#cupposting

Luckily i was able to stay with @fishandchips321 and @icannotgetoverbirds in the UK so i didn't have to go back to the US where there's a nonzero chance that within the three months needed to reset the "90 days out of 180" rule for my stay that it would become impossible for me to come back due to the potential for my passport getting confiscated.

The trip itself cost over $1000 because of how short notice it was. Thanks to all of you for sending what you could so there was enough there between that and us needing to use my card for food and unexpected expenses at the end of the month.

We need to use my account to save up for the official residence permit because the cost of it exceeds what she is allowed to save (let alone the fact she STILL HASN'T BEEN PAID AS OF WRITING THIS).

After converting to the currency my gfm reads it it's $1214. Which is a lot more than what i have left. Hopefully this time the dust will actually settle and i'll be able to stay.

Another necessary expense is that i need to order my medicine. Luckily it's something i can get without a prescription at the strength i need. I haven't been able to get in touch with my GP since being out of the US since my cell service doesn't usually work and their online portal seems to have wiped my login, which is another $83-$112 (depending on if i want to carry over a year's supply or not). I like the reduced frequency of being spontaneously lightheadedvand dizzy it's given, and considering all the stuff going on it would be less than ideal for that to repeat. It doesn't have the same effect if i split the pills, i tried rationing them when i knew this was coming up while in the US and it didn't work

and a gfm link (embed in case it gets eaten):

The bus system here is foul. No room for human error. We didn't have our tickets ready the second we walked in the door and now we have a 2000kr ($310) fine to deal with

From what i was told it went up by 600kr ($93), 300kr per person as well

That cost of 2000 is EASILY more than we spend on food over a month. A fine like this that can easily set us even further back than we already are just shouldn't be allowed.

Not to even mention that we can't even GET THE TICKETS TO BEGIN WITH WITHOUT A SMARTPHONE so i can't even contribute to the fare with my depleted savings i have in cash. AND IF I DID PAY THROUGH MY US ACCOUNT IT WOULD CHARGE ME BASICALLY DOUBLE ON IT FOR OVERSEAS CHARGES

While i was in school this was still actively being fought. The audacity of the company to claim it was outside of the statute of limitations WHILE STILL BENEFITTING FROM IT IN THE ORDER OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Which luckily because of previous court precedents was already a null argument specifically because of them actively benefitting

The Lacks family says they may go after other companies that use the cells as well and i think they should

I hate how much of the medical system, not just the US but as a result worldwide. Is built on unremediated racism and many other prejudices that still permeate the medical systems at this very moment