This is my first time on a message board so hopefully I can figure out how to find my way back here. I am a OC survivor for 4 years now and am thankful to be alive but so tired of people judging me because I still suffer pain & problems from radiation damage to my spinal cord & thyroid among other things. The radiation took all my teeth 2 tears ago and I need two more operations before I could get teeth. I am on disability & medicare that covers nothing so I will probably never get teeth which is SO DEPRESSING! I have been battling depression for years and my friends & family don't seem to understand or care and act like I should just be happy to be alive... I am so embarrassed to go out in public with no teeth & am pretty much a hermit now & very lonely... Help???