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Urgent Funds for Parker's Mom's TMJD Surgery

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Hi! My name is Parker, and I started this GoFundMe to help raise money for an essential surgery for my mom that we cant afford alone.

All the money raised would go towards to cover this up front cost of the surgery, which totals to $11,734.40

She has a condition called TMJD, which causes her to have severe jaw pain as well as a history of locking open, along with a myriad of other side effects. She has dealt with it for 16 years, but in the past 4 it has severely worsened. She used to just experience pain, which while not ideal, it was manageable.

However, in the last 4 years that pain has turned into a lack of being able to eat, speak, and most recently, being able to take her heart medication. Her TMJD has now become life threatening.

She has had flare ups in the past, but this flare up is the worst it's ever been in the 16 years she's had the diagnosis. My mom has tried to receive treatment on numerous occasions, but they have all ultimately made things worse for her. Not to mention, the amount of appeals she has put in with multiple insurances to get them to deem TMJD treatment as medically necessary, just for them to deny her. At one point they even acknowledged it was, but they still refused to cover it.

Now, the only treatment option we have left is this surgery. Around 30 days ago, after an appointment with her previous Maxillofacial surgeon (who is now retired), she lost her ability to eat, talk, and is struggling to take her heart medication.

We went to two separate ER's on the night of April 2nd. Those ER visits resulted in being told to find a primary care doctor, and a paper with the names of Maxillofacial surgeons that don't even take our insurance. (Which we have to keep because of her rare heart condition, SCAD, which only has two cardiologists in the entire state specializing in it.)

After an entire day of calling numerous places that specialize in TMJD, we found one that took our insurance. We made an appointment with them, and things were finally looking up. The surgeon we met with agreed she needed surgery, and assured us that they had fought with insurance before, and would fight with our insurance to make it happen.

We waited two more weeks, (Which has led us to around the 30 day mark since my mom has last had food) and we just heard back from the higher ups of the surgeons company.
They are refusing to even TALK with insurance regarding the surgery coverage, and is demanding $11,000 (and then some) up front for the surgery.

With her jaw causing her severe problems, it has put her out of work. And as a single mom who has been raising her daughter entirely alone financially, this causes issues. She is on short term disability currently, but that's only enough to cover bills. That doesn't even begin to help towards the surgery. As much as I want to work to get the money, it would take well over a year of working, as well as me forfeiting college to do so.

I miss being able to see my mom happy, and living normally. She is the best mom one could ever ask for. She is so kind, funny, brilliant, and beautiful. She truly is my best friend, and I just want to help her in some small way, after all the years she's been painstakingly making sacrifices for me.

Thank you so much for reading this far. Even if you can't donate, please share this to anyone you know. That's already helping more than you would think.



Below is the estimated medical bill sent to us by the company that is demanding $11,000 from us.


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    Mitorganisatoren (3)

    Parker Duncan
    Organisator
    Sandy City, UT
    Danielle Duncan
    Spendenbegünstigte
    Joshua Scholey
    Mitorganisator

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