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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:56 am
by YYZ30
CygnusX1 wrote:YYZ30 wrote:Just do what I did - have all your teeth yanked out and get dentures! Easiest 35 pounds I ever lost
Dude...that's too ironic because I'm getting impressions made for a top
plate
next week.
Unless you're kidding.....and if that's the case, all I can say is D'OH!
No sir - August 13th I went under the knife.
I have a full smile for the first time since 1996.
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:52 pm
by Walkinghairball
And I thought my x-lax diet to lose 7 lbs to get into the Army was rough...........................Dang Zed.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........I wonder how much it is to get my jaw wired shut?????
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:42 am
by CygnusX1
YYZ30 wrote: No sir - August 13th I went under the knife.
I have a full smile for the first time since 1996.
Coolness Zed. Good for you Bro. I hope to be able to do that soon.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:51 am
by YYZ30
Walkinghairball wrote:And I thought my x-lax diet to lose 7 lbs to get into the Army was rough...........................Dang Zed.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........I wonder how much it is to get my jaw wired shut?????
It's a bonus! I don't mind the weight loss and I'm halfway to fully healed. Come December the dentist will look me over - if I am healed they will make my casts for my final plates.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:38 am
by Soup4Rush
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:56 am
by YYZ30
You'll have to queue up behind the rest of the "dentists" that said they could do it for me for short money
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:29 am
by CygnusX1
Zed....did you negotiate for cash or are you on a plan?
I'm hearing that some docs will give a price break for cold hard cash.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:38 am
by Walkinghairball
CygnusX1 wrote:I'm hearing that some docs will give a price break for cold hard cash.
Ok, kind of unrelated........I need my left big toenail removed now, and no insurance still from unenjoyment.
I called the place I went to and got the prices................ $100.00 office visit.........$405.00 for the removal.
I can put 1/2 down for the ONLY payment plan they will give me, no exceptions.
If I can come up with all of the money they will give me a 20% price break and the total will be $404.00 which I believe is only on the removal price, I still have to pay for the office visit.
Kind of looking like plier time to me.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:37 am
by YYZ30
CygnusX1 wrote:Zed....did you negotiate for cash or are you on a plan?
I'm hearing that some docs will give a price break for cold hard cash.
Plan. My original oral surgeon wanted cash and offered no financing - I don't have $4K frittering away in a bank account that I could just pull out for that...add the fact that they lost my original surgery order and that pretty much sent me packing to the place I go to now.
I am on a plan, but after my insurance and the discount they have for being contracted I got roughly 45% off the original grand total. The rest is being paid in very managable installments.
I love the place I go now.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:39 pm
by Soup4Rush
Walkinghairball wrote:CygnusX1 wrote:I'm hearing that some docs will give a price break for cold hard cash.
Ok, kind of unrelated........I need my left big toenail removed now, and no insurance still from unenjoyment.
I called the place I went to and got the prices................ $100.00 office visit.........$405.00 for the removal.
I can put 1/2 down for the ONLY payment plan they will give me, no exceptions.
If I can come up with all of the money they will give me a 20% price break and the total will be $404.00 which I believe is only on the removal price, I still have to pay for the office visit.
Kind of looking like plier time to me.
can you wait for it to fall off on its own?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:02 am
by Xanadu
Any of us here would remove it for free, you can always count on us.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:16 pm
by zepboy
Been there. They are just going to use pliers anyway . . . the only difference will be a local anesthetic. Jack will do the same thing, but much cheaper.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:19 pm
by Walkinghairball
Soup4Rush wrote:Walkinghairball wrote:CygnusX1 wrote:I'm hearing that some docs will give a price break for cold hard cash.
Ok, kind of unrelated........I need my left big toenail removed now, and no insurance still from unenjoyment.
I called the place I went to and got the prices................ $100.00 office visit.........$405.00 for the removal.
I can put 1/2 down for the ONLY payment plan they will give me, no exceptions.
If I can come up with all of the money they will give me a 20% price break and the total will be $404.00 which I believe is only on the removal price, I still have to pay for the office visit.
Kind of looking like plier time to me.
can you wait for it to fall off on its own?
Dunno. Some days it hurts, others not so much.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:20 pm
by Walkinghairball
Xanadu wrote:Any of us here would remove it for free, you can always count on us.
Thanks kiddo.......I knew I could count on you.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:21 pm
by Walkinghairball
zepboy wrote:Been there. They are just going to use pliers anyway . . . the only difference will be a local anesthetic. Jack will do the same thing, but much cheaper.
I have kind of thought about that option. Really the only thing holding it on is the nail bed.