Save Savvy's Smile

Hello Friends. If you're seeing this, then you are a friend, family member, or friend of those. I really appreciate you taking the time to visit my GFM page.

 

I wasn't raised to have good oral hygiene. Dentist visits were usually once a year, because they were mandated by welfare. Which were always horrifying for me, because I always needed fillings. As I got older, dental care fell victim to my eating disorder, and later my drug and alcohol addictions. While I got sober by the time I turned 21, the irrevocable damage had already begun.

 

I spent most of my 20's counting myself lucky, that I hadn't experienced any dental loss, and started to brush my teeth as close to every day as possible. Often, that meant that I would actually remember to brush my teeth, once a week, but I would at least floss and rinse with Listerine nightly. Sadly, due to my mental health, and lack of a stable place to live (because I was too proud/wild to just go live with dad again), my meager dental hygiene regiment fell to the side again.

 

In my 30's I began to experience tooth loss, and tooth decay, and by that point it was just too late to salvage the teeth I still had. Unfortunately, dental health in the USA is still a luxury, so getting the proper care hasn't happened often. Over the past 6 years, I have had many consultations, and a few more extractions, to finally get to where I am today.

 

I will be scheduling a full set of implants (uppers and lowers), near the end of this year. I will be able to finance to that, thanks to the efforts my husband and I have made to pay off debt, and increase our credit scores. Which leads me to why I am here, creating this GFM, to ask my friends and family to help me make ends meet while I recover. I am unsure of how long, if at all, I will need to take time off to heal. Unfortunately, due to some other health issues, my sick time at work has been depleted. I would like to try and set aside, about $3000.00, which would be roughly a month's worth of income for me. This will help offset any unpaid days, that I may need to take. It will also help cover extra expenses, that my medical loan, would not cover. (E. G. Soft foods, a Waterpik, OTC Pain Relievers, etc.)

 

I sincerely appreciate any donation that you can make, even if all that you can do is share my GFM page, to spread the request. Any proceeds, that exceed my requested goal/needs, will be used to pay off the medical loan.

 

Thank you,

Tracie/Savvy