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Hey everyone so I wanted to reach out to the community and get some feedback on this.

Over the past week I've learned that my father has lost basically all his teeth. What's made this worse is that he's said nothing to us for years and has just endured the pain as his teeth have slowly been falling out. I think the dentist said aside from 4-6 teeth, ALL of his teeth needs to be replaced. 

The procedure to replace his teeth is apparently apprx. $22,000 and if we can get a discount, MAYBE $20,500. You read that right. Not $2,500. TWENTY THOUSAND.

I'm already paying for my parents rent so they obviously have no means to pay this and insurance doesn't cover this procedure, so it's falling on me.

My father says we don't need to do the procedure but he literally cannot eat. He apparently can't even chew something soft and has been living on a liquid diet for almost half a year now. But now the pain has grown so much more that he can't even sleep and in the mornings he looks half dead.

My father is opting to not get the procedure because my parents don't want to further be a burden on me but the man cannot eat FOOD. Food is one of the few things that makes life worth living for and this is non negotiable to me so I want to pay for his treatment.

Obviously I too don't have the money for it, and twenty thousand is frankly not going to be possible to raise on a one time donation so I'm thinking of daily streaming until I raise enough money. 

Personally, I'm tired and I don't know if my body can take doing daily streaming but my father is in more pain so if he can endure with literally having no teeth, I'm going to work on trying to daily stream for donations.

But frankly I don't know what to do for daily streams. If anybody as any ideas, suggestions for daily streaming content, let me know! Would really appreciate it.

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Anonymous

It's really kind what you're doing. Maybe try like editing videos on stream or you could get people to recommend clips and watch those on stream,both music related and not if you wanted, that might work. I'm not entirely sure though hopefully I help in the slightest

NINA MESSINA

Where can I donate to you? I really wanna help you out, especially your father because my mum experienced the same thing.

BinnieBun

Maybe just like your Monday stream where you take daily requests and reactions?

sleepyfox

Maybe a nice way to make it simpler would be to make a gofundme. People can donate there and make a comment with their suggestions and comment what they want and you can do a guaranteed reaction within some set rules ofc such as time limits. Also would help you not be tied to twitch and youtube and their copyright. Maybe do theme days? One day is boygroups, another is girlgroups, throwback videos, gaming, drama binging maybe a webtoon that's smaller, etc. Maybe even a deep dive into groups just binging their content if people would like.

WiseSmellyLegs

To be honest... the most interesting thing to gain attention from “whole world” would be reacting to BTS discography, since debut until nowadays. Or also listening parties of their albums. Somebody above is suggesting editing videos on stream, that’s also nice, because you would do two things in one moment. Or doing those only patreons streams also on for non-patreons. Anyway... I feel sorry to hear this... I hope things will not end up as they did with you last year 😿

Mima

i think...... on your monday stream, we’ll help you as much as we can on that? or even open up a donating thing somewhere so we can do that instead.... daily streams sound really tiring, please take care and i hope you raise money for his procedure soon. We’ll help as much as possible!!!!

Chloe Borley-Evans

Lots of the suggestions above are pretty sound so I don't really have anything to suggest but try not to put your health in danger by doing too much for your dad. I'm sure we'll all be able to find a way to support you through this and help raise the money he needs :) it's sad to hear that he kept it to himself for so long and didnt get help sooner :( either way I'll help out any way I can!

Hanabicarat

Its really sad to hear about your father, it must be really hard on him. Just want to remind you to give yourself some time away from the screen too in the process. How about streaming music videos of groups /solo artists whome u have come to take notice or liked much later on their career and still havnt watched the debut and early debut stuff. I hope i am wording this correctly.

Pooge

as much as we know you want to care for your father, please take of yourself too pd! sending all the love and support to you and your family 💛 a stream idea might be to watch the survival shows/predebut shows of some groups you like! so many groups come from survival shows that i didn’t know about! some starter places could be stray kids’ show, pentagon maker, or monsta x’s show. another stream idea would do some sort of gaming stream that allows viewers to participate! (if that’s a thing?)

R875d

I don't know if that possible but if you have a bank account we can come together and make it... For real... We can open something in twitter and that will make more people do it ☹️☹️... I mean he is your father and I know you would do anything for him.... Could you please give us your account?

R875d

And yah you don't need to make every day livestream that will be hard on you... My mom have the same thing but we can't replace her teeth because it is too late.. So she had Artificial gums even though she just in her 40

Anonymous

im so sorry to hear this pd ☹️ definitely start a gofund me.. also, are dentures an option for him??? theyre much cheaper

Anonymous

I miss the gaming streams and special dono lives

Anonymous

My dad has had the same thing done too, fully artificial teeth now. I'd say drum up the charity of the event, and run something for donations (read message, show clip etc.). I don't know how beneficial it would be for you to do it daily, as you yourself have said it would be exhausting for you (and people donating too probably). If you manage to make it seem like an event with stretch goals, maybe that could be something? Run like a single longer stream so people in different timezones can attend, might also earn you a bit more. Anyhow, this is all my input. My thoughts are with you, my dude.

eli_nhdoaek

I think you can start a gofundme? Im sure people are willing to help! It dorsnt hurt to start one

formoftherapy

Sounds like a good idea...perhaps I was a bit premature in wanting to do daily..I’m still in the brainstorming phase so that was my gut feeling but event streams make a lot of sense.

Tim Mui

Sending this over in case you haven't seen these potential options https://www.guardiandirect.com/dental-insurance/dental-emergency-no-insurance

Aubrey Whetten

I don't have any advice to add - but my thoughts are with you PD. Stay healthy please.

Ena

Recently I saw DKDKTV do a reaction mart livestream where people will send in some money with a request on a small reaction to live a live stage or something. I’ve also seen another kpop reactor react to a long form video content such as i-land on stream where people can donate and watch all my and then post the vod later. idk of you’re interested in those things but none the less, i hope everything works out!

Misha

A lot of streamers do a thing where you can submit them to watch something through a donation, and you can set how much certain time limits would cost. CallMeKevin does it on MediaShare, but I think I've seen other streamers do this. It works well for Try Not to Laugh Challenge types cause people can submit seconds worth of content with a small donation but the ones who really want to show something will pay a bit more. You asked for suggestions so that's what I went with first but I also think a GoFundMe would be better for this amount of money when you already give so much content here on Patreon. Or at least not DAILY streams. It's a great thing to help your father, who obviously really needs to be taken care of, but no one (including him) would want you to risk your own health for that, PD. Please consider yourself.

Greta

Watching older survival shows sounds like fun! In contrast to shows from younger groups like treasure or enhypen, you could really see how the groups have changed and developed from then to now, which would make it pretty interesting I think

everett

i think maybe instead of daily streams you could do one on monday for patrons and maybe another one on fridays/whatever day you wanted to fit it in for non patrons that have the same format? at least for right now, and that way you can be sure youre reaching a larger amount of people! otherwise a lot of the suggestions here are really sound, i don't have much else to add, but i think reiterating starting a gofundme would be good too!! my thoughts are with you PD, stay safe!

Julianne

I’m so sorry to hear this. Maybe make the livestreams enjoyable for you too? Like watch a show or something fun - i think most of your viewers would be happy spending time with you when you’re (as much as you can be in these times) happy too.

Erd'na

Haven't seen any of your livestreams to have an idea what you do in livestream. From the limited charity streams i've experience. The most common i've seen. 1) Donation goals - If you reach a certain point of the funding goals the streamer do something outrageous like body paint. 2) Request - for certain amount of money. You take in a request. Ex. Musicians who plays livestream plays a certain a song request. Gamer plays a match using a certain weapon or handicap. There are even extreme cases where in "would you shave your eyebrows for $5000" I don't know how you can implement these ideas in your stream. I have no clue what you do in your stream. Living on the other side of the globe makes it hard for me to caught your livestreams

Anonymous

i think a fun streaming idea would be watching/reacting to something YOU want to and not something you feel the need to bc ppl requested it. even just hearing your opinion on certain topics is always entertaining to hear.

Ellie Snyder

That's so tough. I feel for you and your family PD. I would like to help in some way for sure. Please keep us updated on how we could help out.

Erd'na

Also i do think patreons are willing to accept changes in your schedule. So that you can do more live streaming instead of just filming for patreon. Pretty sure we are willing to accommodate that. You been transparent. People will understand and we been vocal about not trying to burden you.

theriacs

hey PD, i'm so sorry to hear about your father's condition. i used to do marketing for a number of dentists and periodontists so i've seen how devastating dental health can be without proper treatment. please tell him there is nothing shameful about his condition at all. no one deserves to live out their lives in that kind of pain and don't let him convince you otherwise. it's not just about chewing food. without implants to support his gums and jaw, he'll eventually suffer bone loss. please get second and third opinions. some offices have insurance coordinators that are exceptional at fighting insurance companies to show implants are necessary for your father's health and wellbeing. often the case is that dental implants are marked as cosmetic but those who know how to work in the system will go to bat for you. (i also don't know how much you trust the dentist looking after him, but do keep in mind that the pandemic has hit the dental/perio professions hard.) absolutely ask every office about financing options and ask if anyone offers "all-on-4" implant options.

Céline Verhaeghe

as a suggestion, You could do a history reaction of one group in livestream mode. MBCKpop has video's from artist that go from debut until a certain period. Mostly until 2018 i think but it is still worth checking out in my opinion. Here's a example : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGKHRVxwfRE. I will also add a playlist to make it easier ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_LBWoVA1wvsShO9K0YPTt8GROWmLX52) Or you could watch some old OLD skool music core They have them all in playlists and there are a lot (example : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWDz_A_ER6372uTBOdMk5lvszWGcjOv8d) I actually think this might be fun for you and for us viewers as well. I think it is fun to see how far artists have come and how much everythings changed.

Rebecca Le Minh

Everything I could think about like doing what you enjoy in the livestreams or stuff like that has already been said, but I still wanted to comment to wish your father and you all the best, dental problems really suck so I hope it will be resolved! You too stay healthy tho, if you overwork yourself, you won't be able to work at all. Do what motivates you and we will help you the best we can

Toan Toan

Bruh I understand. I would go through hell for my parents if the situation were to ever arise .

Gina

I neglect to visit this site for whatever reason (I only support two other channels) and I thought you were a third. Well, apparently not, but I have now fixed that! Anyway... I accidentally sent this comment through early, but I want to of course wish your father the best and hope you’re able to help out. There’s a Twitch streamer I follow who know has other streamers present news on his channel — which means he is getting more regular traffic, and the other streamers get more recognition. Do you think something like that could work for you? Whether that be existing streamers hosting on your channel [in order to allow for more donation time]? Or if everyone is too busy, maybe you could ~interview some volunteers with free time on their hands to host in your stead.