I feel for you, truly. Cursed with irish peasant DNA I've had crap teeth since borth and then years without any dental plan or $$$. Now with a work plan I've spent two years undoing damage as best as can be done. Brutal. I hope they're giving you some good drugs ... it's a tough row to hoe

Yeah, I'm gonna have to face some serious dental extractioneering next month. The wife and I are leaving Saturday for Copenhagen and a two week cruise of the Baltic Sea and several ports therein, so I hope there are no issues with my poor mouth before I can get a half dozen rotten teeth yanked after our return. The temps there are comparable to what you're presently enjoying in Providence, so we lifelong residents of those states formerly in rebellion against the Union during the Recent Unpleasantness are packing extra parkas and long-johns and woolen socks for the arctic conditions. :)