rayna- "get stuffed"! I luv it! Sounds like a moron Dr. Where do we get these so called "professionals" from anyway?!
Dentist- I was last year after a long hiatus. All I can say- just knock me out and I'll do just dandy- otherwise.....better have valium- or something related!
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n Sat, 24 March 2001, Rayna Lamb wrote:
>
> Hey, sis!
>
> Excellent letter, Mag, would be a great thing if the dental profession
> does take note of it.
> As for dentistry in my end of the world, there used to be funding for
> cheap (or free - can't recall off the top of my head) dental services
> for low income earners and people on govt benefits, but the scheme was
> scrapped a couple of years ago, and as far as I know, nothing has
> replaced it. I personally haven't been to the dentist for about 12
> years, just the thought of it sends me into spastic overload, I hate
> people hovering around my face with sharp instruments, can't stand
> even having my hair cut (I'm a big wimp - and proud of it!!). I
> imagine, though, that the attitude towards people with disabilities
> and dental care is similar to what you describe in your letter. It
> puts me in mind of the last time I went to see an orthopedic
> specialist about some way of preventing my toes from dragging when I
> walked, resulting in me going thru shoes at a rate of knots. His
> suggestion: Wear golf shoes!!!! I told him to get stuffed and
> stormed out of his office. I'm not necessarily a fashion victim, but
> I do like to look well turned out, and being female, wearing golf
> shoes just doesn't cut it for me.
> This attitude that some of the medical profession has that we don't
> deserve to look the best we can just beggars belief.
>
> Rayna
>
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 02:14:59AM -0500, Magenta Raine wrote:
> HIYA SIS!
>
> BEEN working my tail off on the letter to the dental profession.
>
> Rayna, how's dentistry in your neck o' the woods?
>
> Mag
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