Hello,

My name is Kim I am thirty-one legally single, and have no children. I am also a full time college student. About two weeks ago I was admited to the hospital for an infected tooth. I've tried to get help, but apparently there is none. I need help. When I was in the hospital they told me I was close to having blood poisioning, yeah it could have killed me. 

I have bad teeth, they have been infected mulitipule times. I need at least seven teeth extracted. Please see my profile for more information. Please if you can... help.

I posted a new blog entry yesterday, but I guess it didn't take. Today I am doing alright. Still taking my antibiotics, but my jaw is still sore. Next week is my first attempt at the free clinic here... They are not sure if they will take me because I live in the next city over. However, they told me to come with my discharge papers from the hospital and it is a possibility that they may take me.

Right now I am more worried about getting this one tooth out. I know it is only a matter of time until another one of my teeth are infected but I am continuing my search for dental help.

Still no word from the doctors about my fiancees diabetic help. He is back to eating right, and working out. So, we are hopping to over turn his diabeties since he is still young and for the most part healthy. 

As for our financial situation I am working on getting another part time job. I know it will be harder on me being a full time college student, but it is something that I have to do.

The nearest one is in Waco which is an hour and half away. It works just like any other free clinic, you have to prove that you live in that city. Also as with most free clinics they only extract one tooth per year.

Thank you very much for your support and help though!

Just got a call from my fiancee, he his so depressed... I am too. I don't know what I can do to make everything okay...I want to believe in America, I want to believe that there are good people still out there...

Hello,

My name is Kim, I am thirty-one, single, and I have no children. I live in Central Texas. Two weeks ago I was admited into the hospital for a tooth infection. I found out that you can actually die from a tooth infection and or abcess, its called blood poisioning. I was close to having it.  If I had waited longer to go to the emergancy room I might not be here. 

They sent me home with antibiotics and heavy pain killers. I was told to see a dentist right away. I have no insurance and I am currently unemployed. My shoulder limmits me to only working certain jobs. At sixteen I was in an accident that severed the main artery in my right arm. 

I have contacted many different dentists. I can't afford to be seen. I don't qualify for any medical assistance because I am not considered disabled, and I am over twenty-five, and I have no children. There are two free clinics here. There are only open a limited amount of time, and when they are it takes hours of standing in line to be seen, if you are seen. They may not take me because I live in a different city. The free clinic will only remove one tooth per year. 

In the hospital I was seen by an oral surgeon. He told me I needed three teeth removed and that two of them were infected. I also need twelve teeth worked on, and my wisdom teeth removed. He wouldn't help me beyond that. 

I'm not sure what to do. I've called so many different places trying to get help. It seems like no one will, or can help. I'm in pain every day, my diet is very limited to soft foods, when I smile I cover it. When people see my teeth they judge me for them and not me. I'm ashamed. 

I am engaged to a wonderful man. He has two children that he has to pay child support for. He is diabetic. We can't afford his test strips, we can barely afford his medication. He hasn't seen a doctor since he was diagnosed at an ER. 

We are good people, we didn't ask for this. He is a good father, he works just for us to survive. I'm going to college to better our lives... I'm just not sure what to do anymore... 

These are my teeth, the hole in the upper corner is actually my infected tooth broken in half.

This is a picture of me after my second trip to the ER before the third when I was finally admited to the hospital. My entire right face is swollen, by the time they had addmited me my right eye was almost swollen shut.