Kate (don't know her last name), who blogs at www.electricvenom.com, had a disastrous bicycle accident Monday night, losing or damaging several teeth at a time when she had already committed to some very expensive orthodontia.
Here's the short version:
All told, when I hit the handlebars last night, I lost three teeth entirely, chipped two at the tip, and cracked three more from crown to root. The good news: two of the cracked teeth were already scheduled for extraction. The bad news: two of the teeth that got knocked out were to serve as the anchors for my permanent bridges. The even worse news: the other tooth that got knocked out, the two chipped teeth, and the other cracked tooth will all need crowns now, too. (One may possibly need to be extracted as well, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.)
So, because the teeth which were to serve as anchors for my bridges are now gone, I have to get all-new bridges made — and I didn’t even get to wear the other ones yet! But I can’t get those new bridges made or installed until my injuries heal, so now they also have to make new “flippers” for me.
Meanwhile, I have no front teeth at all on either jaw and, I swear to God, I look like something out of Deliverance. It’s horrible. I can’t bear looking in the mirror — although, considering all the facial bruising I also have, I wouldn’t be looking in it that much anyway.
This is a hideously unpleasant thing to happen to anyone, especially an attractive 37-year-old wife and mother. At the urging of fellow bloggers, she's set up a Paypal account for anyone who would like to ease the financial pain this has inflicted upon her and her husband.
I urge you to visit her site, read her posts and, if you're so inclined, send her some money.
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