socasusie & Bryanna,

I am so touched at your thoughtfulness & kind words of encouragement! I live alone and really don't have anyone to bounch things off of, let alone get advice on dental issues. I'm having to fight back tears right now because I have someone to talk to about this. The ironic thing is, I can't talk (sensibly) about it at this time. I have to wait till I feel I can handle it to even think about it. I'm not all spastic over this or anything like that, but I don't want to be either. Can't afford that, so I am working real hard to remain relatively calm. Sad thing though, I fear I need to get decisions made very soon, like in days rather than weeks, & I know myself it will be more like months.

I really need to get some questions answered but don't know where to begin. Hopefully, I'll have some clarity soon and can get a list of questions/comments made up. I will say now that I am seriously considering upper dentures due to condition of teeth. Last dentist wants to canal/crown most of the uppers. (to the tune of $8000). I just feet it is maybe too late for 4 or 5 of them to last as long as I will. When any of them fail there will be no way for a bridge. (Of course there is the infection issue also)! Then were will I be== Pretty old to be getting all my teeth pulled & too broke. I am 64 years old & living on SSDI for Fibromyalgia. My savings may or may not be enough to see me till the end. I know you need more info on the rest of my teeth, but that seems to be what I can't get into just yet.

I'll get back as soon as I can. By the way is there such a thing as timing out here? Could that be why my post failed?