Disabled Community Megathread from November 17, 2025 to November 30, 2025

I have always been fond of music, especially when I'm feeling down. Now, I don't think there's enough popular songs about disability and how we struggle each day. But I stumbled across a song the other day that, while it's not about disability, I've been listening to quite often when I feel like I failed somehow. When all that's happening is really just me struggling and making it through another day, for better or for worse, I like to remind myself that I am perfectly incomplete, but I am good the way I am. I hope that maybe it helps you too.

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I have toothache and trying to get a dentist appointment in this country is insane. I had an NHS dentist years ago but like many other dentists they went private as the government weren't paying them enough. There aren't any NHS dentists around here taking patients. So if you can't get a dentist but you have a dental problem you need to call the NHS helpline and after loads of hassle you can finally be sent to the stabilisation clinic - where people without NHS dentists who are entitled to free dental care can have an emergency dental treatment. However you have to prove your eligibility, by getting a letter from the NHS low income scheme. This takes a load of hassle and they said I probably won't get the proof of eligibility until some time next week. Once I have the proof then I can go to all the hassle of trying to get an appointment with the stability clinic, meanwhile the toothache is getting worse by then day. Like everything else in this shithole country, it's a pointlessly stressful and time consuming effort. Why is everything like this? Nothing can ever just be fast or easy.
- It's completely alien to me how a dentist appointment could have this many obstacles. Holy shit, this is not okay. Do you have some pain killers for the time being so it doesn't become completely unbearable?
  
  The pain isn't too bad yet, the worrying thing is that it's spreading. It's a mild pain that's covering more and more of the gum and teeth and I have no idea what's causing it.
  
  Maybe something got lodged between your teeth? I'm sure you already checked, but that was the first thing that came to mind
  
  I clean them with interdental brushes every night, and the pain is across both the top and bottom now, so I don't think so, but who knows?
  
  I really hope it can be resolved easily
  
  Thanks.
  
  Sending you lots of love!

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