Self Esteem Rant

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When I was younger - I always thought I was beautiful, I never doubted it. I was confident and fun loving. Then over the last two or three years, everything has just beat the heck out of me. Poverty, health problems that are still on going. I have to wear the stupid walking boot and limp, and it gives me so much anxiety that I end up hiving out nearly every time I'm out in public. Then the other thing that bothers me even more than the foot - which will most likely be fixed with another operation and about a year of recovery time. Because I haven't been able to afford health or dental insurance in years - I haven't been able to go to a dentist, which is bad because most people on both sides of my family have horrible dental health if they're not able to afford dental care. And now I'm no different. My teeth are horrible, and there's nothing I can do about it. And I've always been so careful - brushing, flossing, and going to the dentist. I've called all of the supposedly free clinics around here and they're not free. Especially since I'm to the point now 4 of my upper teeth just have to come out. Thirty dollars a pop, might not seem like much to them, but when someone is literally living hand to mouth. And now I always make sure to try not to look at my teeth - unless I have to. I try not to smile or talk in public, and even at home with my room mates, I find myself trying to keep my mouth closed. Of course this comes after their joking about my red neck roots showing through my mouth. I'm not even sure what to do about the self confidence issue at the moment. I mean I know after the foot is fixed and I can get a real job - I'll be able to get the teeth out and get a partial or whatever it ends up that I need, but even that doesn't sound really appealing to me. Thank you for reading through this rant. Do you have low self esteem or know someone who does? Have you over come low self esteem in the past? How did you do it?