My name is Russ Thompson

I am a North Carolina small venue musician. I play local bars and restaurants throughout the southeast. I’m facing a serious dental emergency that I can’t handle on my own. All of my upper teeth are broken and infected, and the pain has reached a point where I can’t wait any longer. They're done. I I'll attach some pictures, but I don't recommend looking at them. I don't like looking at them. I urgently need to have the remaining teeth removed and get a full top denture plate. If I could, I'd rip then it right now and figure it out later, but that's not reasonable. I need to do this right.

The average cost for the procedure and dentures is about $3,000, and unfortunately my insurance will not cover dentures for another six months. I simply can’t wait that long—it’s affecting my ability to eat, speak comfortably, sleep, and perform without constant pain. I was used to it for a while, buy it's hit a break point.

I’m hoping to raise $3,000 within the next month so I can get the treatment I need as quickly as possible. Any amount helps—whether it’s $5, $20, or just sharing this fundraiser with others. Your support would mean the world to me and would finally allow me to get out of pain and start feeling like myself again.

I'm just spent at this point. I haven't lost hope, but I'm just so tired of hurting and being tired all of the time.

I'm ready to get entirely healthy again and I can't do that fighting this infection every minute of every day.

I know it's the holidays. I know we're all broke right now. Anything you can do will help get me back to a normal state of being.

Again, if you can't donate, please share.