today i had my appointment with the fellow who makes the partials and such. and a further discussion with the front office on scheduling and pricing and the like.
it effectively torpedoed things. as in ‘gee, woman, how did you possibly manage to think this was actually going to work out for you? do you not recall whose life this is?”
turns out, the insurance does not cover things at 50-80%. they only cover up to $1000. period. and, of course, the ortho and all require payment at time of services.
they presented me with the estimate today. suffice to say i’ll need to budget over the course of the next six months to even remotely be able to do this. and that’s with insurance.
so.
looks like the dream in which something actually works out and i get to take care of myself when i need to isn’t coming true anytime soon.
frankly, i can’t say i’m surprised.
i think i’m just going to pretend i didn’t let myself get excited, i didn’t enjoy the thought of finally being able to have a nice smile. and i didn’t allow myself to think, even for a moment, that something would just work out.
maybe i’ll get lucky and manage it next year. i guess we’ll see.