Mama in Kneed
Donation protected
I just don’t know how to do this in my own small circle anymore. I have been a financial burden on my family for a few years now, and every time I get bad news they are there, 100%. No questions asked. It’s has become a real strain.
My lack of income coupled with my husbands need to cut back on business to take care of our family while I’m in crisis has had a significant financial impact on us.
I don’t know how to explain what’s going on with my body and why it will not “just get better”. I don’t know how to tell my babies that I can’t play with them. I don’t know how to tell them they can’t sit on my lap because my knee hurts today. I have one last shot to fix this problem. It will require a significant surgery and a significant rest time (3 months off work) and that is terrifying.
Because I have waited for insurance it has now also become significantly more complicated. I would feel much better knowing that I relieved a little stress off my husband’s plate during this difficult time. There are so many things that I want to do but I can’t. It is not my mind or anything else that is failing me. My inability to function as a human being is being taken away because an insurance company thinks that this procedure is optional.
I’ve run out of time to wait on insurance. I have done my best to be the person that everybody else has needed for my whole life. I have been a good daughter, a good student, a college graduate, a devoted wife, a great mother, a caseworker, a public school teacher, a tutor, and a small business owner just to name a few “hats”. Everything I have done has been to make a better community and a better future. I want to give what I have been blessed with back out. I do my best despite this circumstance I find myself in.
I have decided to continue with this procedure, even if insurance won’t cover it. The cost of the procedure has been reduced significantly (to just over $22,000). My time off has increased significantly, I won’t be able to return to work for the remainder of the school year.
As of now, I am hoping insurance will change their mind and cover the cost of the procedure but I don’t have time to wait. I lost my short term disability when my company switched their policy holders.
What I am currently asking for is help with lost wages while I recover, insurance deductibles, out of
Pocket expenses and past unpaid medical bills. I will not receive any payment while I am out. If things change, I may ask for more or less. I just have to take matters into my own hands.
My lack of income coupled with my husbands need to cut back on business to take care of our family while I’m in crisis has had a significant financial impact on us.
I don’t know how to explain what’s going on with my body and why it will not “just get better”. I don’t know how to tell my babies that I can’t play with them. I don’t know how to tell them they can’t sit on my lap because my knee hurts today. I have one last shot to fix this problem. It will require a significant surgery and a significant rest time (3 months off work) and that is terrifying.
Because I have waited for insurance it has now also become significantly more complicated. I would feel much better knowing that I relieved a little stress off my husband’s plate during this difficult time. There are so many things that I want to do but I can’t. It is not my mind or anything else that is failing me. My inability to function as a human being is being taken away because an insurance company thinks that this procedure is optional.
I’ve run out of time to wait on insurance. I have done my best to be the person that everybody else has needed for my whole life. I have been a good daughter, a good student, a college graduate, a devoted wife, a great mother, a caseworker, a public school teacher, a tutor, and a small business owner just to name a few “hats”. Everything I have done has been to make a better community and a better future. I want to give what I have been blessed with back out. I do my best despite this circumstance I find myself in.
I have decided to continue with this procedure, even if insurance won’t cover it. The cost of the procedure has been reduced significantly (to just over $22,000). My time off has increased significantly, I won’t be able to return to work for the remainder of the school year.
As of now, I am hoping insurance will change their mind and cover the cost of the procedure but I don’t have time to wait. I lost my short term disability when my company switched their policy holders.
What I am currently asking for is help with lost wages while I recover, insurance deductibles, out of
Pocket expenses and past unpaid medical bills. I will not receive any payment while I am out. If things change, I may ask for more or less. I just have to take matters into my own hands.
Organizer
Brooke LEvans
Organizer
Springfield, MO
