Charafantah's Cave

After breaking two teeth while am in Riyadh (i don’t know what the heck is wrong with me, is the food?) i could no longer take the pain, i also couldn’t eat anything, specially that each broken tooth is on a different side of the mouth.

I had to go to a dentist, after a few calls to the office, they gave me directions to a dental clinic they recommended, so i took a cab to there.

The place i must say is nice and clean, the girl at the reception greeted me and took my personal information (do not be surprised, YES she was a girl, but she was wearing the moving tent, and convering every inch of her body and face)

I waited for a few minutes, during this few minutes i looke at the price list…and OH OH!!!! am in deep $hit…prices are the same as the prices in Egypt (remember my previous post about dental care pricing?) just multiplied by 2 or maybe 3 so i was scared to death i’d end up paying 1000 Riyal to kill the pain…it would have caused pain in my walled and i cant support that one.

Anyway, i got in, the doctor was Syrian, he was friendly, i told him what happened, he examined my teeth and told me that the temp filling i asked for will probably not last until i come back to Egypt.

But well, knowing the prices, i insisted on the temp filling
I am much better now…i haven’t eaten anything since then…but i *REALLY* *REALLY* hope that when i eat nothing else will break, or the temp filling will fall.

A good solution is to live on glucose w محاليل بقى والكلام دة

Now I can say that i am “مجنون رسمى” and that’s because I removed the tooth of wisdom yesterday (a.k.a ضرس العقل)

Yesterday, my tooth of wisdom was causing a hell of a pain, i rushed to the doctor, and he said it’s very inflammatory and needs to be removed.

He gave me my tooth to keep as a souvenir,
trust me, you don’t want to see the real picture,
IT IS scary

It wasn’t like the old arabic movies, actually it was very easy to remove, didn’t take longer than 3 mins. But it’s the pain after is what you should worry about.

I haven’t eaten anything that day, and the doctor said i could not eat or drink anything hot until the next day noon…i was actually starving.

Anyway, i woke up today, with my mouth and pillow flooded with blood, i wash up, take my antibiotic and here i am, still starving with my cheek as big as a tennis ball

There was a show on NileFM a few days ago, and they were asking the audience “What would you be doing if you’re not doing what you are doing now?” it’s a pretty interesting question, not like this one we used to get when were kids “nefsak tetla3 eh lama tekbar ya 7abeeby?” the typical answer when were kids was one of these AND THERE WAS NO EXCEPTIONS:

• Doctor (Doktoor)
• Engineer (mohandes)
• Policeman (zabet)

I thought to myself for a while, and i was like “WTF!!! i dont know, i dont like doing anything else than what am doing now in my life (IT and technology)” and i let it go.

Yesterday, one of my tooth broke (again, for those who don’t know, i have a terrible lack of Calcium, which makes my teeth fall and break and it’s turning my life into a hell)

So i had an appointment with the dentist(i really hate going to dentists, i think everyone does too, it’s very annoying when someone playing with your mouth and you can’t see a damn thing)

After diagnosis here are the results:

• 18 tooth need mantainance
• Each will cost 50LE (after medical insurance)
• Two will cost extra 250LE
• Two will cost extra 600LE
• Two will cost extra 900LE

That’s a total of: 4400LE (YES!!! am just 4400LE away from a good shiny smile)

Now, let’s calculate that this way, it took him 45mins to fix 5 of them yesterday, so let’s say on average it takes him 1 hour to fix 5 tooth.

 By dividing 4400\18, thats 244LE per tooth…. we multiply that by 5…thats 1220LE!!!!! PER HOUR

1220LE per hour… that’s  7320LE if he works ONLY 6 HOURS per day!!!

 Thats 36, 600LE if he works ONLY 5 DAYS per week!!!!!

That’s  161, 040LE if he works ONLY 22 DAYS per month!!!!

Please note that this is all calculated based on THE LOWEST ESTIMATE of working hours….also not calculating people who do not have a medical insurance (that would make it MUCH higher).

Still not also calculating the work in any hospital, university or medical centers….that’s the pure income of a clinic.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT!!!!! I WANT TO BE A DENTIST!!!! EARNING A MINIMUM OF 160,000LE PER MONTH!!!!!

If i could be anything else, I DEFINITELY  want to be a Dentist, that’s wil satisfy my 2 passions:

1. Earning HELL lot of money.
2. See people suffering

(well, ok, the last paragraph was a bit over )

 عامة أنا مش باحسد و لا حاجة……..أنا بنق بس