I am filling this out because I am desperate.
I am in constant pain and I can't take it anymore. My wisdom teeth on both sides are completely crooked and hurt, a lot, the last time I could afford a dental visit I was told I needed surgery. I couldn't even afford a follow up visit, let alone surgery. The wisdom teeth broke a molar and that has become infected, it hurts to talk, it hurts to chew, it just hurts.
A few hours ago it got worse, to the point that for over an hour I couldn't even move. I curled into a ball on my bed and simply held on as hard as I could trying not to pass out from the sheer pain of it. I am an adjunct instructor, I cannot work like this, I don't have insurance and have a grand total of $300 to my name, with which I will have to still pay my rent and buy food for the month with.
I'm still trying to recover from a bankruptcy so I have no credit cards and cannot get a loan or any type of financing. It hurts bad enough that I am shaking even as I type this. I'm an adjunct teacher, I get paid by the hour, if I miss any work it could be disasterous, I get no type of health or dental insurance. I don't even have anything I can pawn for the money to afford dental work, I don't own a car, I rent my small apartment, I don't own a single thing I could sell except for this computer (which I need for work) and an old 19" CRT television.
I tried to go through a clinic nearby but they claim that they have to go on a month's income. My monthly income appears to be pretty good... On months where the students have no days off and there is actually class... But the problem is, and what the clinic doesn't understand, is that I have to budget myself for months like, well, December... Where I only am allowed to work for 1 week out of the pay period, they told me I had to wait until one of those low months before they could treat me at a discounted rate.
I was told removal of the wisdom teeth would be over $800 and the bad tooth would need $1,200 to root canal. That is $2,000, that is what I take home in 2 "complete" months. Even if I opt to lose the molar in place of the root canal it will be nearly $1,000. I'm scared.
If I can't get this taken care of, I won't be able to work. If I can't work I'm going to lose the little that I have been able to get for myself trying to recover from the bankruptcy. I already lost everything once, I can't go through that again. I don't know what to do, I don't know who I can go to for help, and everyone else I have tried has turned me down.
If anyone has advice, please, I'm desperate.
I live in a small town in Georgia.