haha that was the end of the good news. Sort of.
Context: The insides of my eyes are too small, and the fluid can't move around properly. This could result in an acute glaucoma episode if the fluid became trapped, and I could suddenly go blind for life. This is called angle closure glaucoma, and the procedures in question are referred to as LPIs.
so I just got The Call from their finance specialist. Insurance does cover the procedure(s).
It DOES NOT cover the doctor's fee and facility fee. Now, an important piece of context: as it stands, this surgeon does one eye at a time to reduce patient stress and impact. Cause for most people, not being able to see for two hours means you aren't driving. I don't drive, so this is a nonissue.
Per eye, the Dr's fee is $312.55. This fee is due at the time of final confirmation of the surgery, which is typically a week before the procedure.
Also per eye, the facility fee is $250, due at time of operation.
This totals out to $1,125.10. I am scheduled for surgery on June 7th and 9th.
I have enough money to pay my bills and feed myself for the next 2, possibly 3 weeks. I have a work event at the end of the month in which I will be feeding myself via takeout and whatever Free Food I can get my hands on because I will be a state away from home. And then I have surgery.
That amount up there is worst case scenario.
Best case scenario, I get approved to do both eyes at once. This is at the surgeon's discretion, and this adjustment has been requested already, but there's no guarantee.
In this event, I pay for the cost of one and a half eyeballs, or approximately $842. $850 if we want to make it a nice round number.
That's still more than I can actually afford in *any* month.
$468.83 would be due at the time of final confirmation. $375 at time of service.
With how fast this is all happening, I actually can't wait on crowdfunding services like gofundme because their processing times are simply too long for what I have to do. If anyone knows of any with short turn arounds (we're talking like 1-2 business days), please DM me - I want to try to do this in a more organized way if possible. Until then, here we go:
I have to do this, but I need help to afford it. I have the following:
Paypal: @SpaceKingChana
Venmo: @Space-King-Chanallama
Cashapp: $SpaceKingChana
If you're able to help, thank you for guaranteeing my continued sight. But please don't donate beyond your means.
Can't donate? That's okay. Please share this post - get more eyes on it. Something. Anything. Hell, even just tossing me a nice message or a picture of your cat or other best animalian friend would be really cool.
Have other ideas for support? Come talk with me.
Anything over the $1125.10 mentioned above will be put to paying off debt or feeding myself at that work event, assuming I get that far. These usually don't, but I can hope.
If I'm approved for the double eye surgery and the lower amount, I'll be sure to update this post.
I never did know how to close an essay or a letter. But thank you for taking the time to read, and hopefully share.