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strawberrytea40
Here since: Nov 4, 2007
Female, 39
disabled
keymar, maryland
Languages: english

iis anyone readning my posts i haven't got an responds  am a caring,kind hearted person that just needs some help i am  disabled and low income anyone know of any help i am in need of help i can't pay 900.00 that is back owed for my car does anyone know of any programs that can help

Rosie327
Here since: Apr 14, 2007
Female
BenefitsSpecialist
Languages: English

I am a work-from-home mom of three, including one child with special needs. Thanks to early diagnosis and lots and lots of therapy she is doing incredibly well, keeping up with her twin brother and giving big brother a run for his money. After dealing with insurance companies for her care and treatment I realized what a horrible healthcare crisis this country is in.  Now I work with Ameriplan, an alternative and/or supplement to traditional insurance. I help people save money on healthcare, and I also help people escape the rat race and work from home.

 

http://www.BenefitsByRosie.com

 

VetAngels
Here since: Mar 22, 2008
Male, 52
Retired- Disabled Veteran
Jacksonville, florida
Languages: English

I am a disabled vietnam era veteran. About two years ago I suffered two strokes and saw first hand the obstacles that people and families in need go thru when they are struck with an unforeseen incident. The world can turn into a cruel and cold and lonely place. It seems that the only visitors that approach you are people that want to take their pound of flesh. All the collectors come to collect their debts and there is no way of holding them off. Sometimes families are forced to make harsh and rash decisions just in order to survive the tradegy.

I do not want anyone to feel the way that I did when I had my strokes. Dealing with the feeling of complete loss and disarry of your life only compounds itself on your situation. It harms both you and the family around you in so many ways. The emotional, physical and financial strain can become unbearable. Along with the illness and long sleepless nights you are also plagued with the ever approaching feeling of doom. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO SURVIVE!!!

I was able to first hand experience this and to speak with others that have gone through these incidents also. There are a few basic needs that must be met in order to get through this crisis safely and remain in a stable environment.

Basic needs include but are certainly NOT limited to:

Food / Shelter / Medical Care

Knowing that someone cares and that there are people who can or want to help, makes a big difference in bridging the gap to becoming healthy and viable again.

What I have decided to do and wish to attempt to pass on to people are both the basic needs and the knowledge that there are others that care and sympathize with people in need.

I hope to help bridge the gap between the needs and the needy!

I am starting a non-profit organization to help veterans and their families cope with the difficult and rocky time between receiving either their benfits or their pension. I wish to exted this service also to the homeless in need.  

I need help to get this venture started. Any help from you would help out the cause greatly!!!  One of the things that we need too do is purchase wholesale/discount/surplus items to raise  funds for the cause.  
  We can't do this without you and there are people waiting to be helped. Please help us bridge the gap between the needed and needy.

I want to be an organization that ACTUALLY helps, not just a name that people are turned away from when they are in need.

SanDav
Here since: Jul 4, 2007
38
carchick5.0
Here since: Aug 16, 2007
38
Need to be Financed for Dental Work (Bad Credit Bad Teeth)

Hi!  My name is Cindy.  I live in the suburbs of Houston, Tx.  I work in Houston, TX. I am trying to locate a dentist that will accept payment plans (something along the lines of debit from checking account once a month or whatever).  I am not looking for free dental work.  I was just not blessed with good strong teeth, but it's my responsibility to take care of them.  Unfortuantley I have bad credit, so I am not able to be financed.  I have several teeth missing or broken.  I do have a lot of pain, and it's not healthy to take Advil like I do, it can damage my liver.  Mostly I would like to be able to eat ( I have lost weight because of my teeth) and I would like my liver to be okay, since I won't be taking Advil like it is going out of style.  If anyone has any suggestions, please e-mail me at cindyluvstx78@yahoo.com  I would appreciate any helpful hints.

Sincerely,

Cindy

wanting to smile again

My name is John Davis,Im 34 and live in Frankston Texas.I am in need on dental work bad but cant afford it at the moment. I am embarresed to smile and cannot eat without discomfort or fear of more damage to my teeth.If anyone can help please let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration.my email is johndindfw@aol.com

Tess Bolen
Here since: Mar 26, 2007
Female, 43
Medical Insurance Biller
Data Support Services
Citrus Heights, California, USA
Languages: English;
ulysses
Here since: Aug 9, 2006
Male, 55
DISABLED (EX-SOCIAL WORKER ,RAILROADER)
UTU
TUSCON, Arizona, USA
Languages: ENGLISH
I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY TEETH FIXED SO I CAN GET BACK TO VOLUNTEERING. MY NEXT ORGANIZATION IS THE RED CROSS. I WANTED TO GET IN THE PEACE CORP HOWEVER I WAS NOT ACCEPTED DUE TO MY MEDICATION. SOME COUNTRIES THEY VOLUNTEER DOES NOT HAVE SOME MEDICINES READILY AVAILABLE. AND THAT IS A 2 YEAR PROGRAM. THE RED CROSS ONE CAN GO OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF COUNTRY FOR ABOUT A MONTH. AS I STATED I HAVE BEEN A HELPING PERSON MY WHOLE LIFE  , SO THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR ME . MY DISABILITY IS DIFFICULT BUT NOT BEING A PART OF SOMETHING IS REALLY PAINFUL.  HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL COME MY WAY SOON. JUST A LITTLE NUDGE. THANKS , PEACE AND HAPPINESS , FROM PATRICK CUNNINGHAM
Courtney333x2
Here since: Jun 19, 2007
Female, 26
Artist
Desert Hills, Arizona, USA
Languages: english
I am in desperate need of some major dental work. When I was nineteen I was hospitalized because of a staff infection and spent over a year in and out of the hospital trying to fight it off... while in the hospital I was told that the strain of staff I had would always remain in my blood and would most likely take it's toll on my imune system making it harder for me to fight off infections etc for the rest of my life. I'm now 25 years old and I'm finding out that they weren't joking. I broke a tooth about a year ago and since I don't have insurance and my boyfriend & I have been in a really tight spot financially this last year because he had to be unexpectedly hospitalized and have emergency surgery.... after that coming at us from out of nowhere & him not having insurance either.... we just haven't had the money to pay for me to get the dental work done that I need and now since I've put it off for so long it has caused major problems for the rest of my mouth and other teeth have become weak and infected and now I fear it's starting to take its toll in  other areas besides just my mouth.... I've recently started having major migraines and have recently started even seeing the infection take it's toll on my skin too with major breakouts and acne. (Something I never ever had any issue with before this tooth problem) This whole mess has not only hurt my physical health but it has also hurt my self confidense and has left me feeling ugly and depressed to the point where I don't even like to go out of the house or be around people. I'm desperate for help so If anybody can assisit I assure you I'd be forever greatful. Thanks
PaulaJean
Here since: Mar 5, 2008
Female, 38
Fort Worth, Texas

I am a mother of a 2 year old son.  My husband and I try very hard to make a home for our family.  He lost his job the day after Christmas and has had trouble finding another one.  I have picked up some contract work, and am now working two contract jobs in addition to my full time job.  I was diagnosed 2 years go with multiple sclerosis, so the extra work is not an easy task.

Anyway, we got behind one month on our house payment and have been unable to catch up.  Our bank is demanding two months (the behind month plus this month) payment within 48 hours.  I don't have it and don't know what to do.

Big Katt
Here since: May 9, 2008
Female, 20
Chilton, Texas
Languages: English

Hey  !! My name is Crystal Coleman I am 20 yrs old and I have two twin boys that are Five months old and their names are Trevor & Leland . They are my Life. . To start off. Evey since I was little I was always in a family that did drugs and stayed in trouble I never knew my mom very well because she was in and out of jail, and I finally met my real dad when I turned 18YRS.I grew up with two brothers one is in jail now and has been in jail since he was 16. My little brother in in high school now and it is his senior year. When i was little i was sexual molested by my Uncle.. I felt that i could not tell anyone but when i did i told my Grandparents because they were the one we called mom and dad . When i told them they didnt belive me so the sent me off to live with my aunt here in Texas.. When i moved here i was treated like crap i had to go to school, cook dinner , wash dishes , wash clothes, clean my aunts room and rub her feet in the middle of a a school night . Her thought on school was that it came after what she wanted me to do for her! I belived in school first .. Anyways I finally ran away from her house at the age of 17 , from their i lived from house to house, and went to school. Thats when i met my husband , I fell in love i thought he was the real thing so we got married Oct 28, 2006 , but little did i know that when I said i do i would be put threw Physicaly and Emotional abuse. ( I got married at 18) I just put up with the abuse because i had no family to run to ... When i got married i was still in High School my husband didnt want me to go to school because he thought i would flirt with the boys , and he didnt want me to go on any school trips for all the same reasons.. Well thats when it all strarted the first time he just punched me in the face once and called me many names but I belived that he loved me so I didnt want to leave him.. But i did and when I had no were to turn to or no one to turn to I went back to him ... and the abuse got worse i had just had my gawbladder taken out when he decided to beat me the second time i was on the couch he decided that he wanted me to go to bed with him and i told him i was not ready for bed that i would be in the room in a min , well he didnt like that he followed me to the bath room and beat me in the shower , when he was beating me I went into an asthma attack and and refused to give me my medication. I left him that time for the second time. But as you might know already i went back because i felt in love and i felt that I couldn't live with out him. The third time he beat me he stopped in the middle of the high way and was yelling at me i told him to get out and let me drive because he was driving crazy because a EMS worker waved at me , when he got out of his little blue GMC truck i slidded over to the drivers side and as i was reaching for the door my husband grabed the door and slamed my head and arm in it many times and left me on the side of the road . This time i was determined i was not going back to him my aunt let me move in and while i was at school she also let him move in felt traped so i was with him again.. The Last time he beat me i was pregnate My friend was going to throw a graduation party for me because i had grauated well i was maken glasses for my party that said Senior Class Of 2007 and in the middle of maken a glass my husband asked me a question I didnt understand him so i asked him what he said and he started beating me, little did i know i was pregnant he held me in a conner and beat me and when i tryied to call the cops he took the phone and beat me more and the tore the house phone out of the wall and called his step mom and told her not to let me use the phone... I got out and when i did i went to the hospital and i found out i was pregnant 2 weeks later i was so excited but when i went to the hospital i found out that i was suspost to have triplets but when my husband beat me i lost a child. I was so upset with him, i couldnt figure out why he would beat me so much and just think everything was ok. I stayed away from my husband for 4 months and then i decided i was going to give him one more chance and this time it was not for me it was for the kids.. Well i didnt go threw physical abuse this time it was all emotional abuse this last time and i ended up having my babys earily because of all of stress and stuff he made me do , When i had the kids i thought it would change my kids lived in the hospital for 35 days after they were born i never got to touch my babys when they were born just a little while after they were in the hospital. They had so many cords on them because i had them 2 months earily. I went everyday to see my babys and my husband started getting jelious so i told him he better fix his act because if he didnt that the kids and i was leavin because we didnt have to put up with his crap. When the babys got out it was getting worse he didnt want me to have anything to do with my kids, and remember me telling you that my kids are my world well my kids gave me the strength to leave him for good , I went to a Family Abuse Center for a week now im living with a friend and i am getting a divorce. Every now and then I think mabey I should just go back because it might be easyier to just live with him because I have no car , no money and no house, but you know what  I refuse to go back to him when im breaking down and thinking about going back I listen to music . I Call this a Lesson Learned, and hold my two wonderful boys . Because it was a lesson Learned . I learned the hard way , but alway turn to god even when no one eles is their he is!! God knows what i went threw and he will take care of it at the end!!

I just found this site...maybe someone can help me.

Hello,

I am a 27 year old man from Iowa who has battled clinical depression the past 8 months.  Because of this I have lost almost everything.  I have been unemployed for quite some time now because the people around here have heard about my emotional problems.  I have medical bills I can't pay and I am in desperate need for some dental work and new glasses.  I have all the right medication now so I am much better.  I know I can come out of this rut somehow but I am looking for any help that might come my way.  Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Matthew

Shavey
Here since: May 2, 2008
Female, 31
SOMEWHERE IN, NEW YORK

Need info on dental plans. Thanks!

ambermun21
Here since: Apr 30, 2008
Female, 25
Homemaker
Brenham, Texas
Languages: English

We are a low income family looking for assistane to help us make it! Ok let me get a little bit more into detail on how we need help. My husband is a Iraqi veteran he is 27 yrs old and is now disabled he was injured in iraq, and when he came home was discharged from the military. I am unable to work out of the home due to this and our 3 children. We live in government housing and would really like to have our own home. please any info possible would be great!

dental assistance

i desparately need to find a way to finance dental work and i have poor credit. circumstances were such that i was a divorced mother of three with a slacker ex husband and haven't had the funds to take care of my teeth.

i live in missouri and don't qualify for medical assistance and am asking for help. i did suffer a small setback recently...had a hand injury which involved an amputation which set me back.

the stump, i can live with and improvise. my teeth are another matter. please help if possible. thanks...mig

Cassie Minor
Here since: Jun 27, 2007
Female, 36
Registered Dental Hygienist
North Carolina Missions of Mercy
Various, North Carolina, USA
Languages: English, Spanish (in clinics)

NCMOM provides free dental care to those with limited or no other options for care.

sammiesue
Here since: Oct 24, 2007
Female, 58
disabled/bipolar
Languages: english
In Need of Dental Work Please Help!

I am now engaged to this wonderful man.  My fiancée is 29 years old.  Together we live in Wisconsin with his two beautiful daughters, which he received full custody.  We are doing our best to get by and give these two girls an amazing life without their mother.  My soon to be husband is trying to get things together, but needs a lot of dental work done.  He has abscessed teeth, teeth almost falling out, and large discoloration.  He is constantly dealing with pain.  Worst of all, he is suffering from such low self esteem.  He does not like to smile, laugh, and talk for fear someone will see his teeth.  We cannot afford to fix his teeth.  If anyone can help me somehow give him back the confidence we would be forever grateful.  PLEASE HELP!!

dental work

I am looking for help in paying for much needed  dental work I had seizures as a child and my teeth have rotted from the inside out.  I had some money saved but then last year my mother died the day before my 31st birthday and her funeral cost a lot to be able to bury her.  I have dental insurance but even with that it still was quoted at 10,000 dollars.

Thank You

Sabrina Kuchta

martinez742000@yahoo.com

 

Your Oxygen
Here since: Mar 15, 2008
Female, 32
dental work
  I am a 34 year old mother of two and am in a bind. After years of struggling with anorexia and bulimia, my teeth have shattered. I don't have any dental insurance and can't afford the surgery to remove the pieces left in my gums. I  hope to be able to save 4-5 teeth on the bottom. I will need a full top plate and a partial for the bottom. Now that my eating disorder is under control, I look awful. I would love to be able to take pictures with my kids and for them to be proud of me. I can't eat much healthy food, like salads or fresh veggies, because i can't chew them. Please help if you can. Thanks. email: wmklein1972@yahoo.com
dental work
    I am 36 years old and have had problems with my teeth since my son's birth in 1989. I have spent over 10,000 dollars in the past 15 years trying to save teeth or have teeth pulled, partials purchased, root canals and caps that have not
lasted and our now completely gone. I only have 7 top teeth and two of those have 17 year old caps on them that need to be replaced. I have had two other root canals in the last year that need capped as well on the top. I have been told that I need to replace the partial I have with  a new kind that will hold onto my new caps that I need. I only have 6 bottom teeth and nothing else. I have never been able to afford to worry about my bottom teeth. I am scared to lose all of my teeth at this age and go to dentures, pluse having these teeth pulled would cost about  3-4 thousand dollars in oral surgery bills. I have insurance through deltal dental, but the yearly limits are only 1,000 which would not even cover one tooth to be worked on. I am looking for someone to help me find a place that offers free dental work or discount dental work or a dentist that would make a payment plan with me so I can try to save what little teeth I have left. I work  in the health and fitness industry and I am up close with people everyday. It is so embarrasing to smile and I can only eat certain foods, because I cannot chew. Can anyone please help!!
texasjimi
Here since: Mar 8, 2008
Male, 58

 

                                    

                                         

A.Hillbilly
Here since: Feb 26, 2008
47
Farrier
Languages: English

"Our only hope ls our children and olderfolk," Good God in heaven knows, the "powers that be" sure won't change their ways and help the backbone of america. Things went bad when we started moving Grandpa & Grandma out of the home into oldfolks homes. The kids lost precious teachings that are vital to life. The olderfolk lost their reason to be. All in the name of Bigger, better,faster and longer! We have a vast number of children lost in fostercare, on the street,and in broken homes. And with the great number of functioning olderfolk lets take some of the failing family farms and put them together? This is my idea. The children have not only lost the joys and lessons that Mom and Dad have no time to teach. But what is more, They don't learn how to be Human. Look around, We are in deep we must begin with our children so that when they are "The powers that be" they wil treat their familys with a bit more Humanness. One farm is all we need to start.   A. Hillbilly

juneg2003
Here since: Jul 27, 2005
Female, 43
security officer
nordic security
orange, California, USA
Languages: english, spanish

I have had a very hard time financially lately, my bills are about to get turned off all my credit cards are maxed out past due and now i will probably get real bad credit. i can varily pay my car payment and my rent, i just dont make enough for everything.  my daughter arlene 13 and my son david 17 will be going back to school soon and i dont know how i will be able to buy them school clothes, then christmas is right around the corner and i dont see myself being able to give them a christmas at this time. last year i was depressed because i couldnt buy my children anything and i found out about a few organizations that could help to late.  my 19 year old josh was shot about six months ago in a drive by shooting and has not been able to work since then.  he cannot control his right ankle, when he walks he drags his foot, i finally got him a doctors appt for this friday but i cant go pick him up from his house because i do not even have a dime for gas this week.  let alone the 10 co payment.  my house has little to no food in it.  my older son his girlfriend and his 2 children have came to stay with me about 3 weeks ago.  do you know what its like to not have milk for your grandson.  i live in a nice house because i have a real kind hearted friend that goes out of his way to help me out. he only charges me 2000.00 a month, but he pays about 3900.00 a month. i only pay 1000.00 a month because i have a roommate who pays 1000.00 also.  but when you only make 600.00 to 700.00 every two weeks 1000.00 is a lot, because you still have bills gas food for 5 people diapers thank god my son gets wic. well thats a little about myself   i have been really depressed lately do to everything stacking up at one time.  i wish i had a job that i could make enough money to support my kids and not worry about doctors. food.  i am a very hard worker and would work 70 hrs a week if i could.  but i dont seem to be able to find a job that will allow me to do so.  and of course  just imaging how could i go looking for a job the way i look when i open my mouth.  my teeth embarrass me more than anyone can imagine.

 

Dental work that we can't afford

My husband needs a lot of dental work done - he is only 31 and will probably end up without any teeth at all within a year.  He never smiles outside of the house and is extremely self-conscious because all his front teeth are rotting and broken.  We have three children and our oldest son (5 years old) asked me why daddy never smiles at church when everyone else does.  It is breaking my heart that he struggles with this every single day.  He has an ok job and even dental insurance, but we can't afford the 60% that insurance won't cover.  I'm working too - at night - to cut out daycare costs, but we just barely make it each month.  He was recently up for a promotion at work that I think he didn't get because of his appearance - just his teeth.  Can anyone out there help us? 

Becky1
Here since: Jul 11, 2006
Female, 46
Ft. lauderdale, Florida, USA
Languages: English

My names Becky, I am 44 years old and I live with my daughter in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Need Assistance with Dental Surgery and Possible Implant Work, due to past illness & stress, am loosing all bones , & still like eating the old fashioned way, by chewing, not drinking my food.

I am 58 yrs old. Many years ago, I had an illness which ended up making me loose most of the bones holding my teeth together.. this is a concern, especially if I decide I like eating and chewing food , in place of just drinking it.

I had to have surgery to remove all the upper teeth and last week, had to loose  a few of the lower !.

I was told stress also was a big contributer.

I have a dental plan that I pay on my own, and it does not help much.

I have recently gone through a divorce, lost my home and my Ex committed suicide. I used what money I had to help out my Dad and  a friend, who ended up taking my help, but seems to have forgotten how to  pay back I do not regret helping his person, but all I can say is that at my age, I was or am still naive and trusting, becasue I allowed myselve to be taken advantage of not once, but three times, all becasue of my trust in people.  I imagine that after being deceived my my husband, who I trusted with my Life, I needed to believe again.Now that I am going through the possiblity of having no teeth, I am worried and I am feeling stressed about this and that maybe it is time for some things to go in a more positive direction. I have lost so much, my home, my marriage, my husband, and my self esteem. But I will NEVER loose my faith or my sense of humor.

After my Ex committed suicide (which was about 3 month after our divorce). I stepped in to handle his affairs. he had told me he had no family left, except a brother he was astranged from. I took care of his  reamins and making sure he was showed some respect, even after his death. I did this becasue no one esle stepped in and I wanted to make sure that after death, he was treated like a person and for the good things we had, not the bad. I searched for his brohter and what i found out was something i did not expect. his family were not all dead as he had told me, they awere all alive and well and living in canada, still fter fiding them, what happened over the next three years was part of my stress factor. We were divorced, so I was not doing this for money, I would rreceive nothing, but his family did not step in. i had to go to where he died and gather his belongings and loo at some hings that were ours and sell them to pay his reaminign bills, This ordeal has taken over 4 years and is almost complete. Did this add additional stress? I think it did. But I did what i felt was right for another human being, he had some persoanl  things happen in his past that made him the man he was when we divorced and I learned why he acted the way he did. It was not a good story, but a sad one, but it was his Life.

I cannot smile AND I HIDE MY MOUTH WITH MY HANDS WHEN I SPEAK, A SIMPLE THING LIKE LAUGHING AND SMILING HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.I do not eat out in public because of the way I look and feel.

I hate even having to ask for help, since I have always been the one to help others.

thank you, even if you just read and listenned,

 

Marsha

Need major dental work
I am in desperate need of some major dental work. When I was nineteen I was hospitalized because of a staff infection and spent over a year in and out of the hospital trying to fight it off... while in the hospital I was told that the strain of staff I had would always remain in my blood and would most likely take it's toll on my imune system making it harder for me to fight off infections etc for the rest of my life. I'm now 25 years old and I'm finding out that they weren't joking. I broke a tooth about a year ago and since I don't have insurance and my boyfriend & I have been in a really tight spot financially this last year because he had to be unexpectedly hospitalized and have emergency surgery.... after that coming at us from out of nowhere & him not having insurance either.... we just haven't had the money to pay for me to get the dental work done that I need and now since I've put it off for so long it has caused major problems for the rest of my mouth and other teeth have become weak and infected and now I fear it's starting to take its toll in  other areas besides just my mouth.... I've recently started having major migraines and have recently started even seeing the infection take it's toll on my skin too with major breakouts and acne. (Something I never ever had any issue with before this tooth problem) This whole mess has not only hurt my physical health but it has also hurt my self confidense and has left me feeling ugly and depressed to the point where I don't even like to go out of the house or be around people. I'm desperate for help so If anybody can assisit I assure you I'd be forever greatful. Thanks    
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