Re: Re loose tooth- TO JANE

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Jane!!

That's the whole point!!! Your asshole-surgeon didn't drag you off

the street to have the procedure. (You didn't ask to have the

problems you had either) BUT I am sure there are other surgeons out

in the large expansive world performing the same kind of surgery and

that a few of them were accessable to you. THAT MEANS that you CHOSE

to have him provide that service to you above other surgeon's

providing it. That means that you hired him to provide you with the

service. He gets by... maintains his business and livelihood- puts

food on the table and pays back medical school loans because he has

patients to work on. YOU make it possible for him to have a job. He

wouldn't make money without his patients, which makes him obligated

to YOU. NOT the other way around.

I work at a Dr. office. Some of the doctors there get so annoyed or

frustrated with the clients. (At times understandibly!!! You don't

know what kind of people exist out there.. well you probably do

because they are also parents!.... but I'm getting side tracked) My

point just is that for them, like with your surgeon, it is the very

client/patient that is frustrating them that is also paying their

paycheck. FURTHERMORE... they chose that profession. They chose that

they wanted to have patients to help and provide a service to with

their knowledge and expertise. Therefore, they have asked for the

phonecalls and questions and all of the rest of it. The point of the

doctor is to have patients to help!!! It is just rediculous that your

surgeon-asshole has such a self-inflated sense of who he is and how

great he thinks he is. Without patients- YOU- he is nothing with no

money and probably has a lot of debt or something ta boot!

Your experience with that guy JUST FROSTS MY COOKIE!!!!!!!

Anyway, he is there to serve you. You have chosen him. You could have

chosen someone else. You could have taken your money elsewhere. So,

no he didn't drag you in off the street. THAT IS PRECISELY THE

POINT!!!! I'd do what I could to damage his business and make him

feel it where it counts... Kate suggested some excellent avenues to

take that would work towards that end. Your ortho needs to know what

kind of asshole he is sending his patients to, because frankly, it

reflects badly on him as well. He might be interested.

GOOD LUCK and let us know how it goes. Hope you don't have to put up

with him too much longer..... Just print this out and mail it to

him. :) Maybe then, " genius " will get the point....

Katja

> > >

> > > Hi all,

> > > I saw my OD on Tuesday. When he passed me in the waiting room

he

> > went:

> > > Is it still loose? I say: yep, it is.

> > > Then I get in the chair , he takes a look and checks it out and

> > then

> > > all he said was: Oh so this is what you are taking about. Well,

> > you

> > > haven't seen a loose tooth!

> > > I am a worrier and have loads of questions especially when it

> > comes to

> > > teeth. My dentist knows this and I am grateful for her

incredible

> > > patience with me. I like to know what is going on in my mouth.

I

> > guess

> > > that is not unreasonable.

> > > And I am used to my teeth being firmly in their places and when

> > one is

> > > moving even a tiny bit it is a loose tooth to me.

> > > I didn't have time to ask any more questions. He adjusted the

> > lower

> > > wires a bit and then said I was good to go. Got my next

> > appointment

> > > and when I was about to leave he asked me to grin , took a look

> > and

> > > asked me how much time I was given for next time. I said I

didn't

> > know

> > > how much time the assistant allotted to me. He went to check

and

> > from

> > > the look on his face I knew he wasn't happy but then I left the

> > office.

> > > Needless to say, my mind began to go around what he said and a

> > fter a

> > > few days I began thinking: Ok so I haven't seen a loose tooth

yet

> > but

> > > what if it gets worse???!!!

> > > My husband had an appointment for cleaning with our dentist and

I

> > went

> > > with him to seek her advice. I asked her what exactlyí happens

> > with a

> > > loose tooth. She explained that the bone dissolved in the

> > direction of

> > > pulling and probably on the other side bone has not had ti me

to

> > build

> > > yet and now the socket is too big and it takes ti me for the

> tooth

> > to

> > > resettle. Then she added that with that tooth being half

> > unsupported

> > > (had the tooth behing it extracted) and given that it is the

only

> > > place where my teeth touch it is under extreme pressure so it

> > sounds

> > > normal. Nothing to worry about.

> > > My husband already in the chair asks me if I was happy with the

> > > asnwer. I say Yes and then he goes: Let's hope this lasts. He

> > means my

> > > subsided fears.

> > > So now I try to live with this.

> > > I just wish the ortho had taken the two minutes it took to

> explain.

> > > I trust him as a spacialist but he is sometimes too snappy and

> > > occasionally I feel I am a burden with my questions but well,

he

> > just

> > > has to put up with it.

> > > I am sorry about what Jane has to put up with that surgeon. I

> > would

> > > tell him to go play somewhere else...

> > > Karola