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Can't a girl EVER catch a break?

Hissy_Fitz
Hissy_Fitz CSN Member Posts: 1,834 Member
in Ovarian Cancer #1
Just broke a tooth - a tooth with a crown on it, at that. No idea how much this will cost me, since it broke off BELOW the gum line. I called my dentist (don't you just love a dentist who gives out his cell phone number?) and he said he thinks it's a tooth that I had a root canal done on last year, and hopefully the root is dead. Hopefully.

I am not going to postpone my trip to NYC and the trial at MSKCC for a broken tooth. Thankfully it's not a front tooth!

Carlene
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  • hopeful girl 1
    hopeful girl 1 CSN Member Posts: 454
    #2
    No fun
    No fun.
    I had to have a root canal during my radiation portion of treatment. While on chemo my oncologist would not allow dental work. I had an infection too, so they kept me on antibiotics for about 7 weeks until the radiation and then let me have it taken care of.
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  • anicca
    anicca CSN Member Posts: 334 Member
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    Ugh! So sorry, but thank
    Ugh! So sorry, but thank goodness you had root canal, or you would be in serious pain from it! I hope it's not too bad. "Below the gum" does not sound comfortable. I wish I had my dentist's cell number. I once broke a tooth while eating popcorn at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Not only did I have to wait a day to get an appointment, but I also could not put a claim in for the year that had just finished, and for which I had already paid the deductible.
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  • poopergirl14052
    poopergirl14052 CSN Member Posts: 1,183 Member
    #4
    Murphy's Law
    things are certainly dicombulated for you all at once and hopefuly this is the end of it. Better days are coming soon....val
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  • pattysoo
    pattysoo CSN Member Posts: 170
    #5
    catch a break
    Ummmmm Superglue?
    Glad it's not bad enough to interrupt your trip. Hope the flights go out as scheduled for you.
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  • Disneynutt
    Disneynutt CSN Member Posts: 134 Member
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    pattysoo said:

    catch a break
    Ummmmm Superglue?
    Glad it's not bad enough to interrupt your trip. Hope the flights go out as scheduled for you.

    I must say you are handling
    I must say you are handling it like a champ. I'm sure if the root were alive you sure would know it by now. Good luck.

    -K
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  • kayandok
    kayandok CSN Member Posts: 1,202 Member
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    Gilda was right!
    "It is always somethin'!" I just had one of mine break too. I have been to the dentist more since my dx than ever. I don't know if it is the nature of getting older, or all the chemo I have had damaging the teeth. Hmmmmmm
    kathleen
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  • kikz
    kikz CSN Member Posts: 1,345 Member
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    Disneynutt said:

    I must say you are handling
    I must say you are handling it like a champ. I'm sure if the root were alive you sure would know it by now. Good luck.

    -K

    I know Carlene,
    I feel like after having ovca, we should get a break. Last week I caught a cold and I joked, I had ovca, I have to get a cold now.

    Karen
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  • anicca
    anicca CSN Member Posts: 334 Member
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    kayandok said:

    Gilda was right!
    "It is always somethin'!" I just had one of mine break too. I have been to the dentist more since my dx than ever. I don't know if it is the nature of getting older, or all the chemo I have had damaging the teeth. Hmmmmmm
    kathleen

    I think it's the nature of
    I think it's the nature of getting older. Everything creaks and cracks.
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