Help CJ , get teeth sorted and stop the bully,s

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-who-avoided-dentist-decade-27155688?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar 
My teeth has been getting worse and worse! I cannot hold it off any longer. It is badly affecting my health and also my mental state.

 

I' had a breakdown few years ago , as result I let myself go big time , I didn't care back then I just didn't want to be here my mental health back then was shocking and I dropped into a very , very dark place I use to drink to block out the pain, what I was feeling , let my clothes become very holey and needing the bin I wouldn't take care of my self not one bit as I just didn't want to be here.

Over the years battling my mental health I forget certain health care needs including my teeth , on top of this I couldn't get into a dentist in fact I am petrified of the dentist so much so I be frozen in fear in my home and I just couldn't leave the house and hypeventilate I tried music, diazapam ( valium) tried taking someone with me , leaving any dental issues to the last minute i just couldn't get to a dentist.

 

5 years ago I became more myself and started to feel better with my mental health , but I still had a problem with my teeth at this time I was in a different area I managed to get NHS sedative dentistry and have some work on my teeth.

Come 2018 I needed to see NHS sedative dentistry again so I got my name on the waiting list in December 2018 at this point my teeth wasn't that bad just abit of pain.

I was told their be an 18month waiting list before I would get seen , I was ok with that I didn't feel in dire need and I could cope,

I coped ok until march 2020 and all of a sudden the pain got to unbearable to the extent I couldn't but a spoon ,fork or any thing solid in mouth not even something as soft as cheese and I love cheese.

So in march 2020 I had to resign my self to supplement shakes , and painkillers to get by

 

I called the dentist that referred me to NHS sedative dentistry many times , I get pretty much the same answer their is a backlog due to the covid and I have been referred to a NHS sedative dentistry. Once they gave me a number to the hospital that would be doing the work but on that all I get is an answer machine , this really upsets me and is playing havoc on my mental health, as the pain is unbearable .

In all this time I have became a recluse and refuse to do anything involving other people like talking to someone, going to a wedding I've been invited to going out , smiling ect. As result my mental health has taken a turn for the worse, I have not made friends since I moved to this area 4years ago .

 

Unfortunately the NHS now have over 6million people waiting for treatment of some kind due to covid and over 300,000 people like myself been waiting over a year for treatment. It's also over a ten year wait here for anyone to get an NHS dentist in this part of the country. This news alone have left me in despair

My teeth have been decaying from the inside out for a long time now. Over a decade. It is causing unamanageable pain! My face swells. I have infections all through my gums. Pain killers don't help sadly.

 

I have constant infections from this and also  have constant ear infections. The pain never really goes away.

 

I am now always sleep deprived, I stay up most nights in pain, I cannot eat so I'm living of supplement shakes, I have over 200 strong painkillers a month to try and help me get by but I run out all the time and I end up borrowing some .

Two years on these strong painkillers have left me addicted to them and with out them I'm really ill from withdrawal . I can't tackle this problem until I solve the main problem that caused me to take these strong painkillers.

I've tried the emergency NHS dental number but the dentist they put me in touch with does not do sedative.

My teeth are now so bad that there's no doubt in my mind they got to knock me out as they would have to cut my gums ect to get some parts of the decayed rotten teeth.

 

I love music. I love walking but the cold air makes it hard, I love to do crafts, canines meet people and I certainly love to talk, I really do love to eat (haha), I love to simply smile.

These things haven't been possible for a very long time.

I can't do the things I love, or even that's necessary, for me, with the constant pain, exhaustion and emotional drain I experience on a day to day basis.

 

I have tried the free NHS but I'm just not getting anywhere . With all this covid and backlog of people my hope in getting treated has diminished I have heart failure and was referred back to my consultant 2 years ago but I've still not heard anything on that yet either.

 

I have looked at some dentists that do sedative and I only have a rough idea on how much it will cost they are needing to take all of my remaining teeth out and bottom, the dentist is also required I have a full denture made before the extraction to help with healing. I can't register with a sedative dentistry until have about half the funds their as they take you off the list after a year if you don't see them so I can not see one yet until I get some funds

 

I'm class as disabled and I only receive disability from the government I don't have any spare funds myself which is disappointing and have bad credit history so I couldn't even get an a payment plan.

 

I've tried so many avenues to try to find to money but I've had no luck!

 

 

If anyone is able to donate I'd be greatly appreciative anything given! I've felt like for a while now getting my teeth pulled out is always just out of reach.