem is I have state medical coverage and no dentist takes it. I have very limited access to dentists.

There are only two places that I’m aware of that take it, and of course everyone that has state coverage goes there, so they are swamped.

The one place used to have walk in hours where, if I got there like 45 minutes before they opened at 7:45 in the morning, I could wait and get on a standby list and maybe be seen.

It was better than nothing.

I don’t know if they still do that, but I’m going to find out next week.

I have an appointment with my therapist tomorrow that I don’t want to miss, (I really need that too), so I guess I’m going through the weekend with a toothache.

Fun.

Monday morning though, I will be standing outside in the rain with ten or fifteen of my bestest buddies in the community trying to see a stupid dentist…

Ugh.

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