Medical Bills Relief
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Last year towards the end of September, I had taken a day off work just to have some personal time to reset myself from the stress of work. Towards the end of the night, I all of a sudden had this can't breath feeling and was afraid to move of the couch since my whole side was hurting and it felt like I was having a heart attack. Could not reach my phone but I could see that my girlfriend at the time (now fiance) should be home soon.
She came home and saw that I was uncomfortable...but I was able to move around a little bit more than I was and we made the drive to the hospital to see what was going on. We get there and shortly after, the doctor lets me know that I have pnuemonia and a collapsed lung. He wants to have a CT scan so we remain at the hospital and have this work done. Around midnight the doctor comes in and breaks the news that I either have a tumor or cancer in my chest.
To shorten the story, I was diagnosed with a Thymoma. A tumor of the thymus gland which was pressing against my heart and rib cage and ended up explaining a lot of other things regarding blood flow and muscle composition...The thymus gland is something we are all born with but is suppose to go away. Mine did not and it is life ending/non-curable once it breaks its cell. It is also something that isn't easily diagnosable as I was told and that they've had patients come in with the tumor the size of a football and not know they had it. Luckily mine had not broken its cell and required surgery immediately.
Surgery happened on October 8th 2014, so it has been just over a year and I feel great. Problem that I'm facing is the bills, even though I am on payment plans and have paid off various medical departments/agencies/insurance companies...the amount does not lower and all the follow-up appointments I have to do just keeps adding to the cost.
During my time in the hospital getting taken care of. My fiance, bless her heart, didn't want me to stress out anymore about the financial hit that this was going to take on us and kept it to herself till I was better that she was pregnant. Sadly only a short time after my surgery, she had a miscarrage..so more medical bills.
Fast forward to present time and we are expecting our first child, a daughter, on December 21st.
Sarah knows I am too proud to ask for help but the support I am getting blindly from people is amazing and I've broken down. I often hide behind the hearts of people so nobody would see the situation I am in or the sadness/stress I have day in and day out. Like recently we were blessed to have a vacation but it was all covered by Sarah's parents as sort of a "So Long to Free Time" for our baby that is on her way.
Now my fear is being able to support my daughter as well as my fiance with these medical bills that keep rising so I'm asking for help. I don't want the whole burden to be taken off of me because it is mine to bear but I am asking for assistance.
Sarah already is feeling bad to not be able to bring in as much money as I am able to and I have to hide it from her how stretched we are and how lucky we are to be where we are at. I only want the best for her and my daugther so I'm hoping she doesn't find out I set this up but I'm running out of options. I do what I can to put a smile on her face day in and day out and I'm hoping I can hold true to that.
She came home and saw that I was uncomfortable...but I was able to move around a little bit more than I was and we made the drive to the hospital to see what was going on. We get there and shortly after, the doctor lets me know that I have pnuemonia and a collapsed lung. He wants to have a CT scan so we remain at the hospital and have this work done. Around midnight the doctor comes in and breaks the news that I either have a tumor or cancer in my chest.
To shorten the story, I was diagnosed with a Thymoma. A tumor of the thymus gland which was pressing against my heart and rib cage and ended up explaining a lot of other things regarding blood flow and muscle composition...The thymus gland is something we are all born with but is suppose to go away. Mine did not and it is life ending/non-curable once it breaks its cell. It is also something that isn't easily diagnosable as I was told and that they've had patients come in with the tumor the size of a football and not know they had it. Luckily mine had not broken its cell and required surgery immediately.
Surgery happened on October 8th 2014, so it has been just over a year and I feel great. Problem that I'm facing is the bills, even though I am on payment plans and have paid off various medical departments/agencies/insurance companies...the amount does not lower and all the follow-up appointments I have to do just keeps adding to the cost.
During my time in the hospital getting taken care of. My fiance, bless her heart, didn't want me to stress out anymore about the financial hit that this was going to take on us and kept it to herself till I was better that she was pregnant. Sadly only a short time after my surgery, she had a miscarrage..so more medical bills.
Fast forward to present time and we are expecting our first child, a daughter, on December 21st.
Sarah knows I am too proud to ask for help but the support I am getting blindly from people is amazing and I've broken down. I often hide behind the hearts of people so nobody would see the situation I am in or the sadness/stress I have day in and day out. Like recently we were blessed to have a vacation but it was all covered by Sarah's parents as sort of a "So Long to Free Time" for our baby that is on her way.
Now my fear is being able to support my daughter as well as my fiance with these medical bills that keep rising so I'm asking for help. I don't want the whole burden to be taken off of me because it is mine to bear but I am asking for assistance.
Sarah already is feeling bad to not be able to bring in as much money as I am able to and I have to hide it from her how stretched we are and how lucky we are to be where we are at. I only want the best for her and my daugther so I'm hoping she doesn't find out I set this up but I'm running out of options. I do what I can to put a smile on her face day in and day out and I'm hoping I can hold true to that.
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Elric Holderfield
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Evans, CO
