Cancer? Well, I spent a year of my life doing cancer recovery. They cut out about 1/3rd of my colon, and on Friday I go in for some more tests and scans.
But here’s the fun part. I was unable to work for that whole year due to having a tube hooked up to my chest which pumped drugs that were meant to kill cells inside my body. There’s a such thing as micro cancers. They aren’t cancer yet, but they freely float in your bloodstream after you do something like major surgery. Such as cutting out a portion of your colon.
So while in recovery, they give you these little statements. Sheets of paper, that say “This is not a bill”, and then shows you the cost of all the stuff you got charged. But it’s insurance paying for it, not you. Well, my insurance was Medicaid, because I had $0 income. In a 3 month period, my services cost over 1 million dollars.
Now, because I’m working again, and because my Grandma passed away and left an inheritance, I’m probably losing my free health care. I looked at plans, and the cheapest is $300 per month.
I make like $1500 per month total. My rent is $800, and will be increasing by AT LEAST $100 in July.
So right now, I may be cancer free, but, it’s one of those things where it REALLY doesn’t feel like it. I’m just screaming waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Cancer? Well, I spent a year of my life doing cancer recovery. They cut out about 1/3rd of my colon, and on Friday I go in for some more tests and scans.
But here’s the fun part. I was unable to work for that whole year due to having a tube hooked up to my chest which pumped drugs that were meant to kill cells inside my body. There’s a such thing as micro cancers. They aren’t cancer yet, but they freely float in your bloodstream after you do something like major surgery. Such as cutting out a portion of your colon.
So while in recovery, they give you these little statements. Sheets of paper, that say “This is not a bill”, and then shows you the cost of all the stuff you got charged. But it’s insurance paying for it, not you. Well, my insurance was Medicaid, because I had $0 income. In a 3 month period, my services cost over 1 million dollars.
Now, because I’m working again, and because my Grandma passed away and left an inheritance, I’m probably losing my free health care. I looked at plans, and the cheapest is $300 per month.
I make like $1500 per month total. My rent is $800, and will be increasing by AT LEAST $100 in July.
So right now, I may be cancer free, but, it’s one of those things where it REALLY doesn’t feel like it. I’m just screaming waiting for the other shoe to drop.