i made a dentist appointment today. i can’t remember the last time i went to the dentist. that’s bad. i’ve been putting it off because i’m afraid the dentist is going to tell me my teeth are rotting and they’re all going to fall out. that would suck.
so today, i pushed past my fears and made my appointment. that was, however, after a nice conversation with, who else, but the customer service department with my dental insurance company. i tried to register online so i could see which dentists were in my plan, but it wouldn’t accept my identification number, which i assumed was my social security number because there were five x’s and then the last four of my social.
so i called the dreaded customer service. i hate dealing with customer service. after being on hold for quite a while, my call was finally answered and i explained my problem.
“you need your identification number.”
“i typed it in, but it says it doesn’t exist.”
“use the identification number on your card.”
as opposed to what other identification number i would have used? honestly.
Let us know how it goes. I can’t remember the last time I went to the dentist, either.
*sigh* Sometimes you have to wonder about those people… but I guess they’re just covering all the bases.
Yuck! I need to book in a dental appointment before I go overseas at the end of the year, but I’m going to procrastinate as long as I can!
I’m *extremely* proud of you for making that step and calling the dentist to schedule an appointment. I haven’t been able to do that quite yet ~ too chicken! LOL! 🙂 I should do it soon. I’m also afraid of having to have all of this nasty dental work done because I haven’t been in forever. *sigh* But … I don’t want my teeth to cause problems in the future. There’s a dentist nearby that I’ve been meaning to call. Maybe I can get up the courage like you did, hehe 🙂
Congrats on making an appointment to see the dentist! As a dentist, I can tell you that you aren’t alone when it comes to people who hate to go. Good luck, and I am sure he/she won’t tell you all your teeth are rotten 🙂
Wait… you don’t make up fake insurance ID numbers when you call your insurance company? How come? I do that all the time!