please help me pay my dentist bills
i truly cannot say how much i hate to do this, and i have been postponing making this post for so long, because i was looking for other options, but i truly can't find any other way.
in october i went to a regular checkup with my dentist where it was found that i had some cavities i needed to get fixed. so i got a new appointment and came in to have those done. however, this dentist saw that some of the cavities were in wisdom teeth and it would make the most sense to have them pulled out now, because it was almost impossible to fix as they were so far behind in my mouth, plus if didn't pulled it could mean a bigger chance of cavities coming in the teeth next to them. so i went to have them pulled out about two weeks ago. this dentist recommended also having the two wisdom teeth left being pulled for the same reasons as the first two, and because with my age (30) it will only be harder for my mouth to heal the older i get, and the chance of infections grow with age. so i am going to have those pulled on december 11th.
but i am broke. i am super broke.
for those who don't follow me, or are new to following me; my name is annika and i am 30 years old. i live (in denmark) alone with my cat, and when i say that i don't have any friends i am not exaggerating. i rarely see my family, as my mom lives quite a bit away. my youngest sister lives in sweden, and my two other sisters lives in the same city as me but we speak maybe about once every three months. i genuinely don't have any people in my life.
i am without work and have been for about five years now due to mental illness. it's only in the past year that i have started truly getting treatment despite having been in the psychiatric system since i was a child. i struggle with a number of things; depression and anxiety, ocd and a personality disorder, and the latest is that i am waiting to start a neuropsychological assessment to see if i am on the autism spectrum. honestly, there's a lot of other baggage, ranging from child abuse to partner abuse, and generally just a lot that makes no sense to unpack here. i am open to questions, though.
i just wanted to paint a picture of why i simply am not in a position to pay these bills myself. i had been saving up for ages for a vacation that i have had to cancel, and i have also had to not buy christmas presents for my family this year. i don't smoke and i don't drink, i really don't have anything that i can cut back on to save money. i have considered skipping therapy sessions for a couple of months to save that money, but my mental health can't afford that.
i already paid the first 1000 danish kroner ($148/£115/€134) to cover the regular checkup in october and the cavity fillings. but i still need to pay for the pulling of the four wisdom teeth which is about 1600 danish kroner per tooth ($235/£184/€214).
so all in all i need about 6400 danish kroner ($948/£736/€856), and i really just don't know where to find that kind of money. this is more than twice as much as i have after paying bills every month.
the dentist have been very kind about letting me know that they don't expect me to pay the whole thing at once due to my situation, but there's a limit to how long i can pay it off without them having to send it on to collecting. as far as i understand the limit is a couple of months, but this amount will take me literally years to pay off. i barely scrape by as my financial situation is, and i just don't know what else to do than ask for help.
i can't draw or make videos, so i don't really have much to offer in return aside from pictures of my dumbass cat. i do make gifs so if you have anything you want to see, i would gladly take a shot at that as a thank you. my gifs can all be found here.
but i am at the end of my rope, and i have looked into every option, even applied for a health insurance (danish universal healthcare does not cover a long line of things, and dental + psychologists after turning 18 is not covered) and got declined because of my anxiety. so i would appreciate incredibly if you could donate even just a little bit, and if you don't have anything please reblog to spread the word.
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