Help Veronica get her smile and hearing back

My name is Veronica and I was born with a bi-lateral hearing loss, meaning that I am unable to hear without hearing aids. Growing up was difficult enduring lots of therapy to be able to speak and try to learn to hear things with hearing aids. I now rely on my hearing aids to be able to hear the environment around me and cannot live without them. The hearing aids unfortunately only lasts about 5 years and I struggle financially to purchase new ones. One of my hearing aids have been broken for almost a year now and the other one is starting to go. Both my husband and I both wear aids and it costs $ 6,000 per person, and for both my husband and I costs $ 12,000. The reason it costs so much as they are special powerful hearing aids designed for this type of deafness.. It is currently very difficult to choose between bills and hearing aids as we do not have the finances to purchase new hearing aids.

I also have an urgent procedure that needs to be done. I also have degenerative bone loss in my mouth/jaw, which is hereditary in my family. I had a parotidectomy last September to have a tumour removed and it has created more problems with the bones under my teeth causing it to rot and fall out. I have not been able to eat properly and I am very embarassed to smile. This has caused alot of anxiety and depression as I have lost my self esteem, my confidence and I do not socialize much anymore due to the pain in my mouth and being too embarrased to smile.

I require surgery to remove the remaining teeth and have dentures put in. That costs about $7,000. 

Your help of donations will allow this surgery to proceed and get dentures as soon as possble so that I can be pain-free, eat and smile and get my self esteem back. It also will allow the purchase of new hearing aids so that we can hear properly.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for any donations made to get the ball rolling.

I cannot wait to hear and smile again,

Veronica