glad to be back

news of the moment: just had my ortho done today, this morning to be exact. and, capping's next saturday, 21 june... which also happens to be my dad's bday.

well the BEST NEWS EVER would be that i'm back with my original TMJ specialist, Dra. Nubla. I just love her sooo much! ang bait niya talaga! ^_^ and this morning, as i had mentioned earlier, i've decided to have my treatment started already. i had to miss out on school for this. but heck, it's well worth it. the appointment was supposedly from 8 till 11 AM but we extended all the way up to about 1230... nahiya nga ako eh cos she had to go to Rob Manila pa for another appointment of hers. But, as I said, sooobrang bait niya kasi. i really love her! ^_^ haha. and i can't seem to get over that fact. as of now, only the top part has been "braced" for reasons i'm too lazy to type in right now. haha. but i must say, she took really good care of me during that time, talagang mabusisi siya or whatever term you must use. she did everything she could talaga, and i didn't experience any pain or discomfort at all. kung pwede nga lang, siya na lang maglagay ng mga fillings ko for my insipient caries eh.

And, regarding Dra. T******, did you know she's actually going to sue me. yes, me cos it's me who's her patient daw and i ain't no longer a minor. ha! natatawa nalang ako. even those i tell it to, can't imagine the scenario. she's suing me... ON WHAT GROUNDS?!?! grabe, so now we're talking to various dentists, explaining the scenario and everything so just in case she does sue, we're prepared. well, okay actually it's my dad doing that. i don't even care. i ain't worried one bit.

I don't know if it was some sort of "Divine intervention" or something (haha. drama?!) but I saw my Kuya Beboy again yesterday and yeah, we got to talk about the case. he referred me to his dentist which happens to be just around the place. plus, mas mura daw. although, i don't know, i refuse to accept that fact kasi nga iba naman case ko from him. I probably would have checked it out if it weren't for time. all the time i was talking to him, i kept saying "sa saturday,... sa saturday..." turns out saturday=tomorrow! oh no! i had no more choice, i had already made an appointment with Dra. Nubla, and she has already ordered the ortho materials. But nevertheless, my dad tried pa rin and gave this dentist a call. she had a Px at that time and so she just gave us a return call. He consulted her about my case... told her about my loooooong background and everything. i don't know exactly how it went but i guess she's waiting for my records as she wants to take a look at 'em i guess. anyway, there.

this morning, as i was having my ortho, my dad had a meeting with the current president of the PDA pque chapter i think, with the past president as well. as i said i'm too lazy to type all the details now but generally, according to my dad, the meeting went pretty well.

all the dentists we've been talking to want to see my record, those with the PDA mentioned above, Dra. Salamat (the one referred to me)... but h'yeah. the problem is that I think the only way we could get hold of a copy would be to have another set done (which will be given to my dr. and she'll give me my old results..but it has to be now as there hasn't been much movement pa)... OR maybe ask her to send it to me via e-mail or something. i don't know, she mentioned kasi something about uploading it to the computer eh. cos, basically, the thing is that we can't get my records from her as she would need them over the entire course of treatment.

This morning, we were talking nga with Dra. Nubla about the plus side of having Dra. C (the TMJ specialist we consulted in our place, read my previous blog - of surgery and ortho - for details) since she's much closer to our place. we could easily go to her for "emergency" cases. i was shocked to hear from Dra. Nubla that if we wanted, we could still go on and spend more time to think of it... wag daw namin siya intindihin. i was so shocked to hear that! Dra. T., she never even allowed us to go to another dentist, and the moment we got the records she even said that she would no longer accept me if we decide to have it done by her in the end. ang kapal! and to think di naman siya TMJ specialist. she's a plain orthodontist but she's trying to "grab" my case as i feel since di naman daw seryoso ung TMJ prob ko. I. DON'T.CARE. That's the chief complaint. That's what ought to be treated! anyway...... but here was my dentist, saying that. after us making that appointment to start treatment, after her getting the materials needed. i was so SHOCKED. it was then that i made it clear to her that I NEVER WANNA GO BACK TO THOSE 2 DENTISTS EVER AGAIN. it's her that i trust now, since the start actually (heck, i only went to those two cos i felt some force since it's nearer and i thought i would never be able to go back to her care). Thank God. and after all that happened, Dra. Nubla tells me not to worry about those things anymore, not to even think about it. lalo lang daw ako mastre-stress, triggering my condition. She said she'll just adjust to what's left and make the most out of it. She'll try to make things work. All she asked of me was to be cooperative. "...don't worry, di naman kita pababayaan eh..." she said.