Need Help Paying Medical Bills
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Updated Campaign as of 3/31/2019 (from update #28):
My goodness, how this campaign has changed. So, I prayed to God to help me lose weight, since I can't afford Bariatric Surgery out of pocket, and I don't have health insurance. I'm now successfully losing an average of 2.5 pounds each week, and I'm down a total of 22.2 pounds. More importantly, my BMI has dropped by 4.2 points, and I'm down from the low 60s for BMI into the high 50s. (hey, it's a start, AND an improvement). It took me a few years to get this big, it'll take a bit of time to get smaller again, but I'm DOING IT!!
However, I still have some outstanding bills to deal with, and I really need some help. I've got a grand total of a little over $6,300 of accrued medical debt over this entire ordeal I've been through spanning the last three months. I'm on the other side of it now, cleared of cancer (thanks to two ultrasounds, a pelvic exam, Pap Smear and an endometrial aspiration biopsy, all of which adds up to $1,119). I've also got a whopping ER bill of $3,456 from the night my cyst ruptured and I ended up at my local hospital via ambulance. Oh, and then there's the ambulance bill that's a little over $800. Oh, and lastly, the back and hip x-rays (that landed me a diagnosis of degenerative Osteoarthritis, Yay!!), and that bill is another $315.
Things have settled down now. I'm losing weight steadily, and on my own (with GOD's help in answer to my prayers). My DUB (Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding) seems to be reacting to the weight loss by also settling down a bit. I now only have my period (only two so far) about every 24-27 days, and it lasts between 6-9 days, and is still rather unpleasantly heavy, but manageable for now. If I keep losing weight, maybe everything there will return to normal? Only time will tell.
I received 100% Financial Assistance, due to my limited income, at Mosaic Life Care, and now that all my x-rays, ultrasounds, biopsies and other tests are done, I have been assigned a new arthritis specialist (Rheumatologist) which is COVERED by FA (save for a $10 co-pay per visit & possible prescription medication costs, but I'll take it), and physical therapy which begins April 18 is also fully COVERED. THANK YOU, JESUS!!!!
But I need help paying down these accrued medical bills that got me here, to a place where I finally have a chance to rehabilitate, lose weight, get my chronic pain under some kind of control, and most importantly, extend my lifespan. Yay, I'm probably going to live longer, like... maybe even into my mid or late 50s!! (that's more than I had before, when at age 39 I was told by two specialists that I wouldn't live to see 50 because I only had TEN YEARS left to live, AT BEST). So, if I see 50 at all, I'll be happy, and every year beyond that will be the greatest blessing from God.
What isn't a blessing is this $6,300 of medical debt that is stressing me out and making me feel pretty miserable. So, I could really use your help. Part of my goal has already been met, when my earlier campaign was focused first on getting a hysterectomy (which hopefully now, with God's Grace, I won't ever need, fingers crossed) and then it changed to trying to raise enough to pay for Bariatric Surgery (which I WON'T need, because GOD is giving me the strength and resolve, plus the will power to lose weight on my own, with HIS help).
So... I'm sorry this campaign keeps changing, but all I really need help with now is simply covering as much of these medical bills as possible, that are starting to get ugly with the letters from billing & the calls from collections that are now being threatened, and are soon to get even worse and more frequent.
Any amount you can give will make a difference. So, if you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much. May God Bless You.
My goodness, how this campaign has changed. So, I prayed to God to help me lose weight, since I can't afford Bariatric Surgery out of pocket, and I don't have health insurance. I'm now successfully losing an average of 2.5 pounds each week, and I'm down a total of 22.2 pounds. More importantly, my BMI has dropped by 4.2 points, and I'm down from the low 60s for BMI into the high 50s. (hey, it's a start, AND an improvement). It took me a few years to get this big, it'll take a bit of time to get smaller again, but I'm DOING IT!!
However, I still have some outstanding bills to deal with, and I really need some help. I've got a grand total of a little over $6,300 of accrued medical debt over this entire ordeal I've been through spanning the last three months. I'm on the other side of it now, cleared of cancer (thanks to two ultrasounds, a pelvic exam, Pap Smear and an endometrial aspiration biopsy, all of which adds up to $1,119). I've also got a whopping ER bill of $3,456 from the night my cyst ruptured and I ended up at my local hospital via ambulance. Oh, and then there's the ambulance bill that's a little over $800. Oh, and lastly, the back and hip x-rays (that landed me a diagnosis of degenerative Osteoarthritis, Yay!!), and that bill is another $315.
Things have settled down now. I'm losing weight steadily, and on my own (with GOD's help in answer to my prayers). My DUB (Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding) seems to be reacting to the weight loss by also settling down a bit. I now only have my period (only two so far) about every 24-27 days, and it lasts between 6-9 days, and is still rather unpleasantly heavy, but manageable for now. If I keep losing weight, maybe everything there will return to normal? Only time will tell.
I received 100% Financial Assistance, due to my limited income, at Mosaic Life Care, and now that all my x-rays, ultrasounds, biopsies and other tests are done, I have been assigned a new arthritis specialist (Rheumatologist) which is COVERED by FA (save for a $10 co-pay per visit & possible prescription medication costs, but I'll take it), and physical therapy which begins April 18 is also fully COVERED. THANK YOU, JESUS!!!!
But I need help paying down these accrued medical bills that got me here, to a place where I finally have a chance to rehabilitate, lose weight, get my chronic pain under some kind of control, and most importantly, extend my lifespan. Yay, I'm probably going to live longer, like... maybe even into my mid or late 50s!! (that's more than I had before, when at age 39 I was told by two specialists that I wouldn't live to see 50 because I only had TEN YEARS left to live, AT BEST). So, if I see 50 at all, I'll be happy, and every year beyond that will be the greatest blessing from God.
What isn't a blessing is this $6,300 of medical debt that is stressing me out and making me feel pretty miserable. So, I could really use your help. Part of my goal has already been met, when my earlier campaign was focused first on getting a hysterectomy (which hopefully now, with God's Grace, I won't ever need, fingers crossed) and then it changed to trying to raise enough to pay for Bariatric Surgery (which I WON'T need, because GOD is giving me the strength and resolve, plus the will power to lose weight on my own, with HIS help).
So... I'm sorry this campaign keeps changing, but all I really need help with now is simply covering as much of these medical bills as possible, that are starting to get ugly with the letters from billing & the calls from collections that are now being threatened, and are soon to get even worse and more frequent.
Any amount you can give will make a difference. So, if you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much. May God Bless You.
Organizer
Renee Remnant
Organizer
Atchison, KS