I am considering pulling my own tooth.

[ScotchRobbins]

I think he's wisened up.

[Orodrist]

My neighbor did it years go and never went to the ER and all it cost him was a bottle of whiskey and a new shirt. He's still fine.

[Chozon1]

Option 1: You go to the dentist, take the $$$ hit and thank yourself for it later.

Option 2: You try to yank it yourself, breaking the tooth in the process and probably leaving chunks of it behind in your gums. You will learn what the phrase "WORLD OF PAIN" means. You will find yourself in an Emergency Room a short time later at which point you will be paying for an ER bill, an emergency dental procedure, and possibly dental surgery to repair the damage depending on its severity. The $$$ hit will be about 5 times as much, the pain will be 10 times as intense, and I'll demand your address so I can mail you your official Government-issue "I am a bona fide moron" sign.

I'm glad you've decided to hold off.

Option 3: I get so grumpy at the beliefs of this nature, that I turn off my fear of pain, lace my tooth with oragel, down some Tylenol and yank the bleeping thing just to prove it can be done without something horrifically wrong happening (a mindset that I firmly believe dentists have propagated just to increase their own mythos and income, with the occasional "I USED MY SHOP VISEGRIPS AND WAS HALF DRUNK AT THE TIME" stories) and quite successfully. I then lift my tooth above my head with a savage roar, like the severed head of my enemies, and collapse in pain for about half an hour.

That said, like Oro I know someone who has pulled their own tooth before with no ill effects (or vodka). ^_^ It can be done, and it's not something left up to dark magic. Teh bleeps, last time I had a tooth pulled at the dentist, they broke it. Took an extra half hour to fish out all the little rotted pieces from my gums. Only difference was that I had passed my feel no pain roll and my parents paid a lourd for it (and babby Chozon knew the taste of his own blood).

So I suppose option 4 is: Go to the dentist, they break it off, apologize, empty my wallet, send me home with meds and an appointment with an oral surgeon. Still leaving me in pain, empty wallet, and no bonus man points.

Basically, I've "wisened up" as long as my pain level stays as low as it is. If the jackhammer starts jumping in my jaw again, well...You may want start saving money for shipping that sign.

[ChickenSoup]

people who gripe about the costs of doctors don't realize how much it costs to get there or how much you have to pay (malpractice insurance, etc) once you're there.

Heck, I'm pre-physical therapy and I'm already not thinking about what my bills are going to be.

[Drewsov]

We could always just pay someone to make the tooth "disappear".

You know... you go to sleep, and you wake up in a tub of ice, minus one wisdom tooth and one kidney. In Juarez.

[ScotchRobbins]

We could always just pay someone to make the tooth "disappear".

You know... you go to sleep, and you wake up in a tub of ice, minus one wisdom tooth and one kidney. In Juarez.

Funny things have been known to happen. I lack the connections, but there's always a way.

[Chozon1]

people who gripe about the costs of doctors don't realize how much it costs to get there or how much you have to pay (malpractice insurance, etc) once you're there.

Heck, I'm pre-physical therapy and I'm already not thinking about what my bills are going to be.

Well, that's not true. This is just a case of "shooting myself in the foot" logic. If I get a splinter in my finger, should I shoot myself in the foot to distract me from the pain?

Amigo, I know a bit about the ridiculous costs of becoming/being a doctor (since you hear on frequently whining about it, albeit with good reason), as well as the frightening perfection expected of them. That does not mean I can ignore the whosiwhatsits (which leads people to believe that only a dentist can pull a tooth) and extreme costs of visiting one (which leads to me, or to be honest my parents, having a bad case of the empty wallets).

So figs upon thy face my good man. FIGS.

BTW, I don't actually hate dentists, as much as my rants would lead one to believe. Just the overinflated costs associated with them and all doctors.

We could always just pay someone to make the tooth "disappear".

You know... you go to sleep, and you wake up in a tub of ice, minus one wisdom tooth and one kidney. In Juarez.

I have always wanted to visit Canada.

[ohnolookout]

BTW, I don't actually hate dentists, as much as my rants would lead one to believe. Just the overinflated costs associated with them and all doctors.

So don't blame the doctors for that. Blame the people who sue over nothing. I remember hearing an ER doctor talk about that a while back. The ER was packed, and one of the patients he was assigned to had stopped breathing and was close to dying. He spent a while trying to use certain tools so she could breathe, except she was severely obese and he said it made it difficult. He succeeded, she barely survived, and then he went down to his next patient who was a grandson of this elderly man. He threatened profusely to sue the doctor because he took a "long time" in getting to taking care of his son who ended up just having a bruised foot.

We live in a sue-happy culture, and the immense amount of malpractice insurance and such a doctor needs and the resulting costs is also immense. It's ridiculous.

[ChickenSoup]

people who gripe about the costs of doctors don't realize how much it costs to get there or how much you have to pay (malpractice insurance, etc) once you're there.

Heck, I'm pre-physical therapy and I'm already not thinking about what my bills are going to be.

Well, that's not true. This is just a case of "shooting myself in the foot" logic. If I get a splinter in my finger, should I shoot myself in the foot to distract me from the pain?

Amigo, I know a bit about the ridiculous costs of becoming/being a doctor (since you hear on frequently whining about it, albeit with good reason), as well as the frightening perfection expected of them. That does not mean I can ignore the whosiwhatsits (which leads people to believe that only a dentist can pull a tooth) and extreme costs of visiting one (which leads to me, or to be honest my parents, having a bad case of the empty wallets).

So figs upon thy face my good man. FIGS.

BTW, I don't actually hate dentists, as much as my rants would lead one to believe. Just the overinflated costs associated with them and all doctors.

We could always just pay someone to make the tooth "disappear".

You know... you go to sleep, and you wake up in a tub of ice, minus one wisdom tooth and one kidney. In Juarez.

I have always wanted to visit Canada.

What ohno said. No one's stopping you from pulling your own tooth, but if you want to see a professional (especially if, say, you needed actual surgery), there are costs associated with it. Either pull it yourself, ignore it, or bear the burden of a system of healthcare that has enormous costs assocated with it. Just don't blame the doctors (most of the time.).

[Chozon1]

So don't blame the doctors for that. Blame the people who sue over nothing. I remember hearing an ER doctor talk about that a while back. The ER was packed, and one of the patients he was assigned to had stopped breathing and was close to dying. He spent a while trying to use certain tools so she could breathe, except she was severely obese and he said it made it difficult. He succeeded, she barely survived, and then he went down to his next patient who was a grandson of this elderly man. He threatened profusely to sue the doctor because he took a "long time" in getting to taking care of his son who ended up just having a bruised foot.

We live in a sue-happy culture, and the immense amount of malpractice insurance and such a doctor needs and the resulting costs is also immense. It's ridiculous.

Didn't know I had been blaming the doctors.

[ScotchRobbins]

Let us know if you pull it; that's all we're really following this thread for.

[ohnolookout]

Didn't know I had been blaming the doctors.

Seemed like it to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯