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CityOfAngels · 07-24-2005, 01:34 PM

Thanks for all your responses. I really appreciate you guys letting me know your views on the situation. As for my jaw, I now don't think it's broken. The worst that could've happened is a very small fracture. The reason I think this is even though I still have some severe pain in my jaw, a lot of the pain has centralized on my wisdom tooth. I still can't eat anything, but now that a lot of the swelling has gone down, it feels more like that wisdom tooth is what's obstructing my teeth from closing, not a jaw misalignment.

Tomorrow I'm going to go back to the clinic (I was told to go back if my teeth still couldn't close by then), and see if I can get a professional opinion. What I'm thinking is I'm going to have this damned wisdom tooth pulled, but I don't want to rush anything without first hearing from a doctor, "No, your jaw is not broken or fractured." If I am going to have to get this tooth pulled, that probably means I'll have dental bills to pay, unless the Venice Family Clinic also does dental work, I'm not sure.

Because of the probability of having bills to pay, I'm probably going to have to come after this guy civilly. That means I'm going to have to go to a police station and file a police report. I'm not going to press charges against him, 'cause I feel he needs a good basketball coach rather than jail time, but that police report will definitely come in handy if I need to sue him (which I don't really want to do, but if he refuses to pay my dental bills after this incident, I just might have to). To tell the truth, I don't even know if I would win a civil lawsuit over him, and I'm really hoping he just agrees to pay the bills and we both put this incident behind us, but I don't know the guy and I don't know how he'll respond to such a request, so I want to take necessary precautions before I take any other actions.

So, pretty much since this happened, all I've been able to eat is yogurt, split pea soup, tomato soup, and beans and cheese. Heh, maybe this incident will bring about some sort of weight loss for me. :-p I have a friend who was a combat medic in Vietnam, and he told me prescription amount of Motrin is 800mg (which is 4 of the 200mg tablets), so I've been taking that and it has actually been working like a charm. It's just when it stops working, I'm in sooo much pain. I'm tellin' you, this guy is sooo lucky I don't believe in suing people for "pain and hardship" when it's something you can get over.

07-24-2005, 01:34 PM	#17 (permalink)
CityOfAngels Oh shit it's Wayne Brady! Location: Passenger seat of Wayne Brady's car.	Thanks for all your responses. I really appreciate you guys letting me know your views on the situation. As for my jaw, I now don't think it's broken. The worst that could've happened is a very small fracture. The reason I think this is even though I still have some severe pain in my jaw, a lot of the pain has centralized on my wisdom tooth. I still can't eat anything, but now that a lot of the swelling has gone down, it feels more like that wisdom tooth is what's obstructing my teeth from closing, not a jaw misalignment. Tomorrow I'm going to go back to the clinic (I was told to go back if my teeth still couldn't close by then), and see if I can get a professional opinion. What I'm thinking is I'm going to have this damned wisdom tooth pulled, but I don't want to rush anything without first hearing from a doctor, "No, your jaw is not broken or fractured." If I am going to have to get this tooth pulled, that probably means I'll have dental bills to pay, unless the Venice Family Clinic also does dental work, I'm not sure. Because of the probability of having bills to pay, I'm probably going to have to come after this guy civilly. That means I'm going to have to go to a police station and file a police report. I'm not going to press charges against him, 'cause I feel he needs a good basketball coach rather than jail time, but that police report will definitely come in handy if I need to sue him (which I don't really want to do, but if he refuses to pay my dental bills after this incident, I just might have to). To tell the truth, I don't even know if I would win a civil lawsuit over him, and I'm really hoping he just agrees to pay the bills and we both put this incident behind us, but I don't know the guy and I don't know how he'll respond to such a request, so I want to take necessary precautions before I take any other actions. So, pretty much since this happened, all I've been able to eat is yogurt, split pea soup, tomato soup, and beans and cheese. Heh, maybe this incident will bring about some sort of weight loss for me. :-p I have a friend who was a combat medic in Vietnam, and he told me prescription amount of Motrin is 800mg (which is 4 of the 200mg tablets), so I've been taking that and it has actually been working like a charm. It's just when it stops working, I'm in sooo much pain. I'm tellin' you, this guy is sooo lucky I don't believe in suing people for "pain and hardship" when it's something you can get over.