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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Need met! Thank you so much!

tl;dr at bottom!

Hi there everyone. I have really bad teeth and used to get tooth infections all the time. It's been a few years, but I have one now. It's slow to develop and I'm still hoping it'll find a way to drain itself, but I've been urged by my friends to go ahead and go get antibiotics, so I'm going to take the advice I know to be wise. I'm old hat at this, they'll give me antibiotics and tell me to go to a dentist, and I will take the meds and not go to a dentist because even with dental insurance now I can't even begin to afford copays when I can't pay rent or feed myself. All of my teeth need to be removed, just to start.

I scheduled an appointment with the local urgent care thingy (CareSpot) tomorrow after work. I'd paid all my bills (or so I thought...), set aside my rent money for this week in a money order, minus the $50 for the copay for tomorrow. And then my phone bill hit. This is like my second month having a phone bill again after probably a year not having a carrier. It's only $14 and change. But now I'm short on my copay. I can't extract money from that money order as it is made out to my apartment complex already, and I also do not have a physical bank.

tl;dr: tooth infection, need urgent care copay $50 for tomorrow to go get antiobiotics, set money aside but phone bill snuck up on me, need $15.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Hey, could you clarify your PayPal email? Is it [email protected]? Or is that an actual custom domain

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Hey, I just saw this. You've got it correct. I just 'obfuscate' it, probably more out of old habits than any real practicality. About to edit the main post as it was fulfilled!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Ah, good good

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I have the same dental situation. It's miserable. I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this! I hope someone is able to help you and you can get this figured out ASAP.

I think I remember reading that hexbear uses comment activity for the sorting algorithm thingy more than upvotes, so hopefully this comment is helpful even though I'm not able to contribute monetarily (I'm sorry!) I wish you all the best and I'm proud of you for doing what you can to get proper antibiotics!

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this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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