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Please Help!! I’m 28 and my teeth are falling out!

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Imagine going to sleep and waking up with blood on your pillow. That was me as a child. I used to try and hide it thinking I had did something wrong and not wanting to get in trouble for dirty sheets. But this kept happening. Eventually my mother found out and took me to the dentist but they only gave me a cleaning. I later found out my gums were bleeding at night when I sleep. Bleeding gums when I brushed became a thing. I got used to it. I remember dentist telling me to just use a soft brush, one dentist even told me don’t let the blood scare me and to keep brushing. So I did. As years went on I remember getting crucial tooth aces, tooth aches so bad one whole side of my face would shut down. Meaning my eyes, head and ears would all hurt on one side. Not to even mention how swollen my lymph nodes would get. Not working or having insurance for awhile because I was in college, I would just take ibuprofen sometimes 12-16 a day just to keep the pain down and keep smiling. When I was finally able to get insurance again they told me I had periodontal disease and if we didn’t get help soon all my teeth would start falling out. I was happy we had caught it but also terrified at the thought of my teeth falling out. Sadly I lost my insurance after I got fired from work and was unable to continue my treatment so my disease got worst. I remember tying socks around my head like the old days to keep pressure on my face so that it wouldn’t hurt so bad when the ibuprofen stopped working. Fast forward I finally get my dream job, a job helping the youth and educating them about healthy relationships. I get my insurance and the first thing I do is make a dental appointment for a cleaning. When I went in for a cleaning the dentist looked at me with pity and started calling in other dentist. She said “I can’t even clean these they’ll all fall out” Imagine your 28 just got your dream job that requires you to talk, laugh and smile with children and you learn all your teeth are about to fall out. Fast forward even more to present day. I now have several loose teeth and none in the back. I also learned that dental disease can reach your heart and kill you. “As if having missing teeth isn’t scary enough lol” I really need everyone’s help. I would never ask for anyone’s help as I’ve always been taught to help myself but I’m pretty much out of resources. I’ve been to at least 5 dentist and all have said the same thing. “I’ve never seen a 27 year old with a condition this bad.” Every day I wake up in pain or with blood smeared across my teeth from my gums bleeding at night. You can imagine being in an intimate relationship like this. (Depressing) I’m constantly sad and insecure and sometimes I don’t even want to smile. Most of the time I just wish they would fall out so I don’t have to be in pain anymore. I got my back ones removed to help ease some of the pain but now I can barely eat the things I love. Wings, Cheeseburgers, spaghetti even regular Sandwiches from the Deli. “ Man I miss biting into things.” But I guess it’s like they say, you never what you have till it’s gone. I miss my teeth so much so if anyone could please help me get a new smile you would literally be helping me get my life back. Thank you for reading my story if you’ve read it this far and anything helps. I really just want to be happy again
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    Jay Mahagany
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    West New York, NJ

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