my dirty mouth---please help!

[Betsy]

So, I've been having some dental problems since last winter. One friggin tooth that has periodically decided to make my life hell on days when it starts talking back to me.

It had me in the dental chair once again this week with the dentist again reminding me I really need to do something or I am going to lose the tooth. He's getting tired of redoing the filling which is not doing a very good job staying stuck to the amount of tooth left. Since it is one you can see when I smile (the first molar on the top left), I can't allow that to happen. If it was a wisdom tooth, I'd simply have it removed. I do need to have one wisdom tooth pulled that is actually involved in this but it's not as much of an emergency as what I am facing right now and can wait a little bit.

I hate going to see the dentist, but thankfully I have one I really like and we have all sorts of great conversations about intersex, growing veggies, and pretty much anything. I didn't think it proper to ask him my question of the week while he was holding a drill anywhere near my head as I already have enough holes but may at some later point.

So after the doctor once again being sure it doesn't need a root canal + a crown, it needs a crown. Unfortunately, it will cost nearly $1000.

Doing the BLO stuff and sharing with the world the joys of intersex unfortunately doesn't provide for health insurance, which means if I end up with medical bills or dental bills, I'm kind of fucked. I don't make much money as I only work part time besides doing the intersex stuff although I am seriously considering changing that ratio into the other way around.

Normally I am here begging funds for Bodies Like Ours for brochures and similar materials, phone bill, internet and hosting, etc. But I need to make an exception and ask if you would consider helping me keep my smile intact.

I've set up a paypal donation button on my personal site. If you want to help me with this, I would be very grateful. It's at http://www.betsydriver.com

Thanks,

Betsy