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WTF am I supposed to do?

Postby markmorrow » Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:53 pm

For the last couple of years I've nearly completely lost it when my busy season with work comes around (April-July I pretty much don't even get weekends). I am bipolar, OCD, BPD and suffer from generalized anxiety. I have been trying to pay off bills and put myself into a situation to where I can quit my job next year and be a stay-at-home Dad.

Well, my wife and I BOTH needed nasal surgery to correct deviated septums, there's $3000+ of medical bills........now I have to have my wisdom teeth removed, that's another $2000!!!!!! This is all WITH insurance which costs us $300 a month. Ok, so now my dilema. Do I force myself to keep working for a further 2-3 years to pay all of this crap off and likely end up in a mental hospital from pushing myself too far past my limits (I barely sleep anymore, I am on nerve medication that I keep having to up the dosage, my mood swings are out of control even with medication....I'm just at my wit's end). Do I just let the bill collectors keep calling and ruin my credit that I've worked so hard for? WTF do I do?

I cannot keep working.
I cannot afford these doctor bills.
So my choice is to stay sick, stay broke, ruin my credit or push myself until I snap.
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Re: WTF am I supposed to do?

Postby Ada » Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:22 pm

Are there any citizen's advice centres or similar near you? A neutral place to talk through the options? You're right to be asking! None of these choices make much sense. But I don't know that anyone here will be able to help all that much. It'll depend on where you live, family factors, jobs. Someone local should know if there are other ideas that you'd not considered. Or be able to put together some of the pieces of the puzzle in a different way.
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Re: WTF am I supposed to do?

Postby Brassmonkey » Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:34 am

$2000 to get wisdom teeth pulled? This country and the insurance scams are just out of control. I have a great dentist that does it for $175 @ his house. That's ######6 ridiculous !
definition of stupid .... knowing the truth.... seeing the truth... yet still believing the lies.
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Re: WTF am I supposed to do?

Postby markmorrow » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:18 pm

mine are impacted, it will take an oral surgeon.

just an update, I've now been suffering with a kidney stone that is refusing to pass....so staring down the barrel of a whole bunch more money to have it removed.

I give the $*(% up!
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