Money and tonsil woes

[judecorp]

My left tonsil is bigger today, and it really hurt when I woke up this morning at 4am. I took some Advil and it still hurt at 8, so I debated calling into work. I know that it usually goes down and hurts less when I'm up and active so I decided to go into work and see how it went, and leave early if I was still feeling crappy. I cancelled my 5:30 home visit straight away and then managed to plow through the rest of my day - 5 hour-long visits back to back in the pouring rain.

If my tonsil is swollen more tomorrow, or if the roof of my mouth starts swelling, I'm totally calling out and going to the ENT tomorrow (if he can take me). Eff this. Of course, I have to babysit tomorrow night from 5:30 until about 10:30, because my lesbian neighbors are going to see Martina Navratilova. (Hee hee.) So I hope I don't feel like crap.

Jen had her second crown and post today to the tune of $380. I have to go to the dentist on the 19th for my ridiculously expensive ($300) "cosmetic" fillings. Jen ordered new lenses for her sunglasses last weekend which cost over $200. I am very afraid of what an extra $1000 that is not budgeted is going to do both to this month, and also to our Florida trip which might now entail sitting at Jen's parents' place eating ramen noodles. I know I sure won't be getting new glasses or lenses any time soon, even though my glasses are so scratched up that it's hard to see sometimes.

I got $720 for my bonus (after taxes) and it's ALL going to dental work. That makes me want to just bust out crying. I worked my ass off for that bonus and I didn't get a single fun thing out of it.

I am so tired of being overspent.

Comments

[drainbead.livejournal.com]

Why don't you get your tonsils taken out?

I have something similar happen to my tonsils every now and then (big white patches, sometimes bleeding, and it's not strep, mono, or herpes according to tests), and my mom says that next time it happens, they're coming out. Hers came out when she was 12, for similar reasons.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I /do/ want to get my tonsils out, it just hasn't worked out at various times for different reasons. One time some sort of emergency came up, another time I couldn't get it done because I was moving, another time I was losing my medical insurance. If I end up going to ENT Dude tomorrow I'm sure he'll want to yank them ASAP, but I don't really want to do it in the summer... and with a 2 week recovery time I just can't fit it in right now with all of the unfinished crap I have to do re: my dad. (I'm still trying to track down addresses for the damned thank you cards.)

But yeah, it's on the list.

(I don't get white patches or bleeding, just my left tonsil gets randomly swollen all the time... and sometimes it gets REALLY swollen and will abcess.)

[eight.livejournal.com]

1. I had my tonsils out when I was 17 (I think?) and it's amazing how much of a difference it has made in my overall health.
2. If you come over to dinner (and keep in mind that you only have until next Friday!), I promise you something fun. It won't be anything big because I am also not financially well-endowed, but ... it'll be like an extra bonus! : )

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I don't know that I will be able to make it out there by next Friday. (Why next Friday?) I'm babysitting tomorrow night, the weekend's out, and next week... it's possible. Monday? I don't know if anything's going on Monday. Then again, I don't know if I'm coming or going.

[eight.livejournal.com]

Next Friday, I will be leaving again for New Jersey ... and I'll be back 8 days after that, but leaving a week later again for another week -- blah, I enjoy my work, but I hate leaving my home.

It's okay, Jude ... just be sure to take us up on our offer of a free gourmet (I made fajitas last night!) dinner + fun hanging out at some point, deal?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I definitely want to hang out! I miss you guys!

What are y'all doing this coming Monday (the 11th)? Hunh hunh hunh?

[eight.livejournal.com]

Monday works magnificently! What would you like me to make?

About your glasses

[(Anonymous)]

Just for a quick, cheap fix (if you haven't tried this already), get a black grease or china marker, color it across your lenses to fill in the scratches then take a cloth or tissues and wipe away all the extra. It doesn't take away the scratches, but it makes them a lot less noticeable and it really should help you see better through them. Hope it works for you if you choose to try it, it's worked for me.

Re: About your glasses

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of a china marker, but I'll look. Thanks!

Re: About your glasses

[kieron.livejournal.com]

I know what a china marker is....

[sudrin.livejournal.com]

I have that sort of stuff happen with my Tax Return every year. It goes to something unfun. So I just start dreading Tax time because its just like waiting to see what I'm going to have to buy next.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Heh, I totally feel you.