My name is Donald. I’m 55 yrs old with 3 kids and 3 gran children. My youngest son is special needs due to an experimental drug administered during pregnancy.I have now been without teeth for 10yrs, and without help I will probably die with no teeth.
How I got here. when I was 8 yrs old I was in a horrible head on collision auto accident with my father. He lost control of steering and went into oncoming traffic. This is a time when seat belts were not mandatory, and I flew from the back seat into the floor gearshift with my mouth. The impact split my mouth open and shifted my teeth. Around 12 yrs old I went to get braces to correct the shift in my teeth. 6 yrs later they tried to take the braces off and ended up tearing the enamel off all my teeth. The dentist said this was old technology they used to adhere the brace to my teeth.Well with no enamel protecting my teeth I started getting cavities, but not like everyone else. I got cavities along the gum lines on the side of the tooth were the ate through the tooth breaking the tooth off below the gum line.
Today I still have every single tooth (root) broken off so before I can get teeth the game plan was to put me to sleep and have a dental surgeon remove all the broken teeth before they can put post in. For more than 10 yrs I’ve been getting infections and treating it by myself with Amoxicillin which I obtain through friends going to other countries and bringing back to me after vacation. I have become very anti-social stopped going to church or even meeting new people because I am ashamed, I feel when I talk to someone especially professionals they are staring at my mouth trying to see I have no teeth. Now my kids are always trying to take pictures with me and my grandchildren and I cant smile. I often think when they get older and look at the pictures of me and think was he always mad because he never smiles.
Having three kids I have always put them before myself to the point where I was neglecting me. I don’t regret it, because that is what a father is suppose to do. when I went to go see about fixing my teeth I was told it is all cosmetic. After the consultation I was told it would cost over $48,000 they don’t know exact number because oral surgeon was another cost. I worry the longer I wait the more chance of stroke or even heart attack because of the poison from bacteria I swallowing all the time, not to mention the low self esteem or my mental health.
It took a lot for me to come on this site and beg complete strangers for money. I have never asked anything from anyone before I have always worked for it. I have been working since age 16. I have collected unemployment 1 time in my life and that was for a wrongful termination, my wife and son both had heart surgery’s the same week. After 10 yrs I have to face the facts that sometimes you have to swallow tour pride and ask for help, because I can’t do it alone. I sure miss the foods I cant eat anymore and I miss looking in the mirror at myself.
If you can find it in your heart to help me, you have no idea how grateful I would be. You would me giving me my life back. To be able to be social again to be able to make new friends, to be able to eat apples, nuts, steak and all the other foods I can no longer eat. But most of all I can smile again. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my story. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your contribution to my situation.
Thank you for your time to read this
Donald
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