Lady 🍉

On July 17th I went into emergencies after dealing with severe pain for 5+ hours, earlier that day I was diagnosed with gallstones. As it turns out, my gallbladder was too full of stones, inflamed and also, full of biliary sludge. The reason why I thought I was going to see God is because some of the stones moved into the biliary duct and got stuck there.

It was ordered that I get the imaging done again, as well as all the presurgical tests at that time, so that I could go into surgery ASAP. The concerns were that my markers (such as bilirubin) were high, and that indicated a blockage. After the tests, they also got to the conclusion that I have a high risk of pancreatitis.

I had to stay three days at the hospital before, during and after both procedures, and for some ungodly reason, insurance isnt covering all of it. I dont qualify for financial assistance because I make less than minimum wage, and while my parents said they would try to help, one of the only things I have to my benefit is my good credit score— and the longer this debt is to my name, the worse that will get.

Anything at all helps, its predatory from the hospital to charge this much and unbelievable that insurance simply refuses to cover it all.