I just need to vent about dentists.
I'm 20 weeks pregnant with my second little person. I'm emotional and this has tipped me over the edge this morning.
I'm in the UK, with an NHS dentist, which sounds great in the grand scheme of things as they are ridiculously hard to come by right now.
BUT, my dentist messed up a filling back in October (that turns out didn't really need to be done!) which led to my tooth needing a root canal. I went back in December as this is when it was decided that said dentist had fucked up and another dentist at a sister practice needed to do the treatment. Wonderful - I was sent away with antibiotics that did nothing.
I tried to book the appointment with sister practice and was told I needed my xrays sending over. So I sorted all that, then tried to book again but I heard absolutely nothing back and couldnt get hold of anyone when I called. This was back in February and I still haven't had successful contact with them.
Because I became pregnant throughout this ordeal I thought brilliant, it's free on the NHS! Wrong, the practice doesn't cover NHS patients for root canal and I'd need to pay £500 privately. They refuse to take the tooth out insisting they won't pull a healthy tooth, which I understand, but it's a little annoying.
Skip to now, it's become unbearable, and I've just shilled out £999 to have it done at a different private practice; I nearly fell off my chair when the receptionist told me.how much it'd be. It's absolutely necessary as I'm in SO much pain at this point, but I feel so let down by my dentist surgery. £999 is an incredible amount of money that I've had to take from what little savings my husband and I have, and I'm in limbo for another month whilst waiting to have it done (at least it's actually booked in!!) With another round of antibiotics.
My husband and I have an 8 year old and expecting another baby in September. That money was to put towards our growing family and the cost of living/maternity leave.
I just needed somewhere to vent this. I'm not looking for anything specific in return. My husband is very frugal and isn't happy about it which further adds to my feelings of sadness and guilt at spending so much so I just had to get it out somewhere.
It sounds so silly when I type it all out.