Thursday, September 15, 2011

Victoria Trip

We are back from a couple of days in Victoria where Norma had another appointment with her dental implant specialist. The appointment took a little over two hours and he wanted another $2,700 installment. And here I thought he only charged $1,000 per hour! She has one more appointment next week when he told us to have another $4,000 ready. This will bring the bill for this repair to close to $9,000! We are disputing one item on the bill that we do not think is necessary so that might bring this down by a thousand or so. I think we will be dipping into our "Rainy Day Fund" to pay for this job. Adjusting our lifestyle is not an option!

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  1. heyduke50September 15, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    ouch, that will take a bite out of the rainy day fund...

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  2. CroftSeptember 15, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Yes, it will take a bite out of it! It is not exactly a hurricane but it sure is a rainstorm! If the market continues it's general recovery the rainy day fund will keep growing in the right direction!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 2:27 AM

    I'm surprised that you didn't go to Algodones, Mexico for extensive/expensive dental work. Kathe

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  4. Kevin ReadSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    Why wouldn't you have had all that fixed in Mexico for probably 1/3 the cost?

    www.travelwithkevinandruth.com

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  5. ContessaSeptember 16, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Personally we would not have dental work done in Mexico. Too many people we know have had too many major problems once back home.

    Still that really cuts into the vino budget.

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  6. CroftSeptember 16, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    I have had minor work done in Mexico and was very impressed with the work. I have a guy in Maz if you need him Contessa.

    Norma was directed to this guy in Victoria who did the original job before we started going to Mexico and she is now locked into a new technology that she is unsure of trying in Mexico (if it is even available). This was a repair of a part that failed after more than seven years.

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  7. MartySeptember 17, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    My sister-in-law found a great dentist in Mazatlan. She had a filling, extraction, cleaning and x-rays all for $160 US. He was recommended by our salesman at the resort, a great Canadian named Steve. This guy is Steve's dentist. I keep thinking I'm going to schedule something while I'm there, but I'm too busy having fun! We have friends that winter in Arizona who have friends and relatives come from Montana just to go over the border for dental work. Heck of a way to get company!

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