Dental Issues

I went to Dr Spector's office for a check up today and Katrina found a pocket in my gums that was very large. She did an x-ray and I was told that the tooth is not good. It looks like my choices are going to be a dental implant that costs $3200 and is not covered by insurance or an apicoectomy which is one of the most painful dental procedures out there. I know this because I have had two of them. I got a black eye with both of them and was down for two weeks.

I am very scared right now. I'm not sure which is worse. The apico is extremely painful and expensive but my dental insurance will help out the the cost of that. The implant is not as bad as far as pain is concerned (I am told) but it is not covered by insurance. I am also having some pain in my lower left area that Dr Spector says is from the scaling that we recently did but I have my doubts about that. I'm hoping that the pain will go away. It seems to be getting worse.

If I have an apico I'll have to sub out my Sunday class because as I remember Dr Flax only does big operations on Fridays and there is no way I'll be able to teach on Sunday. I really don't want to have to do that. I am developing a following with that class and I don't want to lose it but there really is nothing that I can do about it.

I guess I should just wait until my appointment with Dr Flax on Friday and see what is said. Whatever it is it is and there is nothing I can do about it. I have to accept whatever happens and not freak out. Freaking won't do me any good. I need to follow my own advice and live in the present moment.