Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

ivyleaf

kabayiri wrote: »

I'm still recovering from some private dental surgery. I think I nodded when the dentist explained the whole process, but the realities are only now sinking in.

Has anyone else had implants?

I think the shorthand way of describing private dentistry is where you hand over your wallet/purse, and in return they punch you in the face really hard

kab My husband had some implants last year and I think you've summed it up very well It wasn't much fun at the time, and horrendously expensive, but now he's so glad he did it. He'd had to lose his back teeth years ago and had got used to chewing with the front ones! Now he can chew properly again. Since everything healed up he's had no problems at all

vivatifosi

Zag... mine would be v complicated due to bone loss. £4k for one and risks involved. For £4k I'll make do with a gap (it's at back, thankfully). Tooth or second hand car... bit too much. For the first two years of practicing implants my dentist wouldn't consider mine as too complex.

ETA: DH says his £1500.

hjd

My dentist obviously doesn't do implants. Extract from prices list:
Crowns & Bridges: Per unit from £495
Initial tooth reconstruction as per filing (??)
Post from £65

kabayiri

vivatifosi wrote: »

Zag... mine would be v complicated due to bone loss. £4k for one and risks involved. For £4k I'll make do with a gap (it's at back, thankfully). Tooth or second hand car... bit too much. For the first two years of practicing implants my dentist wouldn't consider mine as too complex.

ETA: DH says his £1500.

DQWD

Ages back we spent the equivalent of a nice German executive car on medical bills so we could start a family.

I don't regret it.

A car is just a lump of metal at the end of the day.

Now I understand what a temporary denture entails I wish things like implants could be available to others on the NHS.

kabayiri

ivyleaf wrote: »

kab My husband had some implants last year and I think you've summed it up very well It wasn't much fun at the time, and horrendously expensive, but now he's so glad he did it. He'd had to lose his back teeth years ago and had got used to chewing with the front ones! Now he can chew properly again. Since everything healed up he's had no problems at all

It's nice to hear a success story.

A friend has depression and mental health problems. I don't resent the money it costs, but his life doesn't seem to improve, which is disappointing.

ivyleaf

kabayiri wrote: »

It's nice to hear a success story.

A friend has depression and mental health problems. I don't resent the money it costs, but his life doesn't seem to improve, which is disappointing.

I asked him just now whether, if the money was available and the need arose to have any more (i.e implants being the best overall option) he would opt to have it done, and he said yes, so there's encouragement for you

He had a bone graft and a sinus lift with one of his.

The funniest bit was a couple of hours afterwards when the sedation was nearly worn off, and he was reading the instruction sheet the dentist had given him:

DH: This says to use the nasal spray 3 times a day. What nasal spray?

Me: The Otrivine beside you on the sofa. I showed it to you earlier.

DH: Oh! I wondered where that had come from!

Spirit_2

kabayiri wrote: »

My need is for 2. I'm straightforward apparently so its 1800 apiece plus a few hundred for temp work.

Some quotes look cheaper because they don't factor in the bone graft costs which can be 300 per.

Luckily there is a specialist in my practice.

Oh. One for Gen. The bone graft material is Aussie cow! Reason ... No bse!

Oh's cost:

Sinus graft £795
Implants £1250 + £1150 = site prep + implant

One implant failed and after several tries he now has a crown \ (further£964.)

OH had four plus some replacement crowns it was done over the period of about 2 years as my health issues, work commitments ( no flying after for a period) and required elapsed time between possible treatment times all mounted up.

The life changing effect is he can now bite into and chew toast.his confidence is restored as he was self conscious of gaps appearing

Between us we have spent over £30,000 over the last 2+ years on
Dentistry and Physiontherapy. I will continue to spend about £1000 every four weeks for sometime to come. We have reduced saving,/Paid from income to pay for it. I believe the Physio has been worth every penny and I have support way beyond what the NHS or insurance could provide and more functionality than was expected.

As the saying goes "your health is your wealth"

vivatifosi

If mine impacted on my eating, and was without risk, I'd consider it, even at £4k. Unfortunately the latter is not the case. I'm hoping that as this is a relatively new technique, that over time it will become less of an issue.

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've no enthusiasm for it. I like eating, I don't like cooking, preparation, waiting, clearing away, washing up .....

Could cook - it's not difficult is it.... just CBA to be honest.

This is how I feel too.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've noticed something odd happening. I type words, but when I look, completely different words have appeared. It's not a PC problem, it's a me thing I'm sure of it.

I think of a sentence, then type it while saying it in my head, but what I type is different.

Example:
I might mean to type: For tea I ate bread.
What I actually type: For tea I ate board.

The words are usually similar, in length and initial character, but they're still the wrong word.

I've noticed it 3-4x in the past week .... and so I want to know: should I be worried? Or am I simply not giving my typing enough attention?

I've been typing for 40 years, daily, without this happening before.

How disconcerting for you. No ideas to contribute, but sending hugs.

Don't quote - haven't decided yet whether I'll delete:
In other news, the three of us had another home visit from the "new" therapist today (ie the one we've been seeing since July). He had already told me that he thinks there's nothing much wrong with me - I feel overwhelmed and exhausted because my life actually is overwhelming and exhausting. However, today he tells me that my kids' problems are more complex for them, and more demanding on me, than he had realised at first, and that he now sees that my life is even more overwhelming and exhausting than he had previously understood just from listening to me talk about it. He is also appalled by what he perceives as a long series of professionals who ought to have helped my family and haven't done as much as they should have done. He seems to think this should make me feel better about my limited ability to cope. I'm not sure it does. If my not coping with life was down to a problem with me, then I could do something about it, get treatment, engage with the process etc. If the problem is actually external to me, now what? Am I just stuck in "not really coping" until my kids are grown up?

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've noticed something odd happening. I type words, but when I look, completely different words have appeared. It's not a PC problem, it's a me thing I'm sure of it.

I think of a sentence, then type it while saying it in my head, but what I type is different.

Example:
I might mean to type: For tea I ate bread.
What I actually type: For tea I ate board.

The words are usually similar, in length and initial character, but they're still the wrong word.

I've noticed it 3-4x in the past week .... and so I want to know: should I be worried? Or am I simply not giving my typing enough attention?

I've been typing for 40 years, daily, without this happening before.

Is it possible that it's an autocorrect feature on the PC that has suddenly been switched on?