Financially this has been a less than perfect year for me,and the blame for that lies squarely with the hospital.Having added up most of the cost,I am now sitting on close to 35 grand in bills paid,and its not finished yet.The surgery,the appointments,the x rays,the scans,and then more appointments.I looked at what is happening in November and I have 3 appointments in the space of 7 days,on the 11th,12th then another on the 18th.I have known about these for a while,and am not in a position to postpone them.
On the 11th,I am going for my first set of full x ray and MRI since the operation.Hopefully they will be able to tell me from those,what is causing this infernal ringing noise in my ears that keeps me awake at night,and the burning pain that I have from my lower back to my ankle on my right side.
The 12th is another rather indignified bladder function test.Where they put pipes in places that werent built for that purpose and flood my bladder to see how much I can hold.I got 375ml the last time,so who knows.
The 18th is my clinic date where they go over all the results and I get the 'where do we go from here' speech.Oooooh,I cant wait.All in all,these 3 days are going to cost me over a grand in fees and charges.Which,I have to admit,I cannot really afford right now - unless I lose something for a month or so.
I am not in a position to take days off from work either,for 2 reasons - the branch manager has broken his ankle so I am wearing more than one hat right now,and I have taken 37 days sick leave this year alone because of the surgery.Which means I have used all my leave for this year and next year - any other sick leave is unpaid
I cant lose the car just yet - the bank has tried to take that from me once this year already,so I cant renage on them - the only other thing I can think of is my internet contract at home.Its not that I cannot afford it,its just that money can help sort out the hospital,and I think I know which one is more important to me right now.So that made the decision for me really.
So,Willie is busy packing his trunk and by Tuesday or so would probably be trundling off for a while.He still has his mobile,so he can still get online and see who is up to what - but I think for a while,anything that is supposed to be a post,will end up looking more like a tweet of sorts - but we shall just have to wait and see,now wont we?
