Spent the whole day on the phone and online looking up other options/suggestions/leads. Even filled out an application for Medicare but I know it won’t matter. Besides the fact it’s 30-45 day for a reply, you also have to list everyone in the household and all their assets (including their vehicles and such) to count against your need. Waste of damned time. Also got nothing but the same runaround and crap from the county social services so don’t expect any help from that front either.
The only positive was I spoke with a very nice lady in the Medical Assistance department at the hospital. She couldn’t help me with the $2,000 issue, but she’s sending me an application to help request that my ER visit, tests and admittance from the weekend get paid through various funds and charities. It may mean at least I won’t be faced with the thousands of dollars in bills I’ve already accumulated. Helps but doesn’t help for things moving forward.
All-in-all a pretty big bust. I may have a last-ditch direction I can turn to in the form of a loan from someone close but it puts their credit at risk and that’s very frustrating to me too. But it’s really sweet that the offer is there since, despite all my efforts, I’m just not finding any help.
The other thing that dawned on me today is that I won’t be getting a salary for at least a month. Shit. That’s going to be almost impossible since really need my income. I don’t get any paid leave and the bills don’t change just because I have to be in medical recovery for 4-6 weeks. So just another aspect of this that’s overwhelming.
Appointment is tomorrow. Mom’s coming to pick me up since no one wants me to drive that far (it’s an office up by her rather than by me) which is nice of her. So I guess I’ll have much more firm info then. It’s just hard with all this hanging over me and the waiting, you know? So a frustrating day overall. I just want some kind of resolution so I can start moving past this instead of being mired in it.