I live on a fixed income. For the last few years, I have been trying to get my often-infected wisdom tooth out under Denta-Cal; they did not help me. I have been been trying to get housing under HUD, and have twice been taken off the wait list. The kitchen were I have been able to shelter until the apartment is emptied has been 50 degrees on average. My car, which I need to get to the hospital needs a lot of work. I have been having a lot of problems with Medicare and Social Security that cause me a lot of stress. I am now 60 years old--and somewhere in the back of my mind, even after 4 lung collapses, I dream of starting my life.