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WebbWife61 karma

How much did this cost? Did you have coverage? How serious was your pain?

I know a bad toothache can feel like child birth on your face.

I currently look like the elephant man because my face is so swollen from an infected tooth. I was told the infection was in my blood and could be deadly soon, but since I'm poor they followed that up by saying there was nothing I can do until I can come up with extraction and antibiotics money first.

So plyers are my only hope at this point. I had to resort to that about a year ago with two other teeth, the both broke off at the gum line. Fun stuff there, but they rarely hurt anymore.

If you are poor in America, you basically don't count as human and are sentenced to pain and death when we actually could be helping each other with something as simple as teeth extraction and antibiotics, you know, basic health care.

WebbWife30 karma

Yeah, I've been on waiting lists for over two years. Someone is sure to say I could have saved up in that time to just pay for it myself, but no. If you are poor living paycheck to paycheck then life sends you a curve ball (death of my husband) its just not possible.

I'm kinda having a hard time emotionally wrapping my head around the idea of having to get plyers and pull it myself again. I am trying to get ready for what's to come, but I keep breaking down and crying, scared of the pain, scared of causing further harm, and frankly trying to decide if suicide would be better. I mean, why keep going like this? Its not going to get better. My family is all gone, I feel like my face has been in childbirth for days and I know the cycle just repeats. At one point this morning I fantasized about robbing a bank and just waiting for police to kill me or take me to prison where I could get dental care. The pain is so bad that I'm FANTASIZING about prison just for the health care. FML

WebbWife5 karma

Seriously??? THANK YOU!