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OldBaldy1701E

(7,539 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 08:50 PM Feb 21

Well, now it appears as if my front tooth is going to be an issue.

I need a root canal, or something to repair this front tooth. It is now starting to hurt all of the time.

I guess I will have to just get them all removed now. I cannot afford to do anything about it other than remove it. I am down almost half of my teeth as it is. I got partial dentures a while back but I have lost too many teeth since then and they are now useless because they don't fit right. I cannot afford to get implants. I cannot afford to get dentures. I cannot afford to get them all removed, but at least that price will only have to be paid one time.

I don't have much longer anyway. Might as well try to lessen the impact of my existence on my husband by forgetting about trying to address my health issues and let nature take its course. We are looking at being homeless anyway because I am nothing but a lump of useless flesh with no value whatsoever. Why be a bigger burden by trying to extend a failure of a life?

I have pliers in my garage. Those will have to do I guess.

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Well, now it appears as if my front tooth is going to be an issue. (Original Post) OldBaldy1701E Feb 21 OP
I am heartbroken for you. Please try to get a payment plan for tooth removal. LiberalLoner Feb 21 #1
Where are you, LiberalLoner? FeelingBlue Feb 21 #2
Thanks. It means a lot. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #8
I know someone who is claudette Feb 21 #3
I will ask. Thanks. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #9
👍 claudette Feb 22 #13
Ask a social worker if there are emergency funds. applegrove Feb 21 #4
That's a wonderful idea! We could help! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Feb 21 #5
I am not sure how to find a social worker. I guess a search with that term would be a good start. OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #10
Why is it your fault XanaDUer2 Feb 21 #6
It is my curse. OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #11
Ok good you're looking XanaDUer2 Feb 22 #14
There is no sex for shelter thing. OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #18
You should def have a GFM XanaDUer2 Feb 22 #19
I'm so sorry about your situation. I will contribute if you start a go fund me. WDLAL Feb 22 #7
Thank you. OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #12
Start one. Ppl r generous here on du XanaDUer2 Feb 22 #15
I will contribute too. Ignore the trolls. You have community here. applegrove Feb 22 #17
Marginally housed. Includes dental care XanaDUer2 Feb 22 #16
CRAP! OldBaldy1701E Feb 25 #20

LiberalLoner

(10,849 posts)
1. I am heartbroken for you. Please try to get a payment plan for tooth removal.
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 08:52 PM
Feb 21

And dentures once your gums have healed up enough are less costly than you might imagine.

Sending hugs to you. Wish I could do more.

Xoxoxox

FeelingBlue

(769 posts)
2. Where are you, LiberalLoner?
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 09:08 PM
Feb 21

What state? What city? There may be resources you are not aware of.

claudette

(5,254 posts)
3. I know someone who is
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 09:50 PM
Feb 21

looking into suction dentures which are not as expensive as the other kind. Seems to be more comfortable, too. Maybe you could ask your dentist about it. Best wishes to you.

applegrove

(125,319 posts)
4. Ask a social worker if there are emergency funds.
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 09:53 PM
Feb 21

Start a go fund me page and post the link here. (((HUGS)))

OldBaldy1701E

(7,539 posts)
10. I am not sure how to find a social worker. I guess a search with that term would be a good start.
Sat Feb 22, 2025, 01:19 PM
Feb 22

I have to say, that last time I did a gofundme, I felt slimy and guilty at the same time. I am just not the kind of person who feels right about getting money without doing anything to earn it. Of course, all of my attempts to earn any usually fail anyway, but at least I was offering something in return.

I also got hate mail. Yep, I got hate mail on that last gofundme. I have no idea who it was, but it said something along the lines of 'Are you happy now, you worthless piece of shit?' Wow.

My problem is I have this reaction to anxiety where I start to, for lack of a better term, shut down and can't do much of anything. Plus, I have a very bad case of what they call 'AAD'... Adjustment Anxiety Disorder. Mine is pretty bad. The worst trigger for it is having to move. Guess what we have to do in six months? So, I am trying to find things and I am trying to connect with things and I am trying to keep it together... but...

Thanks for the information. I hope to see if I can find something that can help.

XanaDUer2

(15,711 posts)
6. Why is it your fault
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 10:13 PM
Feb 21

Your ll is kicking you out in 6 months? Have you tried to find a place yet?

You need to stop blaming yourself for every thing.

However MY teeth are causing me bank ruptcy pain and stress. Oh and the nerve and muscle damage from the fuckers shove

OldBaldy1701E

(7,539 posts)
11. It is my curse.
Sat Feb 22, 2025, 01:29 PM
Feb 22

Everything I touch turns to shit. For example: I have been in three bands in my career that I did not start. I was an add-on. Each band folded not too long after I joined. Two of them had been in existence for over a decade. Cursed.

I warned my husband. I told him that I was cursed and if he hooked up with me, it would affect him as well. I am betting he believes me these days.

Yes, we have an appointment with a realtor on Monday to see a cheap one bedroom. I mean cheap. No amenities. It will literally be 'cabin living'. I may end up washing clothes in the shower. But, it is all we can afford.

Anything that happens to us is going to cause us to be completely broke. My body just keeps on failing and they STILL refuse to do anything. Of course, now that we have King Orange, there will be nothing coming from the government I served and stood by for decades. I should have always gotten the scratch under the table. Watching the rich milk our federal coffers while I have to decide between meds and eating is outrageous.

But, here we all sit, eh?

XanaDUer2

(15,711 posts)
14. Ok good you're looking
Sat Feb 22, 2025, 03:45 PM
Feb 22

Good luck w that. But I doubt you're cursed. If it would make you feel better can you seek out a santaria etc practitioner and have them do a curse- removing ceremony? Just don't get sucked into a con. Miami was full of these priests and priestteses. Would that make you feel better? I felt better after my apt was blessed. Seriously, bands fail all the time.

I'm really concerned about this sex-for-shelter thing. Is this legal? Your partner is also at fault for not listening to your concerns about the LL. Do you constantly tell your partner that you're cursed? Maybe that's freaking him out. I would concentrate on getting an apt now and get out of that house.

PS you will NOT NOT NOT be pressured religiously if u seek help from catholic charities or JFS. Please consider reaching out.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,539 posts)
18. There is no sex for shelter thing.
Sat Feb 22, 2025, 06:39 PM
Feb 22

I stated that the guy thought that was going to happen. When it did not happen, he acted as if moving up here was solely our idea as opposed to his begging us to move here in the first place. He turned out to be a spoiled child masquerading as a normal adult person.

I have mentioned to him before that I was cursed. I don't drone on about it every day.

We are trying but we have no money thanks to having to get another vehicle. Plus, the child had said that he would 'pay for the move'. We are trying not to rile him up until we have secured that funding and made the arrangements. Once we are sure that we are safe, we plan to have nothing to do with him again. He does not know this yet. He still thinks he is 'large and in charge'. I am hoping beyond hope that this property we are checking out tomorrow will turn out to be a good one. Sure, it is like living in a barn compared to where we are now. I don't care. I was raised with less. Even though I am broken down, I feel I can manage it.

As to your last suggestion, it is not off of the table yet.

XanaDUer2

(15,711 posts)
19. You should def have a GFM
Sat Feb 22, 2025, 06:50 PM
Feb 22

Just explain the dental/ moving problem to every one..i hope the place is functional enough to be livable. If the price is right Id grab it.

Good luck

OldBaldy1701E

(7,539 posts)
12. Thank you.
Sat Feb 22, 2025, 01:29 PM
Feb 22

I will consider starting one although I hate, and I mean HATE, to do that kind of thing.

applegrove

(125,319 posts)
17. I will contribute too. Ignore the trolls. You have community here.
Sat Feb 22, 2025, 04:50 PM
Feb 22

Just pretend you are in customer service and they are rude clients who you are glad to see leave. You concentrate on the customers you do have.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,539 posts)
20. CRAP!
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:40 PM
Feb 25

I went to the dentist today. They cannot do anything until they get approval from the insurance company. That may take up to a month. I cannot last that long with this pain.

The dentist gave me antibiotics. I have never had issue with those before the last time I used them, when I threw one up after taking it. But, I tried it again. I was feeling fine until I went to eat some soup. It started again. I was in the middle of typing a post here when it happened. Now, I do not want to take the things, but they are the only thing now that took the pain edge off.

Now, what can I do? What alternatives are there to Amoxycillin and the like?

I am so tired of suffering. If it is not my health, it is my socioeconomic position. If it is not that, it is my inability to do anything and thus making me the ultimate failure. I can't win.

Like Hugh Jackman's part in 'Deadpool and Wolverine', I am the worst baldy there is.

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