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Please Help Me Get My Smile Back

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In June 2018, I was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), a rare autoimmune disorder that causes severe allergic reactions to certain medications, resulting in horrible burns throughout the body. As a result, I had to take months off work, but still pay bills, only to have a second reaction in March 2019, which prolonged my time off work/need for medical care. The burns to my mouth and throat were severe enough that they’ve scarred my salivary glands along with my oesophagus, which resulted in frequent vomiting and acid reflux, which has caused severe damage to my teeth. I am now healing and back at work, but all of my income goes towards paying off the bills that piled up whilst I was sick, and dental work isn’t covered here in Australia. An examination by a dentist has been done, and just to repair the damage already done by the burns and acid, is $5,950 (as of December 2020), and there is no way in this world I would ever be able to save up that much any time soon. Because the enamel is damaged, the teeth will continue to deteriorate too unless they are fixed ASAP, or else it will cost even more to fix. (I am on the waiting list to get public dental, but the wait is currently 2 years). The stress and anxiety this has caused has led me to develop acid reflux, which is causing even MORE damage, which in turn causes more stress and anxiety, and so it becomes a vicious circle. Any help at all would mean the world to me x

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Nikki Collins
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Dulwich Hill, NSW

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