
Help Me Get New Teeth!!
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Hi everyone, my name is Sierra. I am 26, bisexual, disabled, unable to work, and I need new teeth! The photo is of my teeth in December, and I have lost more since then. Here is the story of how we got here:
Until I was 18, I had never had a cavity, but I deal with chronic vomiting (I throw up at least twice a week) although it used to be every day) and cyclical vomiting syndrome, all that acid just destroys your teeth, and there is no saving my teeth. I am at the point where I have to have all of my teeth removed and get dentures. The problem is that insurance does not cover nearly enough for me even to get all of my teeth taken out in the same year, let alone get them all removed and get new ones
I have so many that need to be removed (and ones with funky roots) that I have to have an oral surgeon put me under to take them out and that costs more money than if you were awake. Then after that, I have to get dentures which are very expensive. So I'm hoping to raise about 4 to 5k to get them removed and get new teeth. It's incredibly embarrassing to have teeth that are basically nubs. You have no idea how important teeth are in our culture until you don't have them. It's wearing on my mental health, making my depression worse, and even though the restrictions have lifted on wearing a mask, I never take my mask off outside cause I am so embarrassed. I would never leave the house if it weren't for having a mask.
Any help would be seriously greatly appreciated. This has been weighing on me for years, and it's getting worse. I can barely eat at this point. I can only eat soft foods like chicken nuggets or mashed potatoes, which is also not helping my weight. The pain it causes is so horrible and intense that even tho I am on pain killers for my connective tissue disorder, it does not touch the pain at all. And like I live in a motel, I need to work on my teeth before we can even save up to move, and the disability people are dragging their heels.
Any donations or even just sharing this would help immensely. Thank you!
Organizer and beneficiary
Jennifer Lynn
Organizer
Portland, OR
Samuel McLeroy
Beneficiary