It has been nearly two months now since my appendix burst. I spent time with friends a month ago and nearly fell over my own feet after a few hours of slow walking. I now have all of my old energy back. I\u2019m walking the stairs of my work like the old days, and I\u2019m feeling truly alive again. Which is much better than the alternative I can tell you. Now I just need to pay for being alive. The government cancelled my old affordable healthcare plan and graciously offered me one that wasn\u2019t as good for three times the price. I couldn\u2019t afford that so I don\u2019t have that anymore. And the government has so far refused to help me pay for this in any way. But the Mayo Clinic has charity funds designed to help people knocked off the healthcare wagon. I haven\u2019t gotten a response from them on the approximately 40k in charges accumulated over there, but I have gotten a response on the nearly 2k ambulance charge. The ambulance company took one look at my financial statement and sent me a response right away. They wrote off most of it. They still want me to pay a little over 700 bucks. That\u2019s something I can swing. I still need to hear from The Clinic, but that at least is one bit of good financial news for the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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