Help Restore a Cancer Survivor's Smile

Best news I've received this year, I'm cancer-free. After a long, hard journey, those words mean so much. Now I face my next journey to recovery.

The treatments I went through were so horrible for me. I'm blessed Jesus walked with me and carried me because many times I felt like I was going to die and didn't want to continue the fight. Without Jesus, I wouldn't be here.

Now I'm on to fixing my mouth. Radiation destroyed my mouth. All of my top teeth are damaged and have to be fixed. My new tongue, jaw, and gums hurt really bad. At times, it's hard to talk due to the spasms in my neck that also cause my ear to hurt. It's difficult to eat or drink because radiation has caused my mouth, teeth, and tongue to feel like they're on fire or hurt to be touched. This is affecting my ability to gain or maintain my weight.

MD Anderson can make me a bottom denture, and they want to place a new palate on the roof of my mouth. They said it will help me eat and talk better. But they won't move forward until I'm able to get my top teeth fixed. They can't fix my top teeth unless they were to pull them all. They won't pull them because they say radiation has damaged my jaw's ability to properly heal if they pulled them. My family dentist says she can fix them, but it will cost me 18k to fix them.

This all seems impossible for me to do on my own. I'm praying God will make a way. He has carried me and made a way through all of this, so I'm trusting He will help me again.

I am thankful for any help or ideas on how I could get this work done. Thank you for all your prayers and support.