Digital Dreams

I've had to wait another week for my needle biopsy to be done. Because of the ice, snow and extreme temps we had last week they rescheduled it for this coming Wednesday, the 24th at 9am. It'll be good to finally know something, no matter what. I'm going to try and set up an appointment with my cardiologist then, too. I've been having a lot of pain in my incision. Part of it is swollen and tender to the touch. I'm hoping it's nothing, or is just my lupus acting up. I don't want to take any chances, it could also be some sort of infection. I'd rather they tell me I'm worrying over nothing then ignore something that could be potentially serious.

We've also had to wait to start getting more estimates on the chimney repairs. The roof has just been too icy for anyone to have to scale. Which is just as well. With all the co-pays for meds and doctor visits I've been paying we don't have the money for any work to be done right now any way. It was hard enough to come up with the $250 we had to pay for the inspection and cleaning the other day.

Still waiting for the last three claims to be approved to know the total of what I'll owe for my pacemaker surgery. So far my co-pay stands at $6691.73 of the $65,000 total bill. Plus I'll have the additional costs of the needle biopsy and any surgery I'll need to remove the mass in my left breast. No matter how you look at it, it's pretty overwhelming.

I did get some good news. There was a grant I was approved for by Louisville Water, it paid the past due amount of our water bill the other day, I was also able to set up a payment plan for what's left. I'm going to be talking to our other creditors to see what I can set up with them. One step at a time, right?

*hugs*